Alison taking the plunge into blind football
Alison, from Worthing, is a relative newcomer to the world of blind football. Alison is visually impaired and plays in the Foundation’s blind football sessions. Before joining the Foundation, she’d never managed to find a sport where she fit in. “I’ve always been visually impaired, and previously I’d only ever played in mainstream sport,” she
Thousands of kids enjoy summer holiday football
The BHAFC Foundation has provided opportunities for thousands of young people to play football during the summer holiday. While the football season ends in May, Foundation coaches carry on delivering sessions all year round, and summer is one of the busiest periods for the charity. One of our largest programmes is BHAFC Soccer Schools, which
Lancing kids invited to play at Albion training ground
The BHAFC Foundation invited dozens of local families to take part in a free afternoon of football activities last Friday (August 2). Around 70 young people aged 5-16 joined the event – which was held exclusively for families living in Lancing – at the club’s American Express Elite Football Performance Centre. Activities on offer included
Albion teams victorious in pan-disability cup
Two BHAFC Foundation teams lifted trophies at a pan-disability football tournament in London last Sunday (7 July). We sent three teams of youngsters up to the Pan-Disability Gunnersbury Cup in London, hosted by the Brentford Community Trust. Two of our teams – the Under-12s and the Under-16s B Team – were victorious and finished in
How Albion players supported the Foundation in 23/24
Players from across Albion’s men’s and women’s first teams, as well as scholars in the academy, showed their support for the Foundation throughout the 2023/24 season. It all began back in August last year, when players from across the club came together to help us spread the word about our name change (from Albion in