Foundation Friday: Community Foundation celebrates Armed Forces Day

Armed Forces Day is on Saturday 29th June – throughout the week AFC Fylde Community Foundation have been celebrating in different styles.       The Foundation is proud to boast their own Armed Forces support group which helps provide support for both current and ex-service personnel and their families.       Over the […]

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Foundation Friday: Community Foundation celebrates Refugees Week

AFC Fylde Community Foundation celebrates 2024 Refugee Week with our Football Welcomes project! The Foundation are proud to boast our ‘Football Welcomes’ programme which helps provide local refugees and asylum seekers within the Fylde Borough take part in weekly football sessions.       The group is in partnership with Fylde Council, Lancashire County Council […]

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Foundation Friday: Loneliness Awareness Week

It is Loneliness Awareness Week (LAW) from 10th June – 16th June and AFC Fylde Community Foundation wanted to help raise awareness for the people in our community. On the morning of Friday 7th June, our Loneliness Prevention Project Co-ordinator, Bernadette Kunna, had the pleasure of taking over Medlar-with-Wesham Church of England Primary School’s year […]

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Foundation Friday: Community Foundation has another Fylde Focus success story

Matthew Dawson is just one of many success stories for AFC Fylde Community Foundation’s ‘Fylde Focus’ project. Matthew was referred to ‘Fylde Focus’ from St Anne’s Job Centre.   When Natasha Green, our Employment and Skills Co-ordinator, first met up with Matthew they discussed the project and the different ways the Foundation could support him. […]

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AFC Fylde Impact Report 2023

AFC Fylde Community Foundation is proud to launch our 2023 Impact Report. A year to remember both on and off the field. AFC Fylde celebrated promotion to the National League whilst the Community Foundation received the award for Community Club of the Year at the 2023 Armstrong Projects Northwest Football Awards. The Impact Report acknowledges […]

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Bainbridge To Lead Out Coasters On Saturday

Tomorrow afternoon, Elliot Bainbridge will lead AFC Fylde out at Mill Farm for our final home game of the season. The Community Foundation decided Elliot deserved to lead the Coasters out after he has successfully overcome life changing operations. AFC Fylde manager, Chris Beech and assistant manager, Nicholas Anderton, personally wanted to award him with […]

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