The Trust in Durban
What have we done to date and what have we achieved to date?
In January 2008, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office requested that CACT replicated their successful programme from Alexandra and Cape Town in Durban. CACT agreed to this but only alongside the desire for a national roll-out by the South African partners. This was agreed and in February 2009, CACT staff and coaches were accompanied by Roger Godsiff MP (CACT Chairman), Paul Elliott (CACT Trustee) and Martin Simons (Football Club Director) to launch the third part of the nine year project.
The CACT framework was already in place from Alexandra and Cape Town enabling CACT to bring it across to 16 schools in Durban, one of the poorest areas of the world. The project is being funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Again, CACT is working in partnership with British Airways, the Metropolitan Police and the SAPS.
This initiative is in the KwaMashu township located just 25km north-west of Durban. Working alongside professional Durban football club Amazulu FC, CACT is delivering a Football in the Community programme with the newly qualified coaches working alongside Amazulu.
Key aims of the programme include:
Early results from the initial delivery week include:
Amazulu FC is intending to set-up a football in the community programme and drive the concept forward in partnership with key stakeholders. Meanwhile the UK team plans a national roll-out after the World Cup which will be through 1,300 police stations and use the 14 Premier League clubs.
In January 2008, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office requested that CACT replicated their successful programme from Alexandra and Cape Town in Durban. CACT agreed to this but only alongside the desire for a national roll-out by the South African partners. This was agreed and in February 2009, CACT staff and coaches were accompanied by Roger Godsiff MP (CACT Chairman), Paul Elliott (CACT Trustee) and Martin Simons (Football Club Director) to launch the third part of the nine year project.
The CACT framework was already in place from Alexandra and Cape Town enabling CACT to bring it across to 16 schools in Durban, one of the poorest areas of the world. The project is being funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Again, CACT is working in partnership with British Airways, the Metropolitan Police and the SAPS.This initiative is in the KwaMashu township located just 25km north-west of Durban. Working alongside professional Durban football club Amazulu FC, CACT is delivering a Football in the Community programme with the newly qualified coaches working alongside Amazulu.
Key aims of the programme include:
- Build community confidence in the SAPS, particularly among young people
- Develop community safety partnerships that will reduce crime and harness the power of sport
- Improve international community relations with the UK by working directly with disenfranchised communities
- Raise the profile of these communities
- Enable the young people within these communities to benefit from the opportunities that the 2010 World Cup might offer including training, employment and improved economic status
- Develop a community engagement strategy with Amazulu FC who will manage and coordinate the programme at a local level in the long term
- Raise the profile of the work of British Airways in the community
Early results from the initial delivery week include:
- 16 schools involved in the programme from the INK (Inanda, Ntuzuma and KwaMashu townships in Durban) area – eight primary and eight secondary
- Around 1,500 children and young people participated in the programme
- 24 local adults trained and gained the FA Level 1 football coaching qualification
- A ‘Football in the Community’ structure was developed to enable football to successfully contribute to a ‘Safer Schools – Safer Neighbourhood’ programme
- Empowerment of the SAPS and community partners to deliver and create future projects for INK communities
Amazulu FC is intending to set-up a football in the community programme and drive the concept forward in partnership with key stakeholders. Meanwhile the UK team plans a national roll-out after the World Cup which will be through 1,300 police stations and use the 14 Premier League clubs.
