Project: Kickz
Funding: The Football Foundation provides £4.7m, with a further £3m coming from the Metropolitan Police and £1m from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Aim: To create safer, stronger communities by working with young people to reduce antisocial behaviour and encouraging them to access education and employment
Kickz is a national programme - run by the Football Foundation in conjunction with professional clubs - which provides young people with "positive activities". These range from football training to workshops focusing on drug use and knife crime. The scheme was originally piloted in 2006 at four clubs but is now run at more than 30. More than 15,000 young people have participated in the programme to date. Partners of the programme at local level include police safer neighbourhood teams, as well as local authority youth services, youth offending teams, leisure and sports services, and social housing providers. Kickz projects have linked up with primary care trusts and drug and alcohol action teams.
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