STREET FOOTBALL IS COMING TO TOWN

Inverclyde Leisure’s “Street Football” project is funded for 3 years by the Big Lottery Funds, Young Peoples Fund. Providing a floodlit portable (15 x 10 metres) football pitch where games are played by teams of four players, at least one of which must be female.

The pitch will be used THROUGHOUT Inverclyde’s communities providing a well structured safe environment for young people to socialise and engage in team sports through FAIR PLAY. Promoting a healthy lifestyle, by involvement in sport.

Street Football will be used to provide a positive activity as an alternative to life on the street that is intended to make an impact on reducing anti-social behaviour and increase the skills and confidence in young people. Empowering them to be involved in the running of the project and promote the employability of young people.

The medium to long term plans are to develop other relevant sporting activity, and using this, and Glasgow’s success in securing the 2014 Commonwealth Games as a medium to signpost young people into mainstream sport and activity.

STREET FOOTBALL PROGRAMME May – August 2008 TUESDAY Gibshill Football Ground 6.30pm – 9.30pm THURSDAY Boglestone Car Park 6.30pm – 9.30pm FRIDAY Murdieston Park 6.30pm – 9.00pm SATURDAY Gourock Pool Car Park 7.00pm – 10.00pm STREET FOOTBALL IS FREE OF CHARGE  & IS WEATHER PERMITTENT.  If you would like to volunteer for any of the Street Football evenings to help out with activity and gain experience in the Leisure Industry then Call Stuart on 01475 806678

For more information contact Stuart McCabe, Street Football Development Officer on 01475 806678
or email streetfootball_inverclydeleisure@yahoo.com

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In July 2007 the Café Project in Arbroath held a national tournament at Arbroath Academy. It was attended by 16 teams from all over Scotland. Tayside Police were on hand to provide advice and information on drugs and alcohol misuse. Tayside Fire & Rescue offered safety advice. The winning team were from Inverclyde that consisted of 4 boys from Gourock YAC Under 16’s. But it was the team from the Attic Youth Centre in Brechin who will attend an international tournament being held in Germany as there team consisted of 3 boys & 1 girl as stated in The Game & Fair Play Rules of STREET FOOTBALL. More information can be found on the Café Project Website cafeproject.btinternet.co.uk