The Fulham Football Club Foundation uses the power of sport to deliver positive social and educational programmes in the community, to improve the quality of life for disadvantaged young people to make a difference.
Fulham FC Foundation promotes health, education, sporting opportunities and special programmes for disadvantaged groups. They have been a registered charity since 2006 and deliver opportunities to over a quarter of a million children and young people each year.
Community Champions Volunteering Programme
This is a project for 14-25 year olds to get involved in volunteering.
The young volunteers are recruited from schools, universities, youth services, volunteer centres and other youth agencies and given an opportunity to experience a volunteer placement in there own chosen area, this could be:
Volunteers will also get an opportunity to gain coaching and training qualifications as a reward for volunteering. For more information about volunteering opportunities please contact the Volunteer Development Officer 0870 442 5432 or email volunteering@fulhamfc.com.
aspire 2 move and positive minds
This project focuses on two target groups: girls aged 14-25 and people with disabilities.
‘Aspire 2 Move' allows girls to get involved in a variety of sporting activities such as: football, basketball, netball, hockey, cricket, tennis, trampolining and athletics.
There are also leisure activities to participate in such as: dance, drama, fashion, music DJ-ing, media production and arts and crafts.
‘Positive Minds’ is a project aimed at increasing accessible sporting activity in local communities for people with a disability with a focus on: football, basketball, tennis, boccia, athletics and cricket.
Additional to the coaching sessions, the participants from both projects can take part in workshops to learn about drug and alcohol misuse, personal development, and health and fitness.
For more information about getting involved contact the Fulham Football Club Community Sports Trust on 0870 442 5432.
'Both projects, Community Champions and Aspire 2 Move and Positive Minds, were launched on 17 September 2008.
FFC Community Enterprise Academy
'To Challenge, Inspire, and Motivate young people into the world of business using the power of football and Fulham FC.'
This project is targeted at 12-14 year olds and will be delivered in three schools each year for three years.
Participants will learn about the business model of Fulham FC and how a business operate over a ten module accredited programme in curriculum time. This also includes a stadium tour and interaction session with the staff of the football club.
The students learn about the following subjects:
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Customer services
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Roles and objectives
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Products and services
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Marketing and communication
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Literacy, numeracy and ICT.
For more information about this project, please contact the Fulham Football Club Foundation on 0870 442 5432.
