Who is the Programme For?
The programme is for young people aged between 13 & 19 who have an interest in football leadership. This can be in a range of environments: be it at a school/college or attached to a charter standard club/league. Leaders can choose from a range of activities, from assisting with the coaches or running a team, acting as a press officer, developing a film to promote a new activity for young people to play, refereeing or being a Respect Ambassador to name but a few .
What are the Benefits?
Through Football Futures, a young person will gain valuable experience and develop skills that can be applied to all walks of life. Young leaders will have the opportunity if selected to attend County, Regional and National Camp.
The 6 Themes: -
Coaching and Working with Teams -
Opportunities could include: coaching or working with a team in a college, school, and charter standard club/league. This could be helping out an experienced coach or running your own one of coaching sessions, to working with a team on a regular basis in training or match days.
Refereeing-
Refereeing games within a club, school or college on a voluntary basic, Young Leaders can get involved in refereeing small sided games, school football or 11 v 11 and become part of the National Development Programme .
Running and Supporting Events -
Assisting in a coordination and organisation of an event(s). This can be any kind of event from school tournaments to regional and national tournaments.
Promoting the Game –
Many Young Leaders will probably have already been involved in promoting the game through volunteering activities and may not even have realised it! for example running a website?, writing a match report?, photography?. Promoting the game strand of football futures programme is designed to include theses activities.
Respect Ambassador –
Ensuring that all players have signed up to the Respect Code of Conduct, putting up Respect barriers and ensuring that teams all teams have an understanding of the rules of the competition.
Running and Developing the Game – Assisting in the running of a charter standard club/league. This can involve supporting the fixtures secretary, taking minutes at committee meeting or writing development plans to increase participation.
The Young Leader’s Journey;
Register for Football Futures through Wiltshire County FA
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Select Main Volunteering Theme
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Gain Experience
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Opportunities to attend Workshops/Camps
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Opportunities to be selected for:
National Management Team
Changing Lives International Trip
National Coaching Scholarship and Mentoring Programme
Volunteering opportunities at National Events
Football Futures National Ambassador
Other:
To ensure that the Wiltshire County Football Association Children and Young People’s Offer meets the needs of the Wiltshire community, a specific Steering Group will be established. If you are keen to volunteer on that group, please contact emma.small@wiltshirefa.com