Through the Premier League Kicks programme, the trust provides free weekly football sessions, youth work and mentoring of young people with the end goal of creating opportunities for young people to develop skills and improve confidence.
The delivery takes place throughout the London Boroughs of Lewisham and Southwark and is aimed at supporting young people to progress into positive pathways such as football teams and volunteering as well as create routes into education, training, and employment.
The activities are split into age groups within the programme which are 8 to 11, 12 to 15 and 16 to 18 to allow participants that attend sessions to be engaging within their relevant age groups.
Activities take place in venues that are accessible to young people which include housing estate ball courts, youth clubs and leisure centres. The football sessions take place in the evenings for 48 weeks throughout the year.
Through consultation with a parent of a participant that attends our PL Kicks disability session as well as our summer holiday activities programme, we have been able to gain insight into the benefits of the programme as well as where we can improve. This will prove to be vital in the development of individual sessions.
