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Get into Disability Football

4:15 PM, Thursday, 04 February 10. Inclusive Football (Disability)

Developing opportunities for youngsters, adults, males and females with a physical, learning or sensory impairment / disability, to become involved in regular football training and playing opportunities.

At the Leicestershire and Rutland County FA, we want to help and support Your Club to become involved in providing opportunities. This opportunity is a very rewarding development area to become involved in, see the benefit, to the players and volunteers involved by visiting one of our many Inclusive Football Events.

We can:

Meet with your Committee and Coaching Staff. Provide information regarding our current provision and what is involved for your volunteers.

Support the education of coaches to gain the skills required to deliver best practice, fun football sessions.

We will work with School Sports Partnerships and local disability groups and organisations to identify players and signpost them to your newly developed Inclusive Team(s).

Offer coaching support and advice through our FA Tesco Skills Coaches and Leicester City Football in the Community Coaching Staff.

Provide advice and support for funding applications for the development of new teams.

We invite FA Charter and non Charter Standard Clubs to become involved, we can support Clubs to achieve Charter Standard Status.

Current Inclusive Clubs – Offering regular training and playing opportunties.

Aylestone Park FC, Asfordby Amateurs Girls & Ladies FC, Barwell Athletic Minis’s FC, Harborough Town FC, Borough Alliance Juniors FC, Leicester City Ladies FC, Woodgate 80 FC, Loughborough Dynamo Juniors FC.

We are also currently working with Loughborough Foxes Girls FC, Castle Donington Juniors FC, Hinckley Utd FC, Ibstock Utd and Heather St. John’s FC.


For further information, please contact:
Mary Rudkin- Football Development Officer-Disability
Leicestershire & Rutland County FA
Holmes Park,
Dog & Gun Lane,
Whetstone,
Leicestershire,
LE8 6FA

Email: mary.rudkin@leicestershirefa.com  
Telephone: 0116 2844952 Mobile: 07752 746229
www.LeicestershireFA.com/Development