Project:
Cambridge City Council (East and South East)
Grant amount
£36,150
project summary
Social Inclusion, Development Project
what was the grant spent on?
To establish Saturday morning club football at targeted venues linked to specific schools and generate team leaders from parents and carers, creating
football sessions, coaching education opportunities and exit routes into competitive leagues.
quotes
Name: Sally Stanhope
Position: Senior Sports Development Officer
"The football foundation grant enabled locally led football work to happen with targeted groups and wards in Cambridge city. This has been the impetus for more football happening in the city and has led to the success of work such as the homeless football and street football in targeted ASB areas."
Name: Phil Kinsey
Position: Participant
"The objective of the street football project was mainly to get teenagers off the street into a safe environment playing football as this was the activity they chose to do, but also to filter young people into weekend football, liaising with local clubs and coaching set ups."
