The Children and Young People offer will predominately be coordinated and delivered through the County Football Associations and 4 national education partners that are funded by The FA to deliver the NGS in partnership with County Sport Partnerships, Local School Networks, Colleges and Universities. The national education partners are the English Schools FA (ESFA), Independent Schools FA (ISFA), British College Sport (BCS) and British University and College Sport (BUCS).
Creating opportunities for children and young people to access football is a key priority held by the Gloucestershire FA as we look to develop football. The Gloucestershire FA aims to empower children and young people to play and lead football activities through the creation of authentic opportunities within football, which enhance the life experiences and skills of all children and young people involved.
The Gloucestershire FA will look to work with partner organisations in order to deliver a variety of key programmes for children and young people across the NGS.
School Club Links Programme
The School Club Links programme is a key strategy used by the Gloucestershire FA in developing opportunities in mini soccer and youth football for boys and girls aged 5-16. The programme looks to develop effective and sustainable links between schools and local clubs to provide continuous access to football for children and young people.
*For further information on the Gloucestershire FA Club Links programme please click here.
The FA Tesco Skills Team
The Gloucestershire FA host an FA Tesco Skills Team who work with children aged 5-11 across the county. The team will look to deliver sessions to children in various environments including; school sessions, Skills Centres, holiday sessions and working with local clubs.
*To find out more about the FA Skills Programme in Gloucestershire and how to get involved please click here.
Football Futures – Young Leadership & Volunteering
The FA Football Futures Leadership and Volunteering programme aims to recruit, retain, develop, reward and provide a progressive pathway for young leaders in order to develop a skilled football workforce. The young leader is placed at the heart of the Football Futures programme choosing what, where and how they wish to volunteer in football across six football themes.
*For further details on the Football Futures programme in Gloucestershire please click here.