Matchday Birthday Parties
Charlie is excited to be bringing his Wardle Jnr teammates to celebrate his 8th birthday. He is a football obsessive who always has a ball at his feet or watching it on TV. His favourite Altrincham player is Justin Amaluzor and is looking forward to sharing the Alty experience with his friends.
A belated Happy 10th Birthday to Harry Walshe, who is here with us today! A Goalkeeper with Egerton FC where our Young Robins play some of their matches, Harry's birthday was actually in November but his celebrations were adjourned when they clashed with an invitation for him to attend a GK camp in Eindhoven led by Hans Segers (of Crazy Gang fame!). Harry's dedication to his training was rewarded when he won the coaches' prize for best all round performance / attitude over the course of the intensive three day camp.
Harry is currently in the middle of a trial with Manchester City, so we wish him all the very best of luck with that. We'll be sure to keep an eye out for his name in the future!"
Mascot
Edward loves to learn to play football with the Altrincham coaching team which he has done after school for the last 3 year. He comes home super proud about getting player of the week and we love family days watching Altrincham play at home matches. He can’t wait to be a mascot!
Matchday Charity
Who we are
Coffee4Craig is now entering our 10th year of supporting people facing homelessness in all its forms. Predominantly we run a 2 hour evening drop in 7 nights a week. We provide hot food, showers, advice and medic support as a first step to the recovery of homelessness. The C4C team is a group of 8 passionate people determined to provide dignity to some of Manchester's most vulnerable people.
What we do
Our primary mission is our evening café. We are open 7 evenings a week providing most importantly a space for respite for people with no space to relax or feel safe. We cook for between 70 and 100 people a night, with 3 options on the menu. We support people in bringing choice back into their life. We served 27,500 meals in 2023! We have showers and our own fashionable wardrobe (powered by donations) enabling people to choose their own clothes. Ensuring people have agency who may have been without this for months or years. There is a medic on shift every evening to ensure medical issues are dealt with when they arise before they become potentially life threatening or costly to our NHS.
Being open at the weekend we are an essential lifeline for people who are either facing homelessness or are newly homeless to find support. We draw on a collective 40 years of knowledge of the local system to ensure any person is connected with the best support for themselves.
Our support team build relationships with our guests, ensuring when someone is ready to begin their Journey they have the right tools and support. As a person's potential first step toward recovery from homelessness we connect with any statutory or charity agents involved in a case and organise multidisciplinary team meetings. Here we discuss any barriers a person might have to housing and create action plans to ensure accountability across services to ensure that person has a clear pathway to a home.