Football Unites Racism Divides has been awarded funding by a youth volunteering charity to get young people positively involved in their communities.
The project began on 1st April 2008 and aims to work with nearly 800 young people aged 16-25 over the next three years, with full-time, part-time and short-term taster sessions available.
The type of activities available include providing sporting activities for the community through the utilisation of FURD Educational Trust(FURD Ed)'s multi sports arena, working with young offenders in prison to deliver a combined package of both sport and education, providing a mentoring scheme for refugees to help them settle into the community, delivering arts and dance workshops to young people, working to bring different communities together through FURD Ed's conflict resolution programme, delivering healthy lifestyle workshops to BME communities, undertaking advocacy and campaign work and helping with promotion and publicity.
Through the delivery of these volunteering opportunities FURD Ed will contribute to the city's aim of achieving communities that are cohesive, with active citizens displaying community pride with good health and well being.
Football Unites Racism Divides Educational Trust is one of 152 projects across the country who will be funded by v as part of vinvolved, a new national youth volunteering programme backed by £75 million funding, which aims to inspire half a million more young people to volunteer in England.
Football Unites, Racism Divides Coordinator Howard Holmes explained: "We are very excited to be part of the vinvolved programme. The funding will enable us to harness the enthusiasm and talents of young people in Sheffield for the benefit of the community".
