Set up in November 2001, the charity registered to Sunderland Football Club has built on the extremely successful SAFC Community scheme which has been operating in local communities since 1988.
Sunderland were proud to be one of the first football clubs to have a community scheme and it is now six years since it became a charity.
SAFC Foundation uses the power of football to educate and motivate young people from the Sunderland and surrounding areas and last year, SAFC Foundation helped over 20,000 children through innovative projects, advancing literacy and numeracy of youngsters and improving their confidence and aspirations, as well as raising awareness of citizenship issues and improving employment skills.
Fit for Footy:
A health project for both children and families, featuring a healthy bus for learning, health checks and MOT’s .
Selected primary schools receive a 10 week activity programme of workshops.
Teenagers in select areas are visited by the healthy bus on a weekly basis and can take part in fitness tests, coaching and tournaments.
Families also receive 10 weeks of football coaching and workshops two hours per week.
For more information about how to get involved please contact: tcnr@safc.com.
Football Apprenticeships:
Young people that are currently not in education, employment or training are selected to develop their employability skills.
The young people from Sunderland, South Tyneside and Easington, are supported through a number of courses including Sports Leader Awards and FA Level 1’s. They are required to build up a portfolio of work including day release to college and shadowing of professionals within the field.
Trainees dedicate 35 hour per week for two years, studying and gaining work experience in all departments of the Sunderland AFC Foundation.
For more information on this exciting course please contact: graham.robinson@safc.com.
GOAL
This project is for 13-16 year olds who have been or are at risk of being excluded from school or who are Not in Education, Employment or Training.
Young people benefit from the following three programmes:
- Pitstop – works with excluded young people on a full time basis to help them get back into mainstream education.
- GOAL – an Award Scheme Development and Accreditation Network (ASDAN) scheme that reduces the number of young people being excluded. It includes one-to-one counselling and a bespoke development plan for each participant.
- Going for Goals – special intervention scheme designed for primary school children to add disengagement at an early stage and to help with the transition into secondary education.
For further information please visit the Sunderland AFC Foundation's website.
