west ham united community trust

In 1990, West Ham Football in the Community was established to further West Ham United Football Club’s links with the surrounding area.

The Community team is aware that sport, and in particular football, is an essential component of a healthy lifestyle and identifies the following areas for development:

• Football Participation Courses

• Coach Education

• Social Inclusion

• Education & Health 

In 2006 8,388 sessions were delivered for 161,770 participants with the intention of maximising young person’s personal development and participation in sport.

Trainee Mentoring Scheme

This project 12 young people the chance to become scholarship trainees through a supervised learning programme.

Each trainee gains qualifications in FA coaching courses, and supports local schools through assisting teachers to deliver PE lessons.

Trainees who qualify will have the opportunity to work with the Community Trust on their other programmes.

This project launched successfully on the 23rd October 2008, it was attended by Manager Gianfranco Zola and it featured on Sky Sports as well as in the Sunday Telegraph.

Mick King of West Ham's Community Sports Trust stated that: "I have never been as proud of anything we have ever done as I am of these coaches. They are the future of our game" when interviewed at the launch by the Telegraph.

For further information please visit the West Ham United Community Trust website by clicking on the Trust logo as above, on the right hand-side.

Multi-Sports Access and Retention Scheme (m.a.r.s.)

This project delivers five Olympic sports to juniors, young adults and people with disabilities.

Juniors (7-11 year olds) are coached on a regular basis to introduce them to football, tennis, handball, basketball and athletics. The same five sports will also be delivered to people with disabilities, giving a real taste of Olympic coaching.

Young adults (16+ age group) also receive coaching in the five core sports, but more emphasis is placed on maintaining their interest in sports through encouraging players to join local clubs.

The final section of this Olympic themed programme is the opportunity to attain qualifications in all five sports.

This project was successfully launched on the 14 May 2009.

For further information please visit the West Ham United Community Trust website by clicking on the Trust logo as above, on the right hand-side.

West Ham – Intergenerational Health Project

This project works with families to help them learn to live a healthier lifestyle through regular sporting sessions, coaching opportunities, and cookery classes. There are many different areas for families to get involved in and these include:

• Train to Train – enabling parents to become healthy whilst acquiring the skills to coach other adults and young people.
  Qualifications – a wide variety of training opportunities are available for adults to select from.

• Head Chef Master Classes – teaches families about healthy eating and living, such as diet, nutrition, purchasing and cooking of healthy food.

• Beckton Alps Development scheme – project participants have the chance to volunteer to help redevelop and fundraise to improve the appearance of the former ski slope.

For further information please visit the West Ham United Community Trust website.