What's involved?
The Pompey in the Community 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're really excited to join the Street Soccer Academy network and bring the project to Portsmouth. Football provides so many under appreciated opportunities to grow whether it's a safe space to use as a release, increase physical participation/exercise or provide potential employment/education opportunities.
So being able to utilise football as the vehicle to support individuals' personal development across mental and physical health is a narrative, we're incredibly passionate about and can't wait to get started."
So being able to utilise football as the vehicle to support individuals' personal development across mental and physical health is a narrative, we're incredibly passionate about and can't wait to get started."
Taylor Monk, Head of Community Development - Pompey in the Community
When are the sessions?
The Spring/Summer 2024 Academy will run during March, April and May.
The dates and times of all 10 sessions will be published here when full timings have been confirmed.
When are the sessions?
All sessions include lunch
- TASTER SESSION & SESSION 1 - Tuesday, 26th March - 11am-3pm
- SESSION 2 - Tuesday, 2nd April - 11am-3pm
- SESSION 3 - Tuesday, 9th April - 11am-3pm
- SESSION 4 - Tuesday, 16th April - 11am-3pm
- SESSION 5 - Tuesday, 23rd April - 11am-3pm
- SESSION 6 - Tuesday, 30th April - 11am-3pm
- SESSION 7 - Tuesday, 7th May - 11am-3pm
- SESSION 8 - Tuesday, 14th May - 11am-3pm
- SESSION 9 - Tuesday, 21st May - 11am-3pm
- GRADUATION - Tuesday, 28th May - 11am-3pm
Where's the venue?
Pompey in the Community
John Jenkins Stadium, Moneyfield Avenue, Portsmouth PO3 6LA
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.