‘Football for all’ fun

Twenty local primary school children were given the opportunity to brush up on their football skills over the Easter break.

The wannabe Renaldo’s and Rooney’s attended the four day soccer skills school at Trimpell. The event was funded by Poulton Neighbourhood Management and run by fully qualified Football Association coaches.
Children from Morecambe Bay County Primary School and Poulton-le-Sands Primary School took part and it was free to enter with lunch, drinks and snacks included.
The coach took on the task of organising the program of activities as well as devising a personal development plan and a progress report for each player.
‘Football for All’ aims to give the pupils the opportunity to improve their football skills, enhance their personal fitness levels and to promote good behaviour.
The coach and his assistants worked to encourage positive qualities and values, such as, teamwork, communication skills, personal development coaching and attitude and awareness. Every day, a football was awarded to one of the players who had shown exceptionally good behaviour.
Sue Boswell, Community Development Officer for Poulton Neighbourhood Management said: “This is a really great event for local kids and just gets better every year. Over the last 7 years nearly 220 local children have benefited from the free ‘Football for All’ events.”
The event ended with an awards ceremony where the children received a certificate, a commemorative medal and a surprise Easter egg. Two winners from the design-a-football-strip competition won the latest England football shirts.

Watch the In Your Hands Film Online

Poulton Neighbourhood Management has produced a DVD about the participatory budgeting scheme.
The DVD explains in more detail about how participatory budgeting came about and the benefits of allowing local people to spend public money. The film shows what happened at the Grand Voting Event and what the participants thought of the experience. You can watch the In Your Hands DVD online