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I have been volunteering with Street League for 2 years. I wanted to do voluntary work to help me to develop more effective computer skills and furthermore to improve both my written and spoken English. I love to play football and I also enjoy watching it on television. I searched the Internet to find an organisation that related to football, and that could offer me the type of voluntary work that I wanted.
I came across Street League and the reason I chose them was due to their connection with football and also their work with young people from different backgrounds. Moreover they encourage young people to take part in courses, such as coaching and refereeing courses, and CV writing workshops.
I find the work I do for Street League to be very interesting. At the moment I am doing administrative tasks in the office such as inputting the details of the volunteers and players into spreadsheets and files. I sometimes go to meetings with the staff outside of the office, for example I recently attended a meeting with Sony. I also volunteer one Saturday a month at the matchdays at Mile End. Here I help to take the scores for the matches, put up banners and posters, and also sort refreshments for the players.
Since being at Street League I have more administrative knowledge, and developed other skills.
The environment in the office is very friendly and I find the staff funny which helps to create a good and relaxed atmosphere in the office and more relax.
I wish to continue to build and develop my skills, and hope to gain experience in other departments at Street League.
Street League are teaming up with Camden Primary Care Trust to get more people in the borough into sport.
We are holding a short presentation and meeting at the grand offices of the Football Foundation, 15th October from 2pm to 4pm. If you work in mental health or the homeless sector in Camden Borough and are interested please let us know by emailing ben.north@streetleague.co.uk before Monday 13th October. Tasty refreshments will be provided but we can't promise Hob-Nobs what with the credit crunch. Street League runs a mentoring programme throughout the year and are currently recruiting mentees.
One-2-One support in education and employment could be your opportunity to get where you want to be.
Our mentors have experience with writing CVs and filling out Job Applications.
They can help you with job hunting and finding study courses that you want.
You will meet every 2 weeks.
Its FREE – your travel will be paid for.
To apply: Tell your coach & ask them to pass your contact details to Sophie at Street League’s office. Or contact Sophie on 020 8536 5378 or sophie.hope@streetleague.co.uk
Day 1
I arrived at the Street League office in
I went to my first training session in Whitechapel with Ben where I met some of the players and one of the coaches. We had a good kick about and a good time. The players came from a variety of backgrounds. Ben spoke to me a little about the issues some of Street League players face, and I found it interesting to learn that finding a hostel is actually a very difficult process and it is often hard to get past the standard bureaucratic demands to provide evidence that you’re actually on the street.
After the session, Ben and I went to a summer barbecue at the Limegrove homeless hostel to chat to some of the residents and to promote Street League. We all played a few games and got to know each other, and had a really good time. It was a great evening, so thanks to everyone from Limegrove!
Day 2
I then researched organisations such as hostels, youth offending centres and refugee centres in the Hackney area, which might be interested in becoming involved in Street League. It was interesting to learn about all the different organisations working in a similar field to Street League.
After this I headed off with Sophie to a session at
Day 3
I had a talk with Rob, Street League’s Progressions Coordinator, who follows up on players to give advice on education or employment.
After that I headed off to my final coaching session with Ben which took place in Tottenham. We did some basic stretching and fitness followed by a 5 a-side game.I really had a genuinely good time working for Street League. There’s no doubt I liked some things more than others, but there was a lot of good people I met who were either working with Street League, taking part in it’s activities, or who I purely met by happenstance. Either way I enjoyed the experience a lot and wish everyone there all the best in the future…
Over the last few months Street League has worked to bring together a new code of conduct that is simple, clear and easy to follow. The first draft was discussed at this week's User Involvement Meeting. You can download the Code of Conduct here Street%20League%20Community%20Rules.doc
We'd really appreciate ANYONE'S thoughts on how this can be improved and additionally, how it can be implemented effectively. As ever, post your thoughts here.
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