The Foundation - Alan Shearer Foundation

I founded the Alan Shearer Foundation to make a real difference in the lives of people with a wide range of abilities and complex needs.

Valuing Disability

Our sole focus is supporting the Alan Shearer Centre in Newcastle – a unique facility offering sensory, therapeutic, leisure, and social activities all for free to the centre’s members, as well as specialist residential care and short-break services for those with profound disabilities.

Your generosity enables over 5,000 members and their families to access life-enhancing therapies, like hydrotherapy and sensory play, without increasing the strain on family finances.

But I can’t do this alone. Every donation, fundraising event, and contribution helps us maintain and grow these vital facilities, ensuring people get the care and experiences they deserve.

Thank you for standing with us and making a real impact.

Alan Shearer CBE, DL

£6.32

million raised since 2012

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In 2006, I had my testimonial game in front of a full house of 52,000 supporters that resulted in £1.6m being raised.

I could never take the money as I had never viewed the money as being mine so I decided to donate it to charity. The easy part was giving it away, the hard part was deciding which charity(s) to give it to as there is no such thing as a bad charity.

The construction of the Alan Shearer Centre; an activity centre with sensory, music therapy rooms and a hydrotherapy pool along with a twelve bedroomed respite home began. I cannot tell you how proud I am to have this, my achievements in football pale into insignificance compared to how proud I am with my Foundation and what we are able to give back.

To continue to give the Activity Centre facilities away for free we have to raise £320,000 per year and we do this by having a golf day and an annual ball where the likes of Gary Barlow, Lewis Capaldi, Craig David, Jess Glynn, Ronan Keating, Beverly Knight, Marcus Mumford, Olly Murs, Sam Fender and Ed Sheeran have performed in the past few years.

Make a difference

Your generosity can change the lives of so many families. See below on how you can make an impact.

As an Individual

Your donations can make a real difference, enhancing the lives of those living with severe and profound disabilities.

As an Organisation

To help us fund The Alan Shearer Centre, we receive direct financial contributions through active fundraising by companies and their employees.

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