Dunfermline Athletic Disabled Supporters Club

Calvin`s Big Day

The Pars’ Matchday Mascot for the 13 April match against Falkirk was 6-year old Calvin Early, from Hollybrae Estate in Kirkcaldy.

Calvin is in Primary 1 at Capshard Primary School, with his favourite subjects being Music, Singing and (of course) Football. He also enjoys riding his bike and eating out, and his ambitions are to visit Disneyland Paris and to be a Power Rangers ninja.

Calvin loves the atmosphere in the Norrie McCathie Stand, where he sits at every home match with his Dad, Granddad, brothers Aaron and Kai and cousin Kray, to cheer on his favourite players James Craigen and Faissal El Bakhtaoui.

On Saturday, Calvin was thrilled to get a signed training top from Mo Hutton (as well as Mark Durnan’s hat!), but meeting Sammy the Tammy and then leading out the Pars with Lee Ashcroft was undoubtedly the highlight. Well done, Calvin – shame about the final score, though!

Bucket Collection at EEP

Huge thanks to the ever-generous Pars fans, who donated £655 to the DADSC First Floor Access Fund at a bucket collection which took place on 20 April before the match against Queens Park at KDM Group East End Park.

Asda Collections

DADSC`s bucket collection teams visited the two Asda stores in Dunfermline (St Leonards and Halbeath) on 10 and 17 March, raising £367 for the First Floor Access fund. Many thanks to Asda, to the many people who donated so generously, and of course to our team of Josephine Chesby, David Henderson, Dave Nugent and John Simpson

CAFE WEEK OF ACTION 2024

The Week of Action headed by CAFE (Centre for Access to Football in Europe), uses #TotalAccess to harness the power of sport as a catalyst for disability-inclusive change in wider society. For 2024, DADSC and DAFC promoted the work done by The Pars Foundation and local charity Fairway Fife to build the confidence of those with autism or other learning disabilities and make them feel less isolated within our community.