What's involved?
The Leicester City in the Community Foundation Street Soccer Academy is a free 10-week personal development programme providing a combination of football coaching, mindset training and skills & employability workshops.
By joining the Street Soccer Academy you can:
- Improve your physical and mental health
- Increase your fitness, confidence and self-belief
- Create a more positive mindset
- Improve your employability prospects
- Be in a safe and positive environment
- Develop and improve key skills such as team work, goal-setting, communication and more!
"The Street Soccer Academy has helped our participants in a way I personally could never imagine.
Seeing the participants only want to focus on playing football to watching them grow and become more self-determined, motivated and confident with anything they want to do."
Seeing the participants only want to focus on playing football to watching them grow and become more self-determined, motivated and confident with anything they want to do."
Sean Syrett, Community Engagement Coach - Leicester City in the Community
When are the sessions?
All sessions include lunch
- TASTER SESSION - Thursday, 29th February - 12-2pm
- SESSION 1 - Thursday, 7th March - 12-3.30pm
- SESSION 2 - Thursday, 14th March - 12-3.30pm
- SESSION 3 - Thursday, 21st March - 12-3.30pm
- SESSION 4 - Thursday, 28th March - 12-3.30pm
- SESSION 5 - Thursday, 4th April - 12-3.30pm
- SESSION 6 - Thursday, 11th April - 12-3.30pm
- SESSION 7 - Thursday, 18th April - 12-3.30pm
- SESSION 8 - Thursday, 25th April - 12-3.30pm
- SESSION 9 - Thursday, 2nd May - 12-3.30pm
- GRADUATION - Thursday, 9th May - 12-3.30pm
We will also be running football sessions at our local YMCA every Saturday for the duration of the Academy course.
Where's the venue?
St Margarets Pastures Sport Centre
St Margaret's Way, Leicester LE1 3EA
Refer a young person now
To refer a young person, please complete our online referral form. The Street Soccer Academy programme is open to young adults aged 18-30. We aim to help people who are homeless, at risk of homelessness, vulnerable or disadvantaged.