city in the community

Manchester City Football Club’s community scheme, City in the Community (CITC) was founded as Football in the Community in 1986 with the aim of forging closer links between the football club and the local community.

A registered charity, CITC is responsible for the development of community engagement, social inclusion, health and well being, education and enterprise, and for supporting sustained neighbourhoods across both Manchester and Tameside.

Each year through wide ranging programmes of respectful intervention the community scheme engages with around 200,000 people across all age groups.

One City Disability Project:

This is a comprehensive programme of football activities for young people with disabilities aged 5-16 years.

CITC provide various football sessions at specialist schools including after school clubs, competitions, and holiday clubs.

Disability specific teams have been created providing an excellent opportunity for disabled young people to develop their skills and even have the chance to be selected for Manchester City and play in the Greater Manchester Ability Counts League organised by Manchester FA.

One City DIsability Project was launched on 8 July 2008.

Click here to find out how this project was involved in a recent local awards event.

For more information on how to get involved please contact: citc@mcfc.co.uk.

Play and Adventure

This is a fantastic sports activity project for young people aged 8-19 years.

‘Parktastic’ takes place on evenings, weekend and during the school holidays. It provides activities including football, arts and crafts and adventure activities for 8-16 year olds.

‘Play’ is for 8-13 year olds during the school holidays. The five day courses take place at local parks and open spaces in central and south Manchester and include activities such as football, rock climbing, rounders, cycling and playground games.

‘Adventure’ is for 13-19 year olds during the school holidays. The five day courses take place at a variety of venues and include five-a-side football, rock climbing, skiing, skate boarding and canoeing.

All activities are overseen and delivered by CITC coaching staff.

This project was launched on the 14th of April. It was attended by Shaun Wright-Phillips and the event was very successful. Many young people attended and were able to take part in a variety of activities such as: abseiling, bungee jumping, basketball and many more.

News feature on the CITC website

For more information on how to get involved please contact: citc@mcfc.co.uk

MCFC Enterprise Project

This is an Enterprise project for 12-14 year olds at three high schools in the Tameside area. Participants learn about the business model of Manchester City FC.

The students study the following subjects as part of this programme:

• What is business?
• Objectives and roles
• Customer services
• Products and services
• Advertising
• Complaints
• Providing information
• All about me.

The Year 9 students gain an Oxford and Cambridge and RSA examinations (OCR) qualification after completing the programme.

For more information, please contact Mike Green at mike.green@mcfc.co.uk.