Ayrshire

"Street League has helped me so much. I can’t wait to get started in my job" - Scott

At Street League, you will play sport every day and learn the key skills to get a job and get paid. So what are you waiting for?

How it works

16-25 and out of work, education or training? OK great... read on.
Join our FREE 10-week sport and employability courses - based in 14 cities around the UK.
Support with work skills, life skills and getting you ready for work i.e. CV writing, Interview skills.
1-1 support with career advice and mentoring
Opportunity to take nationally recognised qualifications
Daily sports and fitness activities from our trained football and dance coaches.
Opportunity for 100-hour work experience with one of our great partners, such as Barclays, Jewson, Debenhams, Hilton and Hyundai.
Plus... travel expenses paid and FREE Nike sportswear.

One click to change your life.

Ayrshire Programmes - Locations & Details

North Ayrshire - Football

Overview: Fitness & Football Academy designed to support unemployed 16-24-year-olds to move into education, employment and training.
Location: Kilwinning Sports Club, Pennyburn Road, Kilwinning, KA13 6LF
Includes: Employability and work skills training, professional fitness coaching every day, professional football coaching every day, daily social activities, 100-hour work placement.
Programme hours: Stage 2 - 15 hours per week, Mon-Thurs. Stage 3 - 20 hours per week, Mon-Thurs
Other benefits: £55 per week training allowance, weekly transport costs, free Nike participant kit

South Ayrshire - Football

Overview: Football Academy designed to support unemployed 16-24-year-olds to move into education, employment and training.
Location: Pro Soccer, Voluntary Park, Glenmuir Place, Ayr, KA8 9RR
Includes: Employability and work skills training, professional football coaching every day, daily social activities, 100-hour work placement
Programme hours: Stage 2 - 15 hours per week, Mon-Thurs. Stage 3 - 20 hours per week, Mon-Thurs
Other benefits: £55 per week training allowance, weekly transport costs, free Nike participant kit

East Ayrshire - Football

Overview: Football Academy designed to support unemployed 16-24-year-olds to move into education, employment and training.
Location: Powerleague, Queens Drive, Kilmarnock, KA1 3XF
Includes: Employability and work skills training, professional football coaching every day, daily social activities, 100-hour work placement
Programme hours: Stage 2 - 15 hours per week, Mon-Thurs. Stage 3 - 20 hours per week, Mon-Thurs
Other benefits: £55 per week training allowance, weekly transport costs, free Nike participant kit

Real people, real stories.

Don't just take our word for it! Here are some of our recent "graduates" who can tell you in their own words why they would recommend Street League.

Team:

Ross Gilmour - Operations Manager
Rebecca Ross - Youth & Community Coach
Andrew Gardner - Progressions Coordinator
Connor McClure - Youth & Community Coach
Andrew Smith - Progressions Coordinator
Ryan Tait - Youth & Community Coach
Liam Hamilton - Progressions Coordinator
Kelly McLardy - Progressions Coordinator

Funding partners

We're very grateful to our funding partners:

We're very grateful to our employer's partners who support our work placements:

Latest

Events Manager (Interim)
Street League embraces 'The F Word'

Upshot, a digital impact measurement organisation, and the Sports Think Tank, an independent think tank dedicated to UK sporting policy, have joined forces to curate ‘The F Word’, an event which seeks to explore how third sector organisations can work together to learn from their Failures and develop best practice strategies for dealing with them.
Corporate Partners

Our corporate partners are essential to Street League. Not only do they fund our sport for employment academies, which help hundreds of young people move into work, education or training each year, but they also get involved with the employability process. Our corporate partners attend mock interview sessions, C.V. workshops, job fairs, and, most importantly, engage with our young people through football, dance, and fitness.
DHL

In 2018, Street League is delighted to be working with DHL supporting unemployed young people across the UK. Working with the DHL Foundation and DHL Express on creating paid work placements, enabling young people to experience working in the logistics sector and gaining a real insight into life at the most international company in the world.

Dundee
Blair's passing with flying colours at Merchant City Barbers - Renfrewshire

Blair McGregor started with Street League Renfrewshire in September 2016 and instantly showed the desire and enthusiasm to progress into something positive. Blair came to Street League through our strong partnership with Invest in Renfