Month: June 2021

Thanks to our fantastic partners at BPT, ‘The Boot Room’ will now offer a safe space for Street Soccer players to engage in off-pitch activities with staff, as well as doubling up as an office environment for staff before and after sessions.

The Boot Room will ensure that one-to-one support is now available throughout the day for any player who visits. Personal development opportunities and training courses will now also be completed out of this space, meaning that our various sessions can now be delivered safely both on and off of the pitch in Lambeth.

Please make sure you visit us, we’ll always be around for a chat.

The tournament aims to engage teenagers across London in a giant two day 11-a-side tournament, hosted at Wanstead Flats in East London. The competition will bring together 32 youth teams from each borough in the city, with off-pitch activities available on site to engage players in employability and personal development opportunities.

Street Soccer, in partnership with the Black Prince Trust and FAST, have selected a 18 player squad, following trials across our sites in Lambeth and Nine Elms.

With the event looming in just over a weeks’ time, the squad have been hard at work in training with Street Soccer coaches Matthew and
Jack. The group have also benefited from having a strength and conditioning coach on site.

With an influx of new players in the Street Soccer programmes, this will be the first opportunity for many of the boys to come together as a team representing Street Soccer.

We anticipate this to be a fantastic learning experience for all involved. The tournament is the latest instalment in a series of initiatives from HWFC and partners Nike to tackle violence among young men across the city.

We are proud to be part of such a big event as we strive to continue to make positive change through football.