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Bannsiders benefit from UEFA Fair Play Project

DANSKE Bank Premiership and Women’s Premiership clubs have been recent recipients of financial support from the UEFA Fair Play Project for a variety of community projects…

The UEFA Fair Play Project rewards nations based on their fair play results obtained from all UEFA competition matches played at both club and national team level.

The Northern Ireland UEFA Fair Play Project was designed by the Irish Football Association and links to their “Let Them Play” strategy by supporting clubs in offering a coaching programme for female players or players with a disability.

In total 19 programmes were successfully delivered in schools, clubs and community centres between May 2019 to March 2020 resulting in 524 participants, 326 coaching hours and 8,490 participant opportunities.

The programmes delivered by each club are as follows;

CLUB PROGRAMME
Ards Ards in the Community – Kick Project
Ballinamallard United Female Participation Programme
Ballymena United Castle Tower Football Camp
Carrick Rangers Girls Football Programme
Cliftonville & Cliftonville Ladies Girls Small Sided Games Programme
Coleraine Bannsiders 1927 Disability Programme
Crusaders & Crusaders Strikers Baby Ballers Programme
Derry City Ladies Increasing opportunities for girls
Dungannon Swifts Just Play Project
Glenavon Primary School Project
Glentoran GFC Let Them Play Project
Glentoran Women Glen’s Future Stars Programme
Linfield Linfield FC Disability Section
Linfield Ladies New Beginnings
Portadown Ladies Girls Get Football
Sion Swifts Ladies Little Dribblers
Warrenpoint Town Girls Programme

As a collective, clubs achieved the overall objective of developing or improving playing opportunities for female players or players with a disability and is another great example of the hugely positive impact Irish League clubs are making in their local communities.

* Eligibility of clubs for this funding was for clubs competing in the  NIFL Premiership or Women’s Premiership in the 2017/18 season