Working Together – Linking Regeneration Targets With Community Football 20 th August 2008

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• Where do people gather?– Work, school

• Scottish Prison Service

• Police – housing allowance

• Mining Communities

• Modern housing estates and retail parks

• Last bastion of community spirit and social gathering?– 168 Junior Football Clubs– Highland League– East of Scotland League– South of Scotland League– SFL

• Place for people to let off steam?– Stress relief in a modern age– Identity and recognition– Making a contribution– Building networks and partnerships– Affordability of access

• Selling grounds encourages regeneration and economic development – Been happening for a long time– NSJFC – 1994– Breathing new life into communities– £1.25m investment– Walker homes– Edinburgh ripple effect

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• Broxburn United Sports Club

• Opportunities to develop young footballers, coaches, administrators etc

• Even opportunities to rehabilitate and influence behaviour

• Role models for young people

• Engender Community Spirit

• Petershill Junior Football Club

• Arniston Rangers

• Kilwinning

• Spartans

• PARC/Craigmillar

• Danger of arguing contribution of sport to other agendas?

• Do we really participate in sport to socially or economically regenerate?

• Enjoyment, camaradarie, fitness, social interaction, winning

• Something you are good at!!• Is sport only important because of its

contribution to other agendas?

• Does community football contribute to social and economic regeneration?– Education, Health, Crime, Jobs

• Is it aware of its contribution?

• New Physical Environment• Skills and Learning• Employment• Healthy Communities• Economic Growth• Improved Environments• Cohesive Communities• Empowered Communities• Social Regeneration• Safer Communities

• Empowerment• Strong Voluntary System• Skills Development• Physical and Mental

stimulus• Sports facilities contribution• Working together• Social pride• Ownership and

responsibility• Confidence building• Diversionary activity

Regeneration companies/organisations

need to be proactive in taking the agenda

forward in partnership with community

football to achieve joint outcomes.