West ham united, In partnership with sports England, are making a proactive, ground breaking contribution to encourage Asian people to participate in football. The project operates across the borough of Newham, tower hamlets and Redbridge. The scheme assists Asian people to gain access to football and benefit from specific levels of participations.
The Thames Gateway Youth Football Project provides sporting and educational opportunities to vulnerable young people who are marginalised by poverty, low aspiration, poor self-image and discrimination, in areas of deprivation and high crime across east London.
Delivered through a unique partnership with Charlton Athletic, Dagenham & Redbridge, Millwall and West Ham United football clubs, the project works with local authorities, the private sector and local communities to combat social exclusion, reduce crime and support the social and economic regeneration of the Thames Gateway. The project is managed by The Thames Gateway London Partnership - the key strategic regeneration partnership for east London.
The project, now in its ninth year, runs after school clubs and estates, fit4life, healthy living, young women’s development and coach education programmes across eight Thames Gateway boroughs: City of London; Barking & Dagenham; Bexley; Greenwich; Havering; Newham; Thurrock; and Tower Hamlets.
Since 1998, the project has benefited over 45,000 young people through funding from the Children’s Fund, local authorities, the private sector and charitable foundations including the Ford Britain Trust and Aldgate and Allhallows Barking Exhibition Foundation.
The grassroots funding stream primarily supports organisations who wish to build, develop or refurbish facilities in order to increase or sustain participation.
The maximum grant available is £1m or up to 90% of project costs. The average level of support is 65%.
PROVISION/PATHWAYS FOR ELITE PERFORMERS
At first the player would start by just kicking about in the park with his mates or in the leisure centre. This will lead to the player learning control of the ball. This may lead to interest in playing and training with a team. So they might join the school football team or local area team. They would then be playing in matches within the team in training. This would not be a tedious session as it will not be competitive, but it will be enjoyable. This is the stage where the player learns basic skills and puts them into practice to become a better player. At this stage the coach will be crucial in provide feedback to the player on what there doing good and how they can improve. After this the player should be involved in competitive matches and train in the environment they’ll be playing for the season t adapt well. Then from this the player may be chosen to represent their district team. This will improve them even more as they’ll be playing with players with the same capability as them. Also there will be competition in the team to get in the starting line up; his will lead the player to work and train hard to get into the team. This will lead to them gaining more skills and all aspects of the game will improve much more then before. If the player is lucky they may be scouted by a professional team and will be asked to play for them. In order to succeed the player’s aggression and overall fitness must be to a top level in order for the player to compete in the top league against top level professional players. Then finally if chosen, they would represent their country and play against other countries, which have the best players in the world.
ADDITIONAL AGENCIES TO DEVELOP FOOTBALL
Leading the governing body hierarchy is FIFA, then continental bodies i.e. UEFA and under them national FA’s
FIFA – federal international football association is the world governing body of football. FIFA implements rules into football and structure the competitions appropriately, so football can run accordingly. They arrange competitions such as world cup.
UEFA – union of European football associations is Europe’s governing body of football, representing Europe’s FA. UEFA implements rules into European competitions. They arrange competitions like the European championships and champions league.
The FA wants more girls to get involved in football so they encourage them by setting up girls scheme. The FA fund 43 full-time officers to develop opportunities for girls and there is a pathway to steer talented girls from the beginning right to the professional stage and the England teams. The Thames gateway project aims to increase participation by young women by initially setting up taster classes in school with a view to setting up weekly coaching sessions. The scheme is open to all young women as well as women from ethnic minority groups. Over time they will look to get the girls into leagues. The programme links to initiatives developed through Westham, Millwall and Charlton girls and women development programmes in order to deliver co-ordinated service and achieve maximum benefit for communities. In the borough of Newham there are previsions for girls in football as there are football teams for girls e.g. Newvic college. There is a league for females within the college to take part in competitive matches. Westham FC and Charlton athletic have schemes for females called the prince’s trust where they give opportunities for females to get interested in football.
There are also involvements of women in football at an international level. This is evident by the England women football team who are very successful. Females who play for local or national clubs are encouraged to play for the national team if they are good enough.The England women's national football team represents England in international women's football. The side has been moderately successful of late, having got as far as the group stage of the last two European Championships, and has now qualified for two World Cups, 1995 and 2007.
The FA has many schemes for disabled people to take part in football. There is a programme called one 2 one counts, the programme runs a wide range of activities. For young disable people, the best new opportunities will come through commitment to establish regular training sessions. The FA also provides support to the international teams that compete in competitions such as the Learning Disabilities and cerebral palsy world cup tournaments. Lots of schools in Newham have clubs for disabled people foe instance Langdon schools have a special day when special coaches come in one day where they train disabled athletes, the same with Eastly school. Leisure centres in Newham have special sessions where disabled people have time to there selves to practice football and other sports.
To conclude every male female and disables participants have the opportunity to become elite athlete because of all the schemes run by the different agencies and all the facilities to participate in. football is growing fast all around the world no matter what your status, poor or rich. Everyone can enjoy this sport no matter if you’re just kicking the ball around or playing at the top level in clubs. The provisions for those who are interested in football are very wide spread and it doesn’t matter of race, gender or ethnic background it is possible for every one of all ages to get into football whether it is on a national or local level. You just have to be determined and carry on striving no matter what in order to achieve it. The FA has many provisions for males and females to get into football. There are also provisions for disabled people further supporting my analysis that football is possible for all people no matter what situation you are in.
REFRENCE
http://www.thefa.com/GrassrootsNew/Coach/Postings/CoachingPathway
http://www.answers.com/topic/the-football-association?cat=technology
http://www.footballfoundation.org.uk/our-schemes/kickz/delivering-kickz/
http://www.whufc.com/page/Community/0,,12562~1149993,00.html
http://www.thames-gateway.org.uk/projects-content.asp?id=19
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England_women's_national_football_team
