The official charity for Plymouth Argyle Football Club
As part of National Apprenticeship Week 2022, we look at the success of Argyle Community Trust employee, and former trainee and apprentice, Jacob Fahy who successfully gained a full-time position with the Trust as a result of the employability pathway. Prior to starting the Traineeship programme, Jacob Fahy had been out of education and employment …
Are you aged between 16 and 18? Do you want a higher education course that allows you to train and play like a pro while gaining nationally-recognised academic qualifications? We are delighted to offer male and female footballers, interested in the September 2022 programme, the opportunity to attend our open evenings and open training sessions …
Argyle Community Trust’s BTEC Football Education programme is taking part in a stadium to stadium challenge on a weekly basis to raise money for Mind, the mental health charity and national EFL charity partner. We understand the impact that these tough times can have on people’s mental health and want to support the good work …
How does playing football full time in a professional environment combined with gaining academic qualifications that can lead to a career in sport or progression to higher education in the UK or abroad sound? Argyle Community Trust’s popular football education programme are actively recruiting year 11 students for their September 2021 squads. Successful applicants will …
The Football Development and Education programme delivered by Argyle Community Trust combines academic study, practical hands-on learning and work experience for anyone aged 16 – 18 years within the exciting environment of football. Based inside Home Park Stadium, students have access to a purpose-built classrooms and facilities, creating an inspirational learning environment with another site …
Mickey McCloskey, who admits he ‘lost 22 years of his life to drug and alcohol abuse’, is using his troubled past to inspire unemployed adults with substance misuse in Plymouth to find work through Argyle Community Trust’s Changing Room programme. Changing Room is one of many programmes that the EFL Trust offers through Department Work …
Young people in Plymouth have been working alongside police and other agencies to design a new child sexual exploitation awareness campaign. The results of a two-year collaboration will now be rolled out across the Devon and Cornwall Area. The National Citizens Service (NCS) worked with the Plymouth Safeguarding Children’s Board, police, and city partners including …
The EFL Trust is working with local communities to help tackle increasing numbers of railway risk takers. Argyle Community Trust have delivered the railway safety lessons across Devon and Cornwall since the end of June, working with over 529 young people and their teachers. The ‘You vs. Train’ campaign was launched last year by the …
Argyle Community Trust staff from across Devon and Cornwall came together at Bicton College in Exmouth for their first staff two-day conference between Monday 2 and Tuesday 3 September. The conference was an opportunity to reflect on the excellent work of the Trust in their communities as well as helping to inspire community staff as …
Argyle Community Trust is gearing up for the Mayflower 400 commemorations taking place in the city during 2020 by stimulating and coordinating a year-long calendar of sporting activity. A key feature of this activity calendar is the newly titled ‘Sporting Voyage’ educational programme which is aimed at Year 5 and 6 children initially, during the …