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Shrewsbury Town in the Community Launch Extra-Time Hubs

Shrewsbury Town in the Community will come together with 11 other EFL Clubs this week to launch our Extra Time Hub – a national project designed to engage retired and semi-retired individuals and combat loneliness in the older generation. Studies show that 42% of those over the age of 55 are inactive and would like opportunities to meet peers to feel less isolated, live well and do things they enjoy. Launched in line with Loneliness Awareness Week, the Extra Time Hubs will harness the community surrounding Shrewsbury Town to bring older people together and provide a range of activities that could benefit their physical and mental...

New EFL Extra Time Hubs Launch in Shrewsbury

We are delighted to announce that we will be launching two brand new EFL Extra-Time Hubs in the next month to provide even more opportunity for members of the local community who are retired or semi-retired to meet other people, socialise and do more of the things that they enjoy. ‘Extra Time Hubs’ is a national project from the EFL Trust and will initially be delivered by 12 EFL Clubs including Shrewsbury Town in the Community. The Hubs will harness the power of football clubs in the local communities to bring people together Extra Time Hubs has been made possible with thanks to National Lottery funding from Sport...

Hubs join together for advice and activity

Participants and coaches from the Youth Hub visited our Extra Time Hub earlier this week to lend and hand and speak with attendees about their careers. The Extra Time Hub, aimed at supporting older adults through social and physical activities, welcomed the Youth Hub volunteers to assist with sessions by sharing stories and advice, while also taking part in group quizzes, walking football and a guess the squash weight competition. The collaboration between the hubs has encouraged conversations between generations, with young participants helping to set up activities, engage with older members, and offer support during the...

Tackling Social Inclusion

To celebrate #MoreThanFootball, we're shining a light on two incredible stories from our social groups. These groups are designed to promote social inclusion and allow people to make meaningful connections with others in the community. As part of our health and wellbeing offering we provide a range of social hubs catering to different needs, but with a combined goal of bringing people together and making meaningful friendships. For many these sessions act as a support group for attendees whether as a means for them to find their own purpose or to discover others in a situation similar to their own. This is where two of our...

December HAF

This December, as well as our Soccer Schools we will also be running the Holiday, Activity and Food Programme (HAF) in both Shrewsbury and Ludlow. Funded by Shropshire Council, the HAF programme allows children in receipt of free school meals in Shropshire to gain access to free activities during the school holidays. As well as multi-sport activities, the children also receive a hot nutritious meal each day. With Christmas around the corner, we wanted to go the extra mile for these families at a time which is celebrated by many but can be a tough financial time for many families across Shropshire and beyond. Carrying on from last...

Zac’s Week at the Foundation

Shrewsbury Town Foundation was delighted to welcome Zac Harris on a work experience placement recently - with the teenager having made an incredible impact at the club ever since. https://youtu.be/mR9aRizCmRA At just 18 months old, Zac was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, a lifelong condition that affects movement and co-ordination. In 2015, he became a Shrewsbury Town participant and joined ShrewsAbility – our cerebral palsy football sessions. It was here where ‘Zac’s Miracle’ began; a fundraising journey to raise over £40k for a lifechanging selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) operation. Zac’s journey has not been an easy one,...

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“The Extra Time hubs have given me my husband back. That’s all I could ask for” - CATHERINE, ROY’S WIFE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixIm0uQmUto&ab_channel=ShrewsburyTownIntheCommunity Like so many of us, Roy found a sense of purpose in life through two great passions, a commitment to his family and to his working life. Having represented Team Great Britain at the Olympic Games, Roy was accustomed to dedicating his skills to a single purpose and persevering to reach his goals. The realisation of retirement and the decision to call time on a lifetime of work can be hard for anyone. The loss of self-purpose can be...

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EFL and British Red Cross join forces

The English Football League (EFL) and the humanitarian charity, British Red Cross, are joining forces in a new partnership that will use the power of football to support those experiencing loneliness in England and Wales. From the start of the 2022/23 season, the British Red Cross will become the EFL’s Official Charity Partner with both organisations combining efforts to reduce isolation in communities around the country via the EFL and its 72 clubs. Chronic loneliness can have a serious impact on wellbeing and currently the British Red Cross’ works with over 100,000 people experiencing loneliness per year through dedicated...

MK Dons Spotlight: Edward Wood’s Story

Edward’s ready to take on our charity cycle ride challenge, although it's bittersweet. Cycle and soccer fanatic Edward Wood is looking for extra donations for his upcoming Bike2MKDons 120-mile charity cycling adventure after one of his sponsors, the Wood Brewery, which he sold four years ago, ceased trading. Edward, 71, from Leamoor Common, Craven Arms, is riding for Shrewsbury Town in the Community and has already raised more than £500 in advance of the ride. He will be riding with around 16 others from Shrewsbury to Milton Keynes over two days, 1 and 2 April, arriving in time to see Shrewsbury’s league game against MK...

