What's involved?
The Peterborough United 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!
"We are thrilled and proud to be part of Street Soccer Academy. To be able to reach and support some of the most vulnerable young adults in our city is vitally important to us.
Through this programme, we aim not only to create/develop a love for football but also to empower and uplift individuals, providing them with opportunities for personal growth and positive change. Together, we believe in the transformative power of sports and education, creating a brighter future for our community."
Through this programme, we aim not only to create/develop a love for football but also to empower and uplift individuals, providing them with opportunities for personal growth and positive change. Together, we believe in the transformative power of sports and education, creating a brighter future for our community."
Gill Wignall, CEO - Peterborough United Foundation
When are the sessions?
All sessions include lunch
- TASTER SESSION - Thursday, 7th September - 1-4pm
- SESSION 1 - Thursday, 14th September - 1-4pm
- SESSION 2 - Thursday, 21st September - 1-4pm
- SESSION 3 - Thursday, 28th September - 1-4pm
- SESSION 4 - Thursday, 5th October - 1-4pm
- SESSION 5 - Thursday, 12th October - 1-4pm
- SESSION 6 - Thursday, 19th October - 1-4pm
- SESSION 7 - Thursday, 26th October - 1-4pm
- SESSION 8 - Thursday, 2nd November - 1-4pm
- SESSION 9 - Thursday, 9th November - 1-4pm
- GRADUATION - Thursday, 16th November - 1-4pm
When are the sessions?
All sessions include lunch
- TASTER SESSION - Wednesday, 11th September - 11:30am - 2:30pm
- SESSION 1 - Wednesday, 18th September - 11:30am - 2:30pm
- SESSION 2 - Wednesday, 25th September - 11:30am - 2:30pm
- SESSION 3 - Wednesday, 2nd October - 11:30am - 2:30pm
- SESSION 4 - Wednesday, 9th October - 11:30am - 2:30pm
- SESSION 5 - Wednesday, 16th October - 11:30am - 2:30pm
- SESSION 6 - Wednesday, 23rd October - 11:30am - 2:30pm
- SESSION 7 - Wednesday, 30th October - 11:30am - 2:30pm
- SESSION 8 - Wednesday, 6th November - 11:30am - 2:30pm
- SESSION 9 - Wednesday, 13th November - 11:30am - 2:30pm
- GRADUATION - Wednesday, 20th November - 11:30am - 2:30pm
Where's the venue?
The Focus Centre
Chestnut Avenue, Dogsthorpe, Peterborough PE1 4PE
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.