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Hull City Football in the Community in partnership with the Hull Schools Football Association will provide a structure for football development across the city. The Hull Schools Football Development Project will increase participation for boys and girls at grassroots level and improve pathways for the gifted and talented. Particularly in areas of identified deprivation that have a lack of opportunities, especially for girls. These areas include Bransholme, Orchard Park, Greatfield and also the Beverley Road area, an area with a high percentage of ethnic groups.
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Three qualified (FA Level 2 and Child Protection), and enhanced CRB checked community coaches will coordinate the following activities : Grassroots • School visits o Coaching sessions o After school clubs • Holiday coaching sessions • Mini school leagues • City wide cup competition Gifted and Talented • Development centres • Area representative teams • City representative teams After initiating individual school football clubs, support will be given to the volunteers (teaching and non teaching, other additional adult staff, parents and college/university students) who will continue to run them following attendance at the FA Level 1 coaching course, Child Protection, and have been CRB checked. Boys and girls attending the after school clubs will receive information and advice relating to eating a healthy balanced diet, the importance of regular exercise and warned about the dangers of cigarettes, alcohol and drugs. Gifted and talented children will have opportunities to progress, but only if they have a good attendance record at school and are making an effort to attain higher levels of academic work. The most talented children will have additional opportunities to progress through links with Hull City Centre of Excellence for boys and East Riding Centre of Excellence for girls.