Community Day – 9th April 2022

Community Day 2022 is back! On Saturday the 9th April, Shrewsbury Town will be hosting their annual Community Day to showcase the work of the club’s official charity. From 10am right up until kick off, the stadium will be full of plenty to do and see! You'll get the opportunity to not only see what we get up to in our different sessions, but to also get involved! Our staff are on hand to share any details you may need if you'd like to sign up, as well as answer your questions. Our partners and other community businesses will be joining us on the day to provide entertainment, information, and food, so you won't be short of things to...

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Christmas HAF Programme Launch

As part of the Christmas HAF Programme this year, we will be welcoming 60 children from vulnerable and at risk families from across Shropshire to take part in four days of free holiday activity at the Montgomery Waters Meadow from Monday 20th December – Thursday 23rd December 2021 whilst also enjoying a hot and nutritious meal each day. Throughout our HAF Programme delivery in 2021, as well as providing exercise and hot meals for over 1,700 children, we have provided additional resources to each child to take home at the end of each day. These have varied throughout our courses to includes additional food provision (Fruit, Vegetables,...

Annual Review 20/21

We are excited to unveil our Annual Review for 2020/2021! Launching alongside our annual Gala Dinner, we have published our Annual Review for 2020/2021. This showcases what we have achieved over the past year, from sessions provided to how we have invested back into the organisation and the local community. Over the past year we have faced many challenges due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, however this has made our commitment to supporting our participants even stronger. We have continued to create programmes that practice social distancing, whether that be doorstep visits or online fitness and wellbeing sessions, proving that even when we...

Health & Wellbeing Project Lead – Kate Lindley

Q: What is your day to day in your role? A: "My day to day duties here at the club really are to help run and manage the health and wellbeing programme. Within the programme there are various different projects from Extra Time Hub, which is our older adults programme, Kick Cancer, which is a cancer rehabilitation exercise programme, Heads Up, which is a mental health group, and also working to start lots of new other health intervention projects with Public Health Shropshire and the council " Q: Can you tell us about your educational journey? A: "I started off as a dancer, that's my background. So all the way through...

Join our Health & Wellbeing Team – Health Activator

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Health & Wellbeing Team as a Full Time Health Activator. This role will focus on Supporting, Connecting & Inspiring our local community to live active & healthy lifestyles. This role will primarily focus on supporting: Children & Young People (Starting Well), Adults (Living Well) Older Adults (Ageing Well) Through the planning, preparation & delivery of a variety of health projects, including Weight Management, Mental Health Support, Cancer Support, Tackling Loneliness & Extra Time Hubs. Benefits: Salary £18,000...

Our Community, Our Response

Together we will tackle loneliness in Shropshire As we enter the second national lockdown we recognise many members of our community will once again experience isolation and loneliness. Anxiety levels will increase and from time to time, we may all need a little extra help; particularly those who are most at risk from the virus. Throughout the coming weeks, we will once again be reaching out to the local community to identify those who may need extra assistance and to engage with our fantastic supporters. If you receive a phone call from anyone at Shrewsbury Town in the Community, please do rest assured that we are simply...

November Lockdown – Programme Updates

As a result of the new national restrictions coming into place until 2nd December, we are making the following changes to our projects to comply with new government guidance: Education & Learning School delivery will be continuing as normal in schools who are happy to continue. Foundation Degree learning will be online only until Christmas Football & Education BTEC course will be continuing as normal Football Development All development fixtures and training is suspended. Online skills and fitness sessions will be available for players to take part in. Health & Wellbeing Extra-Time will have no...

October Half Term Round Up

As always we have had a brilliantly busy half-term at Shrewsbury Town in the Community this October. Find out what we've been up to in the local community! All week as usual we have held our half-term Soccer Schools providing children the opportunity to play football, stay active and meet new friends in a fully COVID secure environment with all relevant precautions being in place. A total of 368 children took part in our Soccer Schools with additional young people from our Volunteer Academy gaining valuable experience working alongside our delivery coaches. During breaks and lunch time, children also supported the National Trust by making...

New Team Members Join STITC

We are delighted to welcome some new (and some familiar) faces to our team as we continue to step up our work across Shropshire! Over the past few weeks as our activities and sessions have resumed we have expanded our team as we prepare to launch some exciting new projects to help work towards our vision for Shropshire. Meet the new members of the team below! Ollie Eden Ollie joined Shrewsbury Town in the Community on 1st September as a Community Coach & Coordinator of our Shadow Squad project. Ollie will combine his role at Shrewsbury Town in the Community with a part time role at the Shrewsbury Town Academy. Ollie has a wealth of...

