Charlton Athletic Community Trust’s (CACT) Adult Learning Disabilities Football Squad were recently welcomed to a men's first-team training session by manager Nathan Jones and his team.
The CACT Adult Learning Disabilities squad concluded their own training session before crossing over from the community training pitches to Sparrows Lane, where they watched the team’s preparations ahead of their recent win against Stevenage.
Head of First Team Player Care Tracey Leaburn said: “Welcoming them to watch the first-team train and then meet Nathan and the players is what we should be doing and what the Charlton family is all about. You can see the smiles on their faces and that they’ve enjoyed the experience of watching training and spotting their favourite players. It’s been great for them and great for us.”
Sam White, CACT’s Inclusion & Transition Officer, said: “We work with a group who have Special Educational Needs and we do different sports and activities with them. All of them were really excited to come and watch the team train. It was great to meet Nathan Jones, Curtis Fleming and James Rodwell. Nathan even let one of them join in with the training, it was really good!”