Community
Buddies
The Buddies is one of our longest running community groups. They meet every Monday at Cliftonhill Stadium between 10 and 12 noon. Up to 10 ‘Buddies’ from Key Housing gather in the club’s lounge to engage in a range of social activities and sometimes just to enjoy a blether and a cup of tea. Occasionally they leave the lounge to visit the local bowling green, golf range or to take part in community activities such as improving the environment at one of our local railway stations. The Buddies are accompanied on their Monday visits to or out of the stadium by one or more keyworkers. This is an excellent example of the Trust’s partnership working.
Thursday Club
The Thursday Club as part of the Rovers in the Community Trust are an enthusiastic group of fans gather who use their skills and love for the Rovers in a range of ways: tidying the stadium after matches, preparing it for upcoming games and carrying out maintenance tasks designed to keep our 100-year-old stadium in good shape. The skills deployed include: joinery, electrical work, groundwork on the pitch, landscaping, painting and general maintenance. The Thursday Club is an invaluable help to the football club. There is also the social and friendship side of the Thursday Club. After working from 9,30, the group settle down around 12 for a chat over a cuppa and a blether putting football and the world to rights: not always in that order!
If you are retired or have the occasional free Thursday morning why don’t you come along and join us at Cliftonhill Stadium. It’s a great way to help the Rovers by using the skills you have and also to enjoy company and have a chat and a laugh.
Hope to see you soon!
Memories Group
Founded in April 2018, the Albion Rovers Memories Group was the 31 st to be founded. Airdrie was the 32nd! This SFA initiative, in conjunction with Alzheimer Scotland, was set up to bring fans of football clubs together to reminisce about the good times and occasional bad times of the team they support.
The aims of football memory groups are to tackle loneliness, social isolation and to fend off the onset of memory loss by bringing older fans together on a regular basis for a chat about Rovers players, managers and matches. Our group meets every third Friday of the month from 1.30 to 3 or whenever we stop talking.
Walking Group
Our 12@12 Walking group is a recent initiative funded by the SPFL Trust which takes place on Wednesdays from 11.30 to 12.30 leaving from Cliftonhill after a short warm up. We walk for 12 minutes out the way and 12 minutes back, ensuring we cover our daily mile. On return to the stadium the group enjoy a grab and go lunch: either to take away or stay and enjoy in the company of fellow walkers. The walking group is completely free and suitable for all ages and fitness levels. Why not come along and join us?
Football Fans in Training
A SPFL initiative aimed at men between 30 and 64, has now been run 3 times by Albion Rovers Community Trust at Cliftonhill Stadium. This has proved successful and has tapped into an interest in football as a way to get the participants more active while also reflecting and putting into action important lifestyle choices. The 12 sessions are led by a coach who are trained to deliver this exciting programme.
Partnerships
Albion Rovers Community Trust pride ourselves in our partnership working with excellent relationships with Coatbridge Foodbank, Albion Rovers FC and Key Housing to name a few.
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Volunteering
Every Saturday during the off-season, usually 10 until 1, there is a Volunteering Group at the Stadium that anyone is invited along to help out at. It is mainly to help with the upkeep of the ground and make improvements.