Aberdeen Community Trust continues support for school pupils

Aberdeen Community Trust continues support for school pupils

Over the 2018/19 school year, AFCCT worked in partnership with CFINE to provide nearly 7,000 meals to pupils across Aberdeen City & Shire through the AFCCT Partner Schools Initiative.

This partnership will continue in the 2019/20 school year, providing a healthy & balanced meal to school pupils at Breakfast Clubs & Footy Teas.

CFINE is a social enterprise committed to social, environmental and economic development with the aim of improving health and wellbeing, tackling poverty and building resilience in local communities within the North East of Scotland.

CFINE Deputy Chief Executive Fiona Rae said, “We are delighted to continue our partnership with AFCCT over the next year.  This essential support service has proved to be hugely successful and we hope that the further schools join the partnership throughout 2019/20.”

Harley Hamdani, Education Officer at AFCCT, added “the partnership over the past year has allowed for positive activity to be accompanied by a healthy meal, which in turn has supported some of the children we’ve worked with to increase their capacity to engage in their learning when back in the classroom. This would not have been possible without CFINE’s support and we are looking forward continuing the partnership over the next year.”

ABERDEEN FOOTBALL CLUB COMMUNITY TRUST:

As an important participant in Scotland’s ‘national sport’ Aberdeen Football Club recognises its high profile and influential position nationally, and especially within Aberdeen and the North East of Scotland. Community activities have been historically delivered by a department based within the club. In March 2014, Aberdeen FC Community Trust (AFCCT) was established as the official partner charity of AFC, “To provide support and opportunity to change lives for the better”. AFCCT is as registered Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO), Scottish Charity No. SC044720.

Since its introduction AFCCT has significantly increased football participation programmes in the area. AFCCT cater for girls and boys (aged 3 upwards), people living with disability, and individuals from ethnic and religious minorities. AFCCT utilise their Scottish FA Football Development Officers to enhance local grassroots football, and now facilitate all Primary School Football League activity in Aberdeen, and in areas of Aberdeenshire.