Firm helps Cherries keep children safe online

An expanding Dorset-based IT service provider, helping children to stay safe online, has signed up to support an AFC Bournemouth initiative for a fourth consecutive season. ITSB (IT Support Business) is an official partner of AFC Bournemouth’s self-funding, non-profit Community Sports Trust and sponsors a schools’ educational project called Connect with Care. This project, whose Cherries ambassador is midfielder Andrew … Read More

Beales extend Cherries sponsorship deal

Department store Beales has signed up for a third consecutive year of sponsorship with AFC Bournemouth. The long-established business will again continue as official partner of the club’s Community Sports Trust. The store is sponsoring the Bournemouth region of Premier League Kicks for the 2019/20 season. This hugely successful Premier League-backed scheme is run locally by AFC Bournemouth’s self-funding, non-profit … Read More

Back to college for star defender Chris

Cherries star defender Chris Mepham joined in with young players at the latest Premier League Kicks session staged by the Premier League club. Project ambassador Chris attended a session for 15 participants on the 3G pitches at Vitality Stadium. Chris got involved by giving the teams a motivational talk, oversaw the five-a-side games and took part in a Q&A session … Read More

New signings at soccer school

AFC Bournemouth players Dominic Solanke and Nathaniel Clyne surprised almost 150 children at the Community Sports Trust’s latest soccer school. The Bournemouth sessions, which run throughout every half term and school holiday, are sponsored by printers CMP Print, based in Poole. After a day filled with drills, shooting practise and small-sided games, the two players arrived to give out prizes … Read More

Boss Eddie says school visits keep his stars grounded

AFC Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe has spoken of how visits to the community keep his star players grounded. The Cherries boss was keynote speaker at the annual Chairman’s Luncheon held at the club’s Vitality Stadium. Eddie told his audience of businesspeople in the Bubbles Champagne Lounge: “Being a Premier League player is a wonderful thing, but it’s like a bubble … Read More

Surman talks internet safety at school

To mark this week’s global Safer Internet Day, AFC Bournemouth vice-captain Andrew Surman was a special guest at a Bournemouth school to talk about the importance of staying safe online. He headed to Bournemouth Collegiate School along with the AFC Bournemouth Community Sports Trust to help deliver the popular Connect with Care project on the subject and hand out prizes … Read More

Cherries star Lewis earns pupils’ respect

AFC Bournemouth midfielder Lewis Cook thrilled year five pupils at Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School by coaching them in the value of respect. Corpus Christi in Boscombe is the latest school to benefit from the club’s Citizenship & Respect programme, which is delivered by AFC Bournemouth’s self-funding, non-profit Community Sports Trust and supported by Goadsby. Independent estate agency Goadsby, which … Read More

Cherries stars join Premier League Kicks youngsters

Cherries duo Jefferson Lerma and Diego Rico have joined in with more than 40 young players at the latest Premier League Kicks session at Mudeford Wood Community Centre in Christchurch. Run by the AFC Bournemouth Community Sports Trust, the sessions – which are free of charge, open to all and held across the area – welcome young players on a … Read More