Adam Stansfield

Remembering Adam Stansfield

Authored by AS9
Posted: Tue, 08/04/2015 - 12:02pm

It will be five years on 10 August since Adam succumbed to bowel cancer.

The charity set up in his name to raise awareness of bowel cancer in the young and help promote a healthy lifestyle through football continues to work hard to achieve its aims.

Since we began we have helped over 5,000 children through supporting PowerChair football in Devon, Downs Syndrome football in Devon, FA Junior Football Leaders Awards in Devon, Somerset and Herefordshire. We have also supported over 100 junior football teams in all of the three counties Adam played in.

We have worked in...

Remember Adam Stansfield Day

Event Date: 
10/08/2015 - 6:00am to 11:45pm
Venue: 
Work Place

We are encouraging individuals and businesses to allow staff to wear a football shirt to work on Monday 10th August to remember Adam, and to Text STAN09 (that’s zero nine) £3 to 70070 – or an amount of your choice.

Xpression FM Charity Football Match

Event Date: 
17/03/2013 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
Venue: 
University of Exeter Sports Park, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QN

On Sunday 17th March, University of Exeter radio station Xpression FM will be taking on the University Staff in a battle of skill and determination, and it's all in aid of the Adam Stansfield Foundation.

We're kicking off at 11am on the Rubber Crumb, so please come and join us, DONATE, and also experience:

  • Cake sale
  • Raffle
  • Auction
  • Chance to take part in a penalty shootout

Featuring lecturers, SABBs and other staff of the University of Exeter, and of course all of your favourite Xpression FM presenters and pundits…...

ABBA Charity Tribute Night

ABBA, one of the bestselling acts of all time, are being brought back to life! Relive the ABBA experience live and join the band ABBA Sensation in saying Thank You For The Music , as they revive one of the most successful acts in the history of pop music!

The show has amazing costumes, exciting choreography, sizzling performances and a sprinkling of light-hearted humour to produce a dynamic jaw-dropping show with universal appeal. The band even speaks Swedish during the live performance!

Get your metallic flared jumpsuits out and retro platform shoes on and come ready to be...

1,000 volunteers needed to count the elusive woodcock

One thousand keen-eyed volunteers are required to count one of the UK's most elusive birds in more than a thousand woods across the UK. The 2013 national woodcock survey is being organised by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) and the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO).

The woodcock is a beautifully camouflaged bird, with a long slender bill, that can be identified by its very distinctive flight and call. Because of their secretive nature, there has long been uncertainty about the status of the breeding population of woodcock in this country. Until 1970, breeding...

Seaton Tramway: A Bird Hide on Wheels

Event Date: 
19/02/2013 - 9:00am
Venue: 
Seaton Tramway

Join us for a ride through two beautiful nature reserves, Seaton Marshes and Colyford Common, next to the glorious River Axe estuary, which plays host to an ever-changing selection of birds through the seasons.

Trips give you exclusive access to remote parts of the valley, where you are likely to see between 30 and 50 different species of bird during your 2-hour trip.

Birdwatching takes place with specialist guides and commentary from either Ian Waite or Donald Campbell on special trams trips in January, February, March, April, May, August, September, October and November...