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Working Together – Linking Regeneration Targets With Community Football 20 th August 2008. Where do people gather? Work, school Scottish Prison Service Police – housing allowance Mining Communities Modern housing estates and retail parks. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Working Together – Linking Regeneration Working Together – Linking Regeneration Targets With Community FootballTargets With Community Football
2020thth August 2008 August 2008
• Where do people gather?– Work, school
• Scottish Prison Service
• Police – housing allowance
• Mining Communities
• Modern housing estates and retail parks
• Last bastion of community spirit and social gathering?– 168 Junior Football Clubs– Highland League– East of Scotland League– South of Scotland League– SFL
• Place for people to let off steam?– Stress relief in a modern age– Identity and recognition– Making a contribution– Building networks and partnerships– Affordability of access
• Selling grounds encourages regeneration and economic development – Been happening for a long time– NSJFC – 1994– Breathing new life into communities– £1.25m investment– Walker homes– Edinburgh ripple effect
• Opportunities to develop young footballers, coaches, administrators etc
• Even opportunities to rehabilitate and influence behaviour
• Role models for young people
• Engender Community Spirit
• Danger of arguing contribution of sport to other agendas?
• Do we really participate in sport to socially or economically regenerate?
• Enjoyment, camaradarie, fitness, social interaction, winning
• Something you are good at!!• Is sport only important because of its
contribution to other agendas?
• Does community football contribute to social and economic regeneration?– Education, Health, Crime, Jobs
• Is it aware of its contribution?
• New Physical Environment• Skills and Learning• Employment• Healthy Communities• Economic Growth• Improved Environments• Cohesive Communities• Empowered Communities• Social Regeneration• Safer Communities
• Empowerment• Strong Voluntary System• Skills Development• Physical and Mental
stimulus• Sports facilities contribution• Working together• Social pride• Ownership and
responsibility• Confidence building• Diversionary activity