Social Inclusion
City KickAbout:
Positive diversionary activity and opportunities in targeted areas of need for young people in community settings. The aim of the activity is to improve physical activity, mental health, and life skills like confidence and teamwork. Support from Persimmon Homes ensures that session cost is not a barrier to attendance,
City KickAbout runs on Monday evenings at Huntington Secondary school, for 8-12 year olds from 5-6pm and for 13-15 year olds from 6-7pm and Thursday evenings at Energise Leisure Centre, Acomb, for 8-12 year olds from 5:30pm-6:25pm and for 13-17 year olds from 6:30-7:25pm.£1 per person (cash only).
You can simply turn up and have a kickabout as the name would suggest. Registration is required on site and must be completed by a parent/carer for anyone attending the first session age 8-12, but can be completed by the young person themselves age 13+
City KickAbout and City Wildcats in the Parks:
Free fun outdoor physical activity sessions for young people aged 4-14 years old during longer school holidays, especially Easter and Summer, promoting use of open and green spaces across York.
Funded by local Ward Councils to provide positive engagement during school holldays, encouraging young people and their families to participate, reducing social isolation, tackling food poverty and holiday hunger, and offering the opportunity to be physically active with fun football and multiskills sessions tailored to 4 age groups with a healthy snack and drink provided, alongside education for keeping our parks litter free.
City Wildcats in the Parks is a girls only football activity session, which runs during school holidays for young girls aged 7-14 years of age.
Strensall Youth club:
Youth Club based at Spearhead Hall in Strensall, funded by Strensall Ward Council and open for young people across living or going to school in the Ward aged 8-13.
Providing a supportive, inclusive environment for young people, who are looking to make friends and have fun. Lots of different exciting activities on offer, from pizza making to games’ night, arts and crafts, Strensall’s Got Talent, DJ workshops….. there is something for everyone. Sessions run on a fortnightly basis, Friday evenings from 5:30-7:30pm, cost £1 per person
Changing Room Project:
The Changing Room project is aimed at ensuring lack of access to sports clothing or equipment is not a barrier to participating for young people. Secondary to that, is reducing the environmental impact that sports equipment production has on the planet and provide an effective way to encourage recycling preloved items.
This freecycle like initiative, sees a number of collection bins distributed across the City with regular collections made, for sports clothing, kit and equipment from children and young people. With partnership from schools to grassroots football clubs, workplaces, leisure centres, retail parks and other community based venues, accommodating a Changing Room branded bin.
Doations are washed and sorted, and redistributed at regular intervals alongside community food share events in key areas of the City, to ensure they reach the families who will benefit most. This project has been created and sustained with funding from the National League Trust.
If your business/venue would like to host a bin for donations, please contact inclusion@yorkcityfcfoundation.co.uk
Happy Healthy Holidays:
As part of our commitment to ensure that cost is not a barrier to attendance and tackling food poverty, especially holiday hunger, we offer fully funded Happy Healthy Holidays football fun courses over the longer school holiday periods.
We have been delivering this programme in various guises since 2017, but the introduction of the Government’s Holiday Activity and Food funding in 2022, has enabled us to broaden the offer.The holiday activities and food (HAF) programme provides healthy meals, enriching activities, and free childcare places to children from low-income families, benefiting their health, wellbeing and learning during winter, Easter, and summer holidays.
The Foundation supplement the funding through fundraising events such as the York Charity Sleepout, so we can support as many families who would like our support.
Contact inclusion@yorkcityfcfoundation.co.uk for more information.