Walk & Talk With STITC

As a legacy of the Covid-19 Pandemic, Shrewsbury Town in the Community have decided to keep offering a Walk and Talk session every other week, in different locations across the beautiful Shropshire countryside. A very gentle guided walk will be led by members of the Health and Wellbeing team, offering walkers peace of mind. As a new walker, you won't be left alone, by the very nature of the session, participants attending come ready for a good natter with an open mind and ready to laugh. Wherever possible, walks will be near easy parking facilities, public transport links, toilets, rest points and a café, so we can...

STITC PL Kicks FIFA Tournament!

Looking to showcase your FIFA Skills and be crowned our PL Kicks FIFA Champion? Shrewsbury Town in the Community are hosting our first FIFA tournament to help get young people engaged with our PL Kicks community and help them stay connected during these uncertain times. The tournament will run from w/c 27th April with separate brackets running on both Xbox One and PS4 consoles. There will also be two separate age groups for each console, one for ages 11-14, and another for 15-18 year olds to enter. Please see the full rules below! A maximum of 64 teams will play – 32 Xbox and 32 PlayStation. Games must be played within...

COVID-19 Update – 17.03.2020

Following the latest government advice from Monday 16th March, and the FA’s Suspension of Grassroots Football until further notice, we have provided an update on all our current projects, Please see below a list of effected projects: Education & Learning NCS – Further Guidance expected shortly. Foundation Degree – Face to Face delivery has been postponed, Online Learning continues. Future Generations – Face to Face sessions postponed until further notice. Further guidance will be distributed shortly. School Sport All Primary School Delivery is continuing at the discretion of each individual school. Home School...

COVID-19 Update

In line with the government’s decision on the 13th March to move from the ‘containment’ to ‘delay’ phase of their approach, Shrewsbury Town in the Community are suspending all delivery of sessions to all vulnerable groups until 3rd April with immediate effect. This will include all Disability and Health sessions which deliver activity to groups of older adults and to anyone with underlying health conditions as our duty of care remains paramount to this situation and we are acting pro-actively with this interest in mind. Please see below for a list of the affect sessions: Monday: Walking Football @ Wilfred...

EFL Day of Action 2020!

Today Shrewsbury Town in the Community joined with 71 other EFL Clubs to highlight the positive impact football has in changing people’s lives and the work taking place to tackle some of society’s biggest issues. The impact of the work carried out by EFL Clubs and Club Community Organisations (CCOs) is unparalleled, with more than half a million hours of group activity delivered and over 40 million hours of participation each season. During the 2018/19 season, almost 900,000 people took part in a wide range of activities across key areas, with Clubs and CCOs receiving over £60 million of direct project funding. The EFL Day of...

St Andrews to Represent Shrewsbury Town at Utilita Kids Cup!

On Saturday 12th January we held our final qualifier at the Mercedes-Benz Football Hub to find out who would be representing Shrewsbury Town in the Utilita Kids Cup Regional competition in February. The final was contested between Burford Primary School and St Andrews Primary School who had each won their area qualifiers in South Shropshire and Shrewsbury respectively to make it to our final. Both teams arrived bright and early at Montgomery Waters Meadow and played out a very even and exciting game - with each team taking the lead before being pegged back leaving the scores all square at 2-2 when the full time whistle...

Christmas Carol Concert at Montgomery Waters Meadow

On Tuesday 17th December we will be hosting our annual Christmas Carol Concert at Montgomery Waters Meadow in the Sovereign Suite as we come together as a community to celebrate the start of the festive season. Guests should arrive from 5:30pm for a 6:00pm prompt start. We will have mince pies and a range of other refreshments available, there will be a number of guest readers from the club and community and the service itself will be led by Rev. Andy Ackroyd. We also have the Of One Accord Choir joining us to lead the carols. After the service we will also be holding a collection for Shrewsbury Town in the Community to help our projects...

Pedal2Peterborough 2020

After the success of 2018’s Pedal2Pool and 2019’s Bike2Barnsley we will be cycling the 140 miles to the Weston Homes Stadium in our 2020 challenge, Pedal2Peterborough. The two-day event will see participants leaving Montgomery Waters Meadow on Friday 17th April, with an overnight stay just over the half-way distance. Before tackling the remaining miles on Saturday 18th April, to arrive at the Weston Homes Stadium in time to watch Shrewsbury Town F.C. take on Peterborough United F.C. for their penultimate away fixture of the season. All funds raised from the event will be going directly back into Shrewsbury Town in the Community...

