𝑨 𝑭𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓 🌟 Congratulations to @AcademyOfLight player Charlie Dinsdale, who picked up the 'Wear Excelling' Award at our Gala Awards Dinner 🏆 Charlie’s journey with the Foundation has seen him attend both our Holiday Courses and Player Development Centre before progressing into the #SAFC Academy 📈 Charlie was presented with his award by #SAFC Director of Football, Florent Ghisolfi 🤝 Well done, Charlie! 🎉

𝗜𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 ❤️🎶 Relive the full performance of Shipyards by the incredible Lake Poets at Friday's Gala Awards Dinner 🎤 A truly moving performance! ✨

𝗜𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 ❤️🎶 Relive the full performance of Shipyards by the incredible Lake Poets at Friday's Gala Awards Dinner 🎤 A truly moving performance! ✨

𝗛𝗮'𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀! ❤️👋 Great to welcome @SAFCWomen players Marissa Sheva, Atlanta Primus, Izzy Atkinson and Elise Hughes, alongside manager Melanie Reay, to Friday's Gala Awards Dinner 🤝 The #SAFCWomen celebrations didn't stop there, with former Foundation of Light player and current Women's player Chloe Paxton picking up the Wear High-Performing Award! 🏆 A pleasure to have you all there celebrating with us 🙌

𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 🤩✨ A very special 25th Anniversary Gala Awards Dinner 🎉 📍@BeaconofLight

𝗔𝗻 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵!✨🍽️ A huge thank you to Foundation of Light Ambassador Paul Askew for curating last night’s Gala Awards Dinner menu 🎉 The #SAFC themed menu made the amazing night extra special! ✨

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗱𝘂𝗼! 🤝🗣️ With more than 200 #SAFC goals between them, Kevin Phillips and @marco_ten swapped goals for gavels as they led our live auction last night 🤩 A huge thank you to everyone who got involved and supported both our live and silent auctions ❤️

𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 ✨📍 A special thanks to the 'Beyond Sunderland' group who held their own Gala Awards Dinner celebration in London last night 🎉 The group were joined by Foundation of Light Trustee Tanni Grey-Thompson, as they tuned in and celebrated the incredible occasion from the capital! 🥂 Thank you for your continued support ❤️

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁! ✨🎤 What an amazing night celebrating our special participants and raising vital funds to help us continue our life-changing work ❤️ Thank you for all of your support! 🙌 #FoLGalaDinner

🎶 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 The awards may be wrapped up, but the party is only just getting started… The Soundhouse Band are bringing the evening to a close! 🕺💃 #FoLGalaDinner | #FoL25

🧑‍⚖️ 𝑮𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝑮𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒘𝒊𝒄𝒆... Kevin Phillips and Marco Gabbiadini.... no, not your dream #SAFC strike partnership but tonight's guest auctioneers #FoLGalaDinner | #FoL25

🔴⚪ 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗨𝗣! Great to welcome some familiar #SAFC faces as they helped hand out tonight's awards 🏆 #FoLGalaDinner | #FoL25

📸 𝗔𝗡 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗣𝗜𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗣 Presenting our #FoLGalaDinner Class of 2026! 🙌 A truly incredible group of people! 👏 #FoL25