Successful Soccer Schools:
Our February Soccer School was a huge success! Over the February half term, we welcomed over 70 children across 3 soccer schools to enjoy 4 days of non-stop football fun!
All our attendees where offered Oldham Athletic Tickets for attending the week, as well as seeing Chaddy the Owl during their time with us. Oldham Athletic Players also visited the Soccer School for the final afternoon of the week with Mike Fondop and Junior Luamba to our Oldham Academy North campus with Benny Couto and Matt Hudson visiting Crompton House.
Check out the highlights below from our February Soccer School!
Details for our Easter Soccer School will be shared very soon, so keep an eye out on our social media channels!
Player Visits:
Our Oldham Athletic Player visits continued with 8 players coming out into the Oldham Community to meet young people in Oldham. We started the month with a trip to Whitegate End Primary School as Hallam Hope and Mark Shelton spoke to pupils from year 2 all the way to year 6 answering plenty of questions relating to life skills that the children could use for their future development.
A huge thank you to @OfficialOACT, @OfficialOAFC, @HallamHope and Mark Shelton for making this happen this afternoon.
— Whitegate End Primary School & Nursery (@WhitegateEnd) February 2, 2023
We also have some tickets to watch Oldham’s upcoming game against Halifax on Saturday - contact the office if you would like some for your family. https://t.co/9RjqXzXDiQ
We also had players visit our Soccer School as mentioned above, with Mike Fondop, Junior Luamba, Benny Couto and Matt Hudson all visiting our Soccer School sites.
In the last week of February, Will Sutton and Joe Yarney visited St Pauls for an education Activation with Year 3 through to 6!
This afternoon, @OfficialOAFC players Joe Yarney and Will Sutton visited @st_pauls_royton for an education activation talking about healthy lifestyle with Years 3 through to 6! 🥗
— Oldham Athletic Community Trust (OACT) (@OfficialOACT) February 23, 2023
Thank you for your time, lads! #OACT | #OAFC | #PLPrimaryStars pic.twitter.com/4cO7PXqZ3b
Year 5 & 6 Football Tournament:
Our monthly football tournament at KickSonic took place with Year 5 & 6 boys taking part! All teams playing had the chance to earn the opportunity to represent Oldham Athletic at the National League Trust Regional event. It was a great event, with Mills Hill winning on the day to earn the chance to reperesent the club at the regional tournament.
⚽️ Year 5&6 Football Tournament Highlights
— Oldham Athletic Community Trust (OACT) (@OfficialOACT) February 9, 2023
Congratulations to @MillsHillSchool on advancing to the regional @TheNLTrust event!
Watch the full video here đź’» https://t.co/Gj0vdUkP8T#OACT | #OAFC | @Vanarama pic.twitter.com/VbQkr8UDvB
PLKicks Tournament & Friendly:
On the 17th of February, #PLKicks Participants represented Oldham Athletic at a local #PLKicks Tournament in Burnley! The day consisted of lots of football with workshops inbetween to create an action packed day for our particiapants. We would like to thank everyone at Burnley Community Trust for hsoting such a great event.
Today we are at a regional #PLKicks event, hosted by @BurnleyFC_Com, for a day of football and workshops.
— Oldham Athletic Community Trust (OACT) (@OfficialOACT) February 17, 2023
Participants from our Tuesday #PLKicks session will today be representing @OfficialOAFC.#OACT | #OAFC | @PLCommunities pic.twitter.com/pJkvrNjqHK
In addition to this, we also held another #PLKicks event by inviting Rochdale In The Community to Oldham for a #PLKicks friendly with some of our Friday night participants. It was a great game with Oldham emerging victorious on the day. The participants then came to Boundary Park to watch the Oldham Athletic fixture in the OACT Family Stand!
This afternoon, we are at Kick Sonic for a #PLKicks friendly with @RAFCCommunity!
— Oldham Athletic Community Trust (OACT) (@OfficialOACT) February 18, 2023
Participants are representing @OfficialOAFC from our Friday Night #PLKicks session and will be at the game this afternoon!⚽️ #OACT | #OAFC | @PLCommunities pic.twitter.com/uw9mU2HuNx
Back To The Future Began:
Our 'Back to the Future' project began this month with the first two sessions of the initiative taking place. We visited Violet Court and St Herberts Court to deliver interactive sports sessions on the Nintendo Switches creating a good environment for postive mental and physical well being for the residents at the homes.
This afternoon, our ‘Back to the Future’ project continues as we take our Nintendo Switches over to St Herbert’s Court in Chadderton for an afternoon of bowling with the residents 🎳 #OACT | #OAFC | @OldhamCouncil | @Housing21 pic.twitter.com/2A2ri12JtH
— Oldham Athletic Community Trust (OACT) (@OfficialOACT) February 24, 2023
Read all about the project by clicking the link here - https://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/OACT/latest-news/housing-21/
Matchday Mascots:
With a busy month of home fixtures in February for Latics, we had a busy month of Matchday Mascots!
Click on the links below to see the Mascots over the month and their experience!
Sat 18th - https://twitter.com/OfficialOACT/status/1628009956770185219?s=20
Tues 14th - https://twitter.com/OfficialOACT/status/1625923669909176343?s=20
Tues 7th - https://twitter.com/OfficialOACT/status/1623250200742567940?s=20
Sat 4th - https://twitter.com/OfficialOACT/status/1622540153968291840?s=20
Great Places:
Oldham Athletic Community Trust (OACT) have partnered with Great Places Housing, to support youth delivery within Oldham.
The partnership will specifically support the youth provision based at The Honeywell Centre which delivers youth engagement opportunities on a weekly basis to young people aged 8 to 18 on a free of charge basis, activities include gaming, table tennis and football.
Click the link here to read more about the partnership - https://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/OACT/latest-news/great-places-housing/