Asda Community Champions Tournament - Sutton 2014
by activecn
Thursday 29th May 2014: The Asda 'Community Champions Tournament' at the Sutton Life Centre.
This event took place as part of our ongoing partnership work with the Asda Foundation.
The tournament was a launch for our Croydon and Sutton programme and the partnership will see Asda ‘Community Life Champions’ and colleagues from Asda Sutton on St. Nicholas Way mentor young people, shadow them during intensive sport and youth work programmes and offer them work placement opportunities and training including the bespoke Open College Network (OCN) ‘Skills for Employment and Enterprise’ accreditation.
The partnership targets some of the area’s most ‘at risk’ young people, delivering clear progression pathways into citizenship and volunteering with those involved supported with access to work placements, help with writing CVs and gaining interview practice.
Over 100 young people aged 12-16 years old attended t the launch which included boxing, dance and football sessions delivered by local partners the Crystal Palace FC Foundation, United in Dance and Fight 4 Change.
Outreach work from Sutton Council and the Community Drug Service for South London also took place throughout the event which ran from 1pm – 4pm.
