The community has always been at the heart of the Fans Museum, whether that is viewing the collection or events at the museum or our many community outreach events. Our outreach covers care schemes, schools, hospitals, shopping centres and much more. See our timeline below for the history of our community and outreach work
The Fans Hub and This Is Wearside and Swan Lodge Life House came together at the Academy Of Light Sunderland to see the lads off ahead of the massive playoff clash against Coventry. Scarves were raised, songs were sung, and hearts full of belief. The atmosphere spoke louder than words…
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On Tuesday 20th May, the Link School came to the Fans Museum to have a tour and try on match worn shirts! You can see all the smiles and the excitement on faces from being in such a unique environment.
Here at The Fans Museum we take mental health seriously and work very closely with Men in need in our local community with our own Fans Hub. At least once a week we all meet up, support each other and play football. Men of all ages from 18 to 60+…
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Here we are at University of Sunderland, City Campus, for the Fun Day! You can see some smiles and our display, come and try some shirts on! Come see our memorabilia! team_sunderland sunderlandcitycouncil Sunderland AFC Sunderland Echo South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust Age UK
Here at The Fans Museum we take mental health seriously and work very closely with Men in need in our local community with our own Fans Hub. At least once a week we all meet up, support each other and play football. Men of all ages from 18 to 60+…
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Howard Gayle, Ruebuen Agboola and Gary Bennett all appeared at The Fans Museum to host poignant and important discussions on racism in football and celebrate ongoing work in the wider community. “There are lots of good people in Sunderland. I always felt the support of Sunderland fans anytime I pulled…
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We welcomed King’s Academy from Middlesbrough this week, meeting some amazing students who have faced so many health remits, but were not to be held back with the opportunity to wear some of the regions and world’s most iconic players shirts, as well as holding boots going back 100 years,…
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Howard Gayle, Ruebuen Agboola and Gary Bennett all appeared at The Fans Museum to host poignant and important discussions on racism in football and celebrate ongoing work in the wider community. “There are lots of good people in Sunderland. I always felt the support of Sunderland fans anytime I pulled…
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We were delighted to host Amy and Liam’s Beautiful Wedding on Saturday, there was a lot of excitement, beautiful speeches and all round fun! Here are some images from the wondering day. If you’d like to hire the venue please send us a message on our social medias!
We visited the Broadway school to set up a display for the students who absolutely enjoyed looking at the memorabilia, trying on famous shirts & holding the cup ⚽️🏆🔴⚪️🔴⚪️Thank you to the school and Mr Lindstedt arranging this. Some feedback we received from the School: “The children had an amazing…
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What an incredible day we’re having, the rain can’t put a damper on our spirit and our #MentalWellBeing Come down and get involved at Sunderland Uni City Campus on Chester Road #Positivity #Wellness #Inclusion #PassionWithaPurpose sunderlandafc sunderlandcollege University of Sunderland
Former Sunderland AFC stars lead football fans on a walk across the city to raise funds for South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust Ex-SAFC captain Gary Bennett and former Black Cats player Mick Harford joined over 150 fans on a group walk across Sunderland to raise awareness of prostate…
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