Football League & Activities

We aim to establish a football league and physical activities: 

2 x afterschool clubs for 8-11-year-olds from Hallsville Primary School (1 x football, 1 x multisport) 

3 x open community football sessions at Hallsville Primary School (1 x 8-11-year-olds, 1 x 11-13-year-olds, 1 x 14-16-year-olds) 

1 x group fitness session at Lea Valley Ice Centre for 14-18 year-olds

1 x learning for life sessions for 8-18-year-olds, based at E16. 

Participants will primarily come from Africa who are refugee Swahili-speaking living in Canningtown who are low-income and culturally diverse backgrounds, many of whom are currently less active or inactive and not engaged in grassroots football and physical activities. 

We will deliver this multisport camps at Hallsville Primary School for children aged 8-16. This will be 2 hours per day, 2 days a week across 32 weeks. 

Our sports sessions consist of physical fitness training, technical skill development, teambuilding games, matchplay and competitions (both internal competitions and external ones where we invite other community groups, football teams and our participants from our other delivery areas Newham. The last 15 minutes of sessions consist of group discussions about various topics including citizenship, stop and search, wellbeing and conflict reduction. Topics are decided by participants, project staff and our youth advisory board. During our learning for life sessions, children are supported with homework and revision, whilst also supporting those 15+ with college applications, work experience applications, CV writing, and job interview preparation. We will engage young people aged 8-18 who are from ethnic minority African refugee Swahili-speaking living Cannigtown. Many are economically disadvantaged, low attaining academically and at risk of exclusion and violence. We are an award-winning, user-led community organisation that delivers physical activities, sports and education programmes.