What is Get into Football?
The Get into Football programme is a National programme launched by The Football Association with the aim of increasing adult (16+) participation by 20,500 players playing at least once a week by March 2013.
Funding for this programme has been obtained through Sport England, Local Area Funding and The Football Association.
The Football Association has highlighted this area of football participation as a key focus for improvement. Over the past five years there has been a large decline in the number of 11 v 11 teams playing affiliated football in the country. This has led to research into why people are leaving our national game.
Following the research The FA has employed 33 Get into Football Officers based across the Country each working within a specific Local Authority. Devon FA in conjunction with Plymouth City Council has employed Christopher French to work in the Plymouth Local Authority and he will be working with a large number of partners to encourage new and old players to ‘Get into Football’.
The programme will be using new initiatives, these include ‘turn up and play’ sessions for adults, new leagues being formed and creating stronger community links across Plymouth.
To ensure you keep up to date with the exciting new programmes taking place in Plymouth please email Chris to be placed on the Get into Football mailing list.
Christopher French
Devon FA Get into Football Officer
chris.french@devonfa.com
Tel: 07585 403993
Calling the People of Plymouth!
We are currently looking for information on the reasons why people aged 16 and over in Plymouth play or do not play football and what can we do to help more people play football and become active.
If you could take a couple of minutes to complete the Adult Participation Questionnaire (under related documents) and return to Chris French you will be helping to shape football provision in Plymouth.
The FA and Mars Just Play Centres hits Plymouth
Plymstock School and Goals Soccer Centre have launched their new Just Play Centres for more details on this new easy flexible way of playing football please look at the Just Play page on the left.
New Small Sided Leagues
Plymstock School are in the process of setting four new indoor 5 a side leagues, these leagues are open to Men, Under 19, Veterans (35+) and a women’s league. All of the leagues have excellent prices with games starting from only £12 and opportunities to become a referee or a coach as part of the league.
Visit the Devon FA Small Sided page for more details.
Weekly Football Sessions
There are a wide range of opportunities now to play football on a weekly basis without the worries of administration or commitment, for more details visits the following pages:
Youth Football
StreetGames (14 – 25 year olds)
Just Play
Forthcoming Events - tba
Plymouth 2012 Challenge
Using the inspirational power of the 2012 Olympic games, our challenge is to get 2,012 employee's in Plymouth actively engaged in physical activity before the Olympic opening ceremony on 27 July 2012. A range of casual sporting activities are on offer in a friendly, social environment. Come along, make new friends, get connected and get active!
For more details please contact Chris French, Get into Football officer, chris.french@devonfa.com or 07585403993.
Plymouth Football Tournaments
Plymouth Football Tournaments are organised tournaments that will be running thorugh out the year and open to everyone!
For more details please contact Chris French on 07585403993 or chris.french@devonfa.com