Football

What is the Project?

Weekly football training sessions providing opportunities for young people aged eight to 16 from different ethnic communities to play together. There are specific sessions for girls. The project has begun a weekly basketball session as an alternative to football. The annual Unity Cup, organised by a committee of young people from different projects, comprises a series of 5-a-side match days bringing together different (largely territorial) teams and projects across the borough.

 

What is the need for the project?

The overall aim and need of the project is to provide football sessions for all age groups ranging from U10, U12, U14, U16, U18, and U19s and to provide football sessions for girls. Within these sessions we hope to incorporate workshops, residential and off site activities. These experiences will give young people the opportunity to explore avenues which will encourage and aid them into and within mainstream society

 

What are the benefits of the project?

The benefits of the football development programme is that it engages young people with positive activities and breaks down barriers and reduces anti social behaviour the programme also gives young people a
voice as they take ownership of the local pitch at the warren and experience vital learning and peer education during the run up to the Camden unity cup.