Falkirk Football Community Foundation

Another Bairn taking the next step. 💙🧤

Everyone at Falkirk Foundation would like to congratulate goalkeeper Benjamin Anderson, who has made the move from our 2013 Reds to Falkirk FC Academy.

Benjamin's journey with the Foundation began five years ago at our Goalkeeper classes before progressing through our community pathway with the 2013 Blues and, most recently, the 2013 Reds.

A Falkirk fan himself, Benjamin has worn the Foundation kit with pride throughout his journey and now follows in the footsteps of Joe Hastings by progressing from our community teams into the Falkirk FC Academy.

It's another fantastic example of the close relationship between the Foundation and Academy, and the pathway available to young players across our community.

Congratulations, Benjamin. Everyone at the Foundation wishes you every success as you begin your next chapter! 👏

You know our name. Come and discover our impact.

Falkirk Foundation works with thousands of people across our community every year.

But football is only part of our story.

On Thursday 3rd September, we're inviting local business leaders to the Brockville Lounge at the Falkirk Stadium for Coffee, Cake & Community. An informal morning to discover more about the people we support, the work happening across Falkirk and what we could achieve by working more closely with our local business community.

No sponsorship presentations. No hard sell.

Just coffee, cake and a conversation about Falkirk.

📅 Thursday 3rd September
⏰ 10am–12pm
📍 Falkirk Stadium

Places are limited. Book yours here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/community-connections-morning-with-falkirk-foundation-tickets-1998205545577?aff=oddtdtcreator

THIS IS YOURS.

Introducing our 2026/27 Falkirk Foundation goalkeeper strip.

Different colours. Same badge. Same purpose.

For every goalkeeper who pulls it on, it represents their team, their teammates and the community they represent.

A new identity for Falkirk Foundation, built around the people who wear it and the people who stand behind them.

This is your Foundation.
This is your community.
THIS IS YOURS.

Tonight, we are proud to reveal the new Falkirk Foundation strips for the 2026/27 season.

For this season, we were advised that our teams would no longer be able to continue wearing the strips they had worn for many years. That was not a decision taken by the Foundation.

While disappointed, our focus has been on moving forward positively and creating something that represents the people who make the Foundation what it is.

These strips will be worn by around 650 players across 42 teams. They belong to every player who pulls them on and to the coaches, volunteers, parents, families and supporters who stand behind them each week.

They represent our community, our values and the pride our players feel when they represent Falkirk Foundation.

We would like to thank our front-of-shirt sponsors, Your Equipment Solutions and RJM Sports Ltd. along with O'Neills Sportswear for their continued support and for standing by the Foundation.

The kit has changed. Our purpose has not.

We develop players. We also develop people.

This is your Foundation.
This is your community.
THIS IS YOURS.

More than 500 children. 16 primary schools. Over 1,200 breakfasts in just six weeks.

More than 500 primary school children across Falkirk have signed up to take part in our latest Extra Time and Bright Starts activity, delivered across 16 schools in communities throughout the area.

Through Extra Time, delivered in partnership with the Scottish FA and funded by the Scottish Government, alongside our Bright Starts work, children are getting the chance to start their day active, supported and ready to learn.

Our morning sessions combine physical activity with a healthy breakfast or snack, and during the first six-week block alone we expect to provide more than 1,200 breakfasts.

Some of the schools involved are in communities experiencing the highest levels of deprivation in Falkirk. That matters to us.
We want our programmes to reach children and families where they live, remove barriers to taking part and provide practical support that can make a difference to the start of their day.

More than 500 children signing up is a fantastic response, but it also shows the scale of the opportunity.

This is Falkirk Foundation at work across our community: using sport, our staff and our relationships with schools to support children, families and communities across Falkirk.

For Falkirk. Through the Foundation. For Life.

CLOSES ON MONDAY 🚨
⚽ We’re recruiting!

Falkirk Foundation is looking for a Football Development Officer – Male Player Pathway to join our team.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the development of our male player pathway, combining hands-on coaching with player development, coach support and programme growth.

💼 Full-time, 35 hours per week
💷 £26,500–£28,500 per annum
📍 Falkirk & wider Forth Valley
📅 Applications close Monday 24 August at 12 noon

More information can be found at:

https://falkirkfoundation.org/vacancy/vacancy-football-development-officer-male-player-pathway

Our Bairns Blether group will meet this coming Monday 12pm - 2pm in the Alex Parker Lounge at Falkirk Stadium 🏟️

Open to all aged 60+, come along for a cuppa, a bite to eat and a chat with quizzes and games on offer 🫖

New members welcome to attend, please note that there is a £5 charge per person.

Just under three months to go. One very special night. 💙

This November, we’re bringing together businesses, supporters, partners and friends of Falkirk Football Community Foundation for our Foundation Gala.

It will be a night to celebrate everything our community has achieved, but more importantly, to help us continue changing lives across Falkirk and beyond.

Every table booked. Every sponsorship secured. Every person in the room helps us deliver programmes that support children, young people, families and adults across our community.

Join us for an evening with a purpose.

Tables of 10 are available, with a range of sponsorship opportunities also available for businesses looking to make an even bigger impact.

Book your table: https://brnw.ch/21x54ws

Interested in sponsorship? Get in touch with the Foundation team to find out more.

Three months to go. We’d love to have you with us.

Today, Falkirk Football Community Foundation is proud to announce a major new £850,000 Scottish Government-backed partnership to help tackle child poverty across Scotland.

We are joining four other leading football community charities to deliver Centre Circle, a new Whole Family Support programme that will help families in Falkirk access practical, financial and wellbeing support earlier, more easily and through an organisation they already know and trust.

Across Edinburgh, Falkirk, Aberdeen, Inverclyde and East Ayrshire, the partnership will support around 500 families.

For Falkirk, this is about more than a new programme. It is an opportunity to strengthen the support already available across our community, work even more closely with our partners and build on the trust we have with families, volunteers and people with a strong connection to Falkirk.

We are incredibly proud that Falkirk will be one of five areas helping to shape this new approach and demonstrate what trusted, community-based Whole Family Support can achieve.

For Falkirk. Through the Foundation. For Life.

The Scottish Government, Falkirk Council, Falkirk Health and Social Care Partnership, Aberdeen FC Community Trust, Morton in the Community, The Killie Community, Big Hearts Community Trust