Friend of the Community Spotlight: Salop Leisure

Shrewsbury Town in the Community are delighted to have extended our partnership with Salop Leisure for another year as a Friend of the Community. Three years ago Salop Leisure, the award-winning caravan and motorhome dealership based at Emstrey, Shrewsbury, was the first to sign-up as a Friends of the Community partner, which sees the company pledge £1,000 a year to support the work of Shrewsbury Town in the Community. This partnership will continue for the 2019/2020 season to help Shrewsbury Town in the Community raise the £1 million a year to enable us to deliver 39 different programmes throughout Shropshire supporting people of...

Lingen Davies Coffee Morning @ Community Football Hub – 26th September

On 26th September Shrewsbury Town in the Community will be hosting a coffee morning at the Mercedes-Benz Football Hub between 10am-12pm to help raise funds for Shropshire cancer fund, Lingen Davies. The event will take place as part of the usual Extra-Time Hubs which run every Thursday as part of Shrewsbury Town in the Community’s attempts to tackle loneliness and improve active ageing across Shropshire by providing weekly opportunities for those over 50 to socialise and take part in a variety of activities. Shrewsbury Town in the Community have worked closely with Lingen Davies in recent years through the Kick Cancer project...

Volunteers’ Week – Thank You Dorothy!

Volunteers’ Week takes place from 1st-7th June and aims to celebrate the work of volunteers all over the country along with highlighting the benefits this provides to both volunteers themselves and local communities. Our volunteers enable us to deliver our projects to the highest standard, helping out in a range of ways from supporting in delivering sessions, driving support vehicles on our Cycling Challenge events, and helping set up matchday activities. One such volunteer is Dorothy, who got involved three years ago when she first moved into the area. Dorothy was diagnosed with leukaemia 20 years ago and volunteering is...

Volunteers’ Week – Thank You Ryan

Volunteers’ Week takes place from 1st-7th June and aims to celebrate the work of volunteers across the country along with highlighting the benefits this provides to both volunteers themselves and local communities. This year’s Volunteers' Week focus is on youth volunteering and social action, showing how young people can get involved in volunteering for local causes which can help them gain essential life skills and improve job prospects. At Shrewsbury Town in the Community, our Volunteer Academy is aimed at providing 14-24 year olds the opportunity to gain essential experience through helping out with a range of the projects...

Play on the Pitch 2019 Round-Up

From partner schools to students on our BTEC programme, local businesses and participants in our weekly mental health football sessions; last week we gave the fantastic opportunity of playing on the hallowed turf at Montgomery Waters Meadow to a huge range of people from the local community during Play on the Pitch week. Play on the Pitch week began on Tuesday with tournaments between our partner schools from across Shropshire with over 100 pupils representing Greenacres, Wilfred Own, Mereside, St Winefrides, Condover, St Edwards, Oakmeadow, Severndale, and Coleham Primary schools. After a competitive round of fixtures St Winefrides ended...

Partner Schools Tournament at Montgomery Waters Meadow

Yesterday our partner schools tournament took place at Montgomery Waters Meadow, giving local schools the rare opportunity to play on the hallowed turf at the home of Shrewsbury Town FC. The morning began as the teams lined up on the pitch and were assigned their groups with the winners progressing from each into the midday final. Over 100 pupils took part with teams representing Greenacres, Wilfred Own, Mereside, St Winefrides, Condover, St Edwards, Oakmeadow, Severndale, and Coleham Primary schools. St Winefrides ended up as the winners of a closely fought game with Oakmeadow, who claimed 2nd and 3rd spot with two separate teams...

High Sheriff visits Shrewsbury Town in the Community

Shrewsbury Town in the Community were recently able to display a number of their programmes to the current High Sheriff of Shropshire, Charles Lillis. Serving as the current High Sheriff of Shropshire, Mr Lillis was invited by Head of Community Jamie Edwards to view the work that the charity carry out, including inclusion programme Extra Time and the BTEC in Football and Education programme. During the visit to the Extra Time programme, High Sheriff of Shropshire Charles Lillis was able to speak with a wide range of the participants from the sessions, who were able to give an understanding of the impact that such a programme can have...

Olympic Archer visits BTEC students

As part of the Shrewsbury Town in the Community Football and Education BTEC course, students were able to take part in a combat archery session with Olympic Archer Patrick Huston as part of a team building exercise. Huston, who has represented and won medals for Great Britain at the World and European Championships, held a 90 minute session with the students which included target practice, combat skills, and some fun learning sessions to get the students up to speed. Speaking of his work with Shrewsbury Town in the Community, Huston said, “The first thing I noticed about Shrewsbury Town in the Community is that everything here is...