Chelsea Football in the Community Programme

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The Chelsea Football in the Community department actively engages with 500,000 people nationally. In the UK Chelsea FiTC use the popularity and prestige of the game not only to provide sporting opportunities but also to engage people in a wide range of social programmes, each individually designed to tackle many of the issues facing today’s communities. Working in partnership with agencies including the police, youth services, local councils and community organisations we have developed a series of programmes to benefit communities in London, Surrey, Sussex, Essex and Hampshire. Further schemes are also carried out by the club to increase literacy and numeracy rates among school children as well as providing breakfast clubs for youngsters who for economic or social reasons do not get the opportunity for a healthy breakfast in the mornings. Our experience has also allowed the Football in the Community Department to take our work abroad, providing coaching and health programmes for young people in the United States, China, Europe and the Middle East.