Whitehawk Football Club unveil groundbreaking partnership with sports, social action and community organisations within Brighton.
HAWKS In The Community is a unique partnership with The Crew Club, Whitehawk’s Award winning Youth & Community Centre, Pleece & Co, VYD CIC, The University of Brighton and Your League TV, with the aim of creating fun football training sessions for young people, fitness programmes for adults, focussing on diet, healthy lifestyles on budgets, and education through sport.
The partnership also includes a Hawks Heroes project for men on the Whitehawk Estate over 35.
This Nesta funded 10-week programme is part of a social movement in health and will focus on fitness, health & well-being and football. It will all culminate with a match at The Hawk’s Enclosed Ground in August.
The Crew Club’s boy’s football teams have been renamed Crew Club Hawks FC, and the project includes a three year programme to develop boys and girls football on the Estate to create a pathway from Under 7’s through to Under 16’s.
Kevin Miller, Head of Commercial at Whitehawk FC said: “I am so proud that so many people have come together to create something that will leave a long lasting and positive legacy within the Whitehawk Estate. This partnership is designed to get people fit, have some fun, and to give them a renewed sense of purpose., and on behalf of the Club I’d like to thank Darren Snow at the Crew Club for being so responsive in making this happen.”
Darren Snow MBE, Strategic Manager and co-Founder of the Crew Club added: “This is just what this community needs, people that are passionate about improving the lives of young people and their families within the community coming together to make it happen. We are very excited to be part of this new partnership and we look forward to being part of its future developments.”
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