CACT Football and Sports Development

⚽️ A big thank you to @CAFCWomen's Grace Johnston, who visited our Football Holiday Courses in New Eltham today to meet participants, pose for photos and answer their questions 🤝 There's still plenty to look forward to this week, with Holiday Courses continuing across south-east London and Kent, including our Advanced Courses at the @CAFCofficial Training Ground 📍 Find out more and book ➡️ cact.gives/courses #cafc | @FSD_CACT

❤️ Another night to remember at the House of Lords. Look back on an emotional evening as we celebrated the 2026 CACT Awards 👇 🔗 cafc.co.uk/cact-news/winners… #cafc | @CAFCofficial

🏆 @FSD_CACT's Advanced Centre programme has been recognised as our Programme of the Year at tonight's CACT Awards! 🙌 For 30 years, the Advanced Centre has identified and developed talented local young players, providing a pathway into academy football while also supporting participants into education and coaching. The programme has produced 18 @CharltonAcademy signings in the last seven years, while historic Advanced Centre graduates Danny McNamara and Karlan Grant both returned to @CAFCofficial earlier this year ⚽️ #cafc | @BaylissExec

🎥 During the @EFL's #TogetherAgainstRacism campaign, we're proud to showcase the positive work taking place to tackle discrimination. As part of our Premier League Primary Stars delivery, local schoolchildren recently took part in an anti-racism workshop at The Valley delivered in partnership with @SRTRC_England 🔴 @CAFCofficial duo Karlan Grant and Charlie Kelman, alongside vice-chairman Paul Elliott, visited the session to discuss the importance of challenging discrimination. #cafc | #PLPrimaryStars | @PLCommunities

Congratulations to @CACTKent_Post16 academy player Freddie Francis who was named as Player of the Match for @FIFC after scoring in the Kent Senior Cup last night 🙌 #cafc | @FSD_CACT

⚽️ Less than a week to go until our October Football Holiday Courses get started! Join @FSD_CACT this Halloween half-term at any of our four venues: 📍 @CAFCofficial Training Ground, New Eltham 📍 Sporting Club Thamesmead 📍 Bexley Park, Dartford 📍 John Wallis Academy, Ashford Book your place ➡️ cact.gives/courses #cafc

🚨 @CACT_POST16 are recruiting for their 2027-28 male & female cohorts! Talent ID & Information Days are coming up later this month for Year 11 students interested in combining playing football with their education. 🔗 Register via 360Player: app.360player.com/registrati… or email [email protected] to find out more. #cafc | @FSD_CACT | @CrayValleyPM

🔴 Today is Show Racism the Red Card’s Wear Red Day. We’re proud to regularly work alongside @SRTRC_England, who recently delivered an anti-racism workshop at The Valley for some of our Premier League Primary Stars participants 🙌 #cafc | #PLPrimaryStars | @CAFCofficial

🏆 We welcomed 20 schools to the @CAFCofficial Training Ground yesterday to take part in the latest set of our EFL Kids Cup local qualifiers. Congratulations to Holy Trinity Lamorbey CE Primary School and Sherington Primary School, who finished as winners and runners-up, while semi-finalists Henwick Primary School and Burnt Oak Junior School also progressed to next month's local finals 👏 #cafc | @FSD_CACT

🤳 @CAFCofficial defender Lloyd Jones’ message ahead of the October half-term 🫵 Visit cact.gives/courses to sign up for our Football Holiday Courses later this month ⚽️ #cafc | @FSD_CACT

📸 Our first two EFL Kids Cup local qualifiers have taken place at Sporting Club Thamesmead and Bexley Park 📍 Congratulations to St Fidelis Catholic Primary School, Belmont Academy, Brampton Primary Academy and Royal Park Primary Academy, who have all progressed to next month's local finals at the @CAFCofficial Training Ground ⚽️ #cafc | @FSD_CACT

⚽️ Looking to take your game to the next level this October half-term? As part of our Football Holiday Courses this month, we're running specialist: 🧤 Goalkeeper sessions 👧 Girls-only sessions ⭐ Advanced sessions Book your place ➡️ cact.gives/courses #cafc | @FSD_CACT

🏟️ Could your school be the next to represent @CAFCofficial at Wembley? @FSD_CACT are hosting an additional EFL Kids Cup qualifying tournament at Staplehurst Monarchs United FC next month on November 5th, giving schools in Kent the chance to compete for a place in our local finals 🙌 🔗 Learn more and register: cafc.co.uk/cact-news/schools… #cafc | @Kent_cc

📸 @CAFCofficial forward Matty Godden paid a visit yesterday to our @CACTKent_Post16 Academy based at @FIFC! Thanks for stopping by, Matty! It was great to see you and our students enjoyed meeting you 🙌 #cafc | @FSD_CACT | @Kent_cc

⚽️ Four venues. High-quality facilities. Plenty of opportunities to develop your football this October half-term! Our Football Holiday Courses are coming to @Royal_Greenwich, @LBofBexley and @Kent_cc, with sessions running from October 26th to October 30th 🎃 Book here ➡️ cact.gives/courses #cafc | @FSD_CACT