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We are now into the third year of our partnership with The FA and looking to continue the great work done so far. The FA have shown their support for our work by providing professional coaches to run Coaching for Hope courses in Burkina Faso, Mali and South Africa. By developing local coaches' communication skills, we enable social messages to be linked to football so that young people can easily absorb the information about issues such as sexual health and substance misuse.

£33,000 boost from The FA

The FA has donated £33,000 to Coaching for Hope as a show of continued support. The generous donation was a direct result of proceeds from The FA Cup back in May 2009 - £1 was donated to Coaching for Hope for every match programme sold. The money will go towards the work we are doing in the build up to the World Cup and will build the skills and capacity of local coaches to lead football sessions that convey important social messages about sexual health and substance misuse. We are extremely grateful to The FA for their ongoing commitment to our work.

Support from The FA continues

The FA has recently shown its support for our programme by building our capacity to deliver top quality football coaching to the women we work with in West Africa. In November 2009, we ran a course in Mali for some of our most dedicated female coaches. The FA supported this by providing two of their most experienced female coaches - Tracey Kevins and Laura Harvey. Both coaches did a tremendous job of delivering the course and supporting our female coaches to deliver HIV crossover sessions and football coach education.


FA coach Tracey Kevins

Tracey Kevins leading a training session in Mali in November 2009.

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Jane Carter with Lord Triesman (right)

Martin Thurnham from Coutts, with our Director Jane Carter and Lord Triesman from The FA.

 

Hope Powell with local football coaches in Cape Town


England women's coach Hope Powell travelled to Cape Town to lead a Coaching for Hope course.