Football

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Football Development
Kent County Football Association Football
Development 2007 Year Review
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Introduction

• The Football Development Team
• Paul Dolan (County Development Manager)
• Darryl Haden (Senior Football Development
  Officer)
• Stephanie Gadd (Football Development Officer)
• Liz Symons (Football Development Officer)
• Val Hajialexandrou (Welfare Officer)
• Lee Suter (Football Development Administrator)

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Investment

• Total investment
• 7,039,854 (3,438,212 49 provided by
  Football Foundation)
• Facility Projects x 8 6,403,659
• Castle Community School (3G pitch)
• Ashford Borough Council (3G pitch)
• Maplesden Noakes School (3G pitch, changing
  rooms and revenue grant)
• Towers School (Floodlights)
• University of Kent (Changing rooms)
• Mascalls School (3G pitch and revenue grant)
• Ramsgate FC (Floodlights)
• Deal Town FC (Fence cladding)
• Community Education Projects x 3 461,058
• Goal Post Safety Scheme x 28 28,964

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Club Development

• 13 FA Charter Standard Clubs
• 3 FA Charter Standard Development Clubs
• 2 FA Charter Standard Community Clubs
• 39 FA Charter Standard Renewals
• Kent FA Charter Standard clubs In Service
  training workshop
• 40 participants attended Moving from
  mini-soccer to 11 v 11
• 36 participants attended Skills Coaching for 5
  11s
• Kent FA Charter Standard Club tournament
• 32 teams competed at Under 12, Under 14, Under
  16 and Under 12 Girls
• National FA Charter Standard Club of the Year
  2007
• Faversham Strike Force FC
• Assessed four FA Charter Standard Holiday courses

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Education

• 10 FA Charter Standard Schools
• FA Regional winners Northdown Primary School
• 2 FA Charter Standard School Workshops
• 420 young people attended 2 FA Charter Schools
  Festivals
• 31 Schools attended 2 Small Grants Scheme
  workshops
• Tops Football Course delivered 22 Teachers
• Futsal Level 1 Course specific for teachers
  14 teachers

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School Club Link

• Delivery in 7 School Sport Partnerships
• Dartford
• Dover
• Shepway
• Maidstone
• Malling Sevenoaks
• Ashford
• Thanet
• 264 young people involved in programme
• 115 male
• 149 female
• 77 young people transferred from programme into
  FA Charter Standard clubs
• 50 male
• 27 female

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Disability

• Kent Junior Pan Disability League (2007/2008)
• Under 11s x 8 teams
• Under 16s x 10 teams
• Kent Champions Cup tournament
• Under 11s x 8 teams
• Under 16s x 10 teams
• Kent U17 MLD/EBD Representative teams
• 6 matches
• South East Champions
• Kent Youth Games Special School Football
  tournament
• 11 special schools participated
• FA Coaching Disabled Football course at
  University of Kent
• 20 participants attended course
• Gained funding for Kent Disability Centre of
  Excellence

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Women and Girls

• 10 FA Charter Standard Club Workshops
• 11 Small Grants Scheme Workshops
• 8 New Junior clubs
• 29 New Junior teams
• 26 Out of the 34 Girls clubs have gained FA
  Charter Standard
• 72 Girls at the Gillingham Centre of
  Excellence
• New East Kent Girls League
• - 6 teams at Under 11
• - 8 teams at Under 13
• Administered County senior squad (6 matches)
• Under 16 County Festival

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Social Inclusion

• Activity in all Districts
• 124,000 young people been through programme
• 3 Level 1 Courses delivered in districts for
  young people
• Teenage pregnancy programme now being
  delivered across county
• Male sexual health programme now being
  delivered across county
• Football United Conference 55 delegates
• Guru Nanak FC achieved FA Charter Standard
  Club award
• Funding workshop delivered for BME Clubs

Race Equality
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Small Sided

• Adult Futsal League at Tunbridge Wells
• 8 teams
• Qualifying league for National FA Futsal Cup
  competition
• League winners (FCF Corinthians) attended
  National Futsal Cup
• FA Level 1 Introduction to Futsal Coaching course
  at Kent College
• 24 participants
• FA Umbro Fives qualifying tournaments organised
• Goals Bexleyheath (Male 22 April Female 21
  April)
• Goals Dartford (Male 29 April Female 28
  April)
• Goals Beckenham (Male 15 April Female 29
  January)
• Tunbridge Wells (Female 6 May)

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Coach Education

• Kent FA Courses attended by 834 coaches
• 28 Level 1 Coaching in football courses
• 8 Level 2 Certificate in coaching football
  courses
• 2 Level 3 UEFA B License coaching courses
• 2 FA Level 2 Coaching Goalkeepers courses
• 300 Kent Coaches Association Members
• Three Kent Coaches Association Workshops

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Skills Programme

• Kent County FA recruited four full time coaches
• Robert Udberg Team Leader
• Ian Varley
• Joe Tinkler
• Darren Phillips
• 15,000 players coached since September 2007
• 160 players attending Three FA Skills Centres
• Dartford Princes Park
• Maidstone Hockey Club
• Canterbury High School
• Working in 26 schools each term
• Over 1000 Children coached per week

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Volunteers

• 19 Volunteer placements
• Two Step into Sport Conferences held in East
  and West Kent
• 19 young volunteers in Step into Sport
  Programme
• 2 volunteers attended FA Young Leaders Camp in
  July
• Kent County FA Volunteer Awards Evening
• - Kent FA Charter Standard Clubs
• Kent FA Charter Standard Schools

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Safeguarding Children

• Manage and oversee Child Protection cases
• 45 new cases/suspensions/referrals
• Safeguarding Children in Football Workshops
  delivered
• 8 Youth League Welfare Officers in place to
  date
• 103 Club Welfare Officers listed
• 4 Welfare Officer Workshops
• FA Verifiers workshop delivered
• 24 verifiers currently in place throughout
  Kent
• Contact details of verifiers collected and
  circulated

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Staff Training

• Paul Dolan
• FA Leadership Course
• Darryl Haden
• FA Leadership Course
• Lee Suter
• FA Media Training Workshop
• County Website Workshop
• FA Presentation Skills Workshop
• UEFA B Licence and Level 2 Goalkeeping Coach
• Liz Symons
• Microsoft Excel Level 1
• FA Media Training Workshop

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2008

• Kent Football Strategy
• Delivery Board
• Working Groups
• County Plan
• Deliver 6 month Interim plan
• Produce 4 year plan
• Football Development
• Local Area Plans
• M E Football Foundation funded projects
• Disability Centre of Excellence
• Adult Disability League
• County Young Leadership Camp
• Achieve Sporting Equals/CRE Equality Standard

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