Colchester United FCCUCST and The New Football Pools launch new disability football initiative
Adult Disability Football – Every Player Counts
CUCST adult PAN-disability team trains every Sunday morning at Shrub End Community & Sports Centre on 3G astro, 10am-12noon.
If you are aged 16 years and over and wish to join in training, please complete a Player Details Form and bring it along to your first session.
We have teams entered in to the Essex Soccability League on Saturday’s (monthly) and also the Eastern Region League on Wednesday’s (monthly).
There are opportunities to play in friendly matches and also volunteer on some of our other programmes.
Junior Disability Football - Every Player Counts
CUCST junior disability football has sessions running throughout the year at the Weston Homes Community Stadium on a Thursday.
There is more detail on the Junior Disability Football page.
For further details on any of our Community Inclusion activities/events, please contact: -
David Streetley, Community Inclusion Manager on 07771 652434 or email: dstreetley@cucst.org.uk or
Zoe Rushen, Community Inclusion Officer on 07770 882597 or email: zrushen@cucst.org.uk
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The New Football Pools presented Colchester United Community Sports Trust (CUCST) with a cheque for £54,350 at the Colchester United home game against Brighton on Monday [8 March] to help grow disability football provision across the borough.
Every Player Counts, a leading project of The Football League Trust and supported by The New Football Pools, will see CUCST deliver a three-year, PAN-Disability scheme that will develop football opportunities for people with all types of disability in the area.
The project will increase opportunities, provision and access to disability sports and will give players the chance to progress from school activities to adult teams.
CUCST will use the funding to develop and grow existing projects and deliver new schemes such as setting up a junior disability football team to take part in the county league and establishing sessions tailored towards blind and deaf players.
CUCST is one of 39 Football League Community Schemes to deliver Every Player Counts, the first National PAN-Disability programme, this season.
The New Football Pools has developed a longstanding relationship with football and the community during its 86 years history. Jon Sheehy, Marketing Director of The New Football Pools said: “We are fortunate to be in the unique position of supporting the nation’s biggest sport through our Pools products. In fact, the company has invested over £1.1billion into football and other good causes throughout its history, with £530 million going specifically into British Football. Whilst in the past we have invested in infrastructure and bricks and mortar, now we are heavily focused on community programmes and the many social aspects in and around football.
”We are delighted to build on this legacy and support Colchester United Community Sports Trust in this fantastic new initiative – Every Player Counts, ensuring The New Football Pools is even closer to the game that we have supported over the decades.
” David Streetley, CUCST’s Community Inclusion Manager, commented: “We are delighted to work with the Football League and the New Football Pools on this superb project. The money will enable us to further develop and increase our disability provision for disabled footballers in Colchester.”
