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Leicester City
                                Football Club
                                 Community Trust

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LEICESTER CITY COMMUNITY TRUST
           Leicester City Community Trust harnesses the power of football to inspire people to
           achieve their potential. Partnerships with Leicester City Football Club, the Premier League,
           Leicestershire Police, Samworth Brothers, and many others enable Leicester City Community
           Trust to provide a range of opportunities, which create a positive impact on the lives of
           children, young people and adults.

          PREMIER LEAGUE and BT DISABILITY
           Funded by the Premier League and BT, Leicester City Community Trust’s Disability programme
           aims to provide meaningful opportunities and experiences for young people and adults
           across the city and county to improve their quality of life through sport and physical activity.

           The programme provides a range of multisport activities within schools, colleges, day
           services, charities and community settings for children as young as one years old to adults
           in their nineties. The programme has also started to provides leadership and volunteering
           opportunities offering the opportunity for young people, of all abilities, to gain qualifications
           and work related experience.

           For more information, please contact Sarah Alexander - Disability Officer on
           sarah.alexander@lcfc.co.uk

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PREMIER LEAGUE PRIMARY STARS
           Premier League Primary Stars uses the appeal of the Premier League and Leicester City
           Football Club to inspire children to learn, be active and develop important life skills. Available
           to primary schools across Leicester the programme delivers both curriculum and extra-
           curricular activities that aim to positively engage and raise young aspirations of girls and boys
           aged 5 to 11 years in the classroom, playground and on the sports field.
           Teaching resources are developed in partnership with nationally recognised organisations
           including the National Space Centre and National Literacy Trust and cover a range of key
           subjects.
           The programme aims to:
           • Develop physical literacy
           • Promote lifelong participation in sport
           • Support children to reach their full potential
           • Provide opportunities for competitive sport
           • Offer Continual Professional Development for class teachers

           For further information, please contact Jamie Skinner - Education Manager on
           jamie.skinner@lcfc.co.uk

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PREMIER LEAGUE ENTERPRISE
           Premier League Enterprise provides unique, high-quality enterprise education in local
           secondary schools and has had a positive impact on young people, particularly in increasing
           confidence, aspirations, attendance and motivation at school.
           Leicester City Community Trust have a positive track record in delivering the programme and
           have recently delivered the ‘Premier League Enterprise Challenge’ with Soar Valley College
           representing Leicester City Football Club at the regional finals held at the King Power Stadium.
           The programme aims to:
           • Inspire young people to positively engage in education
           • Develop important life skills
           • Raise awareness of the world of work

           For more information, please contact Louise Hopkin - Enterprise Officer on
           louise.hopkin@lcfc.co.uk

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PREMIER LEAGUE WORKS
           Premier League Works is designed for young people aged 16 to 25 years who are furthest
           away from the job market - not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET). The 12-week
           programme provides young people the opportunity to gain a formal qualification in Sports
           Leadership alongside taking part in various ‘Employability Workshops’ to help build relevant
           skills and develop self-confidence.
           Leicester City Community Trust utilises
           links with external delivery partners
           to provide bespoke and specialised
           workshops to enhance young people’s
           skills set to prepare them for the
           workplace and wider. Each aspect
           of the programme is designed and
           delivered to aid young people to plan
           and prepare a thoughtful progression
           route into employment, education or
           training.
           For more information, please contact
           Amelia Paynter - PL Works Officer on
           amelia.paynter@lcfc.co.uk

          PREMIER LEAGUE KICKS
           Premier League Kicks is one of the Premier League’s most popular and longest running
           community programmes. The programme is free to access and engages young people in
           weekly positive activities including drop-in football sessions, multisport activity, awareness
           raising workshops, and volunteering.

                                                                    Leicester City Community Trust began
                                                                    delivering Kicks in October 2014
                                                                    and deliverers in community settings
                                                                    across the city. Moving forward the
                                                                    programme aims to build relationships
                                                                    with current and additional partners
                                                                    and increase opportunities for
                                                                    underrepresented groups and
                                                                    individuals in local communities
                                                                    including young people from a range
                                                                    of backgrounds, and refugee and
                                                                    asylum seekers.

           For more information, please contact Ish Latif - Kicks Officer on
           ish.latif@lcfc.co.uk

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PREMIER LEAGUE GIRLS
           Premier League Girls provides girls
           11 years and above the opportunity
           to participate in weekly football
           activity in a style to suit individual
           and group needs. Weekly activity
           may include structured football
           development sessions, small sided
           games, fitness focussed sessions
           through ‘soccercise’, and informative
           workshops delivered by experienced
           female coaching staff.
           The programme also looks to sign post
           girls to local grassroots clubs, provides
           competitive games at local and
           national competitive events, take up
           ‘young leader’ roles within sessions
           delivered at secondary schools, and attend female football events.
           For more information, please contact Nicola Mellor - Women and Girls Officer on
           nicola.mellor@lcfc.co.uk

          LEICESTER CITY GIRLS’ REGIONAL TALENT CLUB
                                                                Leicester City Girls’
                                                                Regional Talent
                                                                Club is a tier 1
                                                                programme that
                                                                offers opportunities for young females
                                                                from under 10 years through to 16
                                                                years.

                                                                 Forming part of the FA Talent ID
                                                                 Pathway, the programme identifies
                                                                 talented female players and places
                                                                 them in a technical programme
                                                                 designed to produce football
                                                                 excellence in conjunction with personal
                                                                 development - based around the FA’s
           Long-Term Player Development (Four-Corner) Model, which includes technical, psychological,
           physical and social development. The programme seeks to challenge each individual player
           in a supportive and stimulating environment to achieve her full potential, with the ultimate
           aim of producing players to continue to play at the highest level of opportunity.

           For more information, please contact Jo Sjoberg - Club Manager on jo.sjoberg@lcfc.co.uk

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HEALTH
           Leicester City Community Trust works closely
           with local partners to utilize the brand of
           Leicester City Football Club to engage older
           members of the community to improve their
           health and wellbeing through their interest in
           sport.
           EuroFit: The goal of EuroFIT is to harness the
           ‘love of the game’ to engage football fans
           in health-promoting lifestyle changes through
           their loyalty and attachment to LCFC. The 12-
           week programme engages men through their
           connection with football to make sustainable improvements in their diet, activity, and physical
           fitness.
           Man v’s Fat: Is a 6-a-side football league aimed at adult men 30 to 65 years. Participants
           are ideally required to have a BMI above 27 to sign up for the 15-week league, and benefit
           from peer to peer support to encourage a healthier lifestyle and weight loss through regular
           physical activity.

           Football Memories: Designed for older
           Leicester City fans and consisting of
           monthly coffee morning type events,
           the programme takes place at the
           King Power Stadium and aims to tackle
           dementia, depression and loneliness
           through Sporting Memories. Expertise
           is provided by Club Historian, John
           Hutchinson and supported by ex-professional players.
           For more information, please contact Matt Bray - Community Manager on
           matt.bray@lcfc.co.uk

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LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN
           Leicester City Community Trust works with key partners to positively engage those young
           people currently living in care. The Looked After Children programme is currently funded by
           the Premier League Professional Footballers’ Association and delivered by experienced youth
           workers and football coaching staff.
           The programme aims to:
           • Improve self-esteem and confidence
           • Increase educational attainment (Key Stage 2 to 5)
           • Improve independence, employability and life skills (16 to 18 years)
           • Provide mentoring, support and signposting
           • Foster a sense of belonging through regular participation in football and social activity

           For more information, please contact CJ Bishop - Enrichment Officer on
           cj.bishop@lcfc.co.uk

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