20131129 YMCA - 08 Justin McMinn - NI Street League

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Northern Ireland Street League

Changing Lives through Football


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What is it?

Northern Ireland Street League is a 5 a-sidefootball leagueset up for the disadvantaged

groups of society.


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Who is it for?

Homeless

Drug and alcohol dependant

Asylum seekers and

Refugees

Long term unemployed

Other disadvantaged groups

What happens?

2 hours of football everyFriday-Belfast and

Derry~Londonderry

Teams playing at least 4

games a week league 3 times a year

Play on 3G pitches


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Why Football?

-Team activity

-Physical Health

-Mental Health benefits

-Discipline

-Motivation

-Breakdown of barriers

-Friendships

-opportunities-education programmes


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Year 1- 2010

Street League-The journey

-Start of Street League(Belfast)with 7 teams including 1 from

Ballymena

-launch of website

-Invitation to All-Ireland

Championships

Homeless World Cup Trails for

Ireland Team)

Belfast Street League player

Ciaran Murphy made it into the

squad


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Year 22011

-Another successful league

-Introduction to Education course

-Another player selected for the

Ireland Homeless World Cup team

Niall McClafferty


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Year 3 - 2012-extra funding from Comic Reliefto provide Education programme until

2015 covering coaching, mental health

awareness and drug awareness courses

-Players become coaches through

the Educational programme

- 11 aside team set up and

presented with kit


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Year 3 continued

- 2012

-Belfast team wins all Ireland

finals in Dublin

-New Street League starts in

Derry~Londonderry by Irish FA

Football For All developmentofficer-Sarah Keys

-Applied to have an NI team in

the Homeless World Cup 2013


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Year 4- 2013-plans start to prepare for thefirst ever NI team to compete in

Homeless World Cup-Poznan,

Poland, August

-players from Belfast and

Derry~Londonderry StreetLeagues take part in trials for the

HWC

-NI International Manager

Michael ONeill take a Street

League coaching session

-August 6-19. Homeless World

Cup-Poznan, Poland


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Have fun andyou have won


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The future for Street League

Grow StreetLeague in Belfast

and North West

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Encourage female

participation

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Have a femaleteam compete at

HWC

Provide training

that leads to

qualifications andemployment

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Provide referee

courses-get

players involved

in running and

managing Street

League

Build our own

homeless World

Cup pitches in

Belfast

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Fundraising plans

League and

World Cup

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Reach out to

more excluded

groups

NI Street Leagueaccessable to all

in NI


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20131129 YMCA - 08 Justin McMinn - NI Street League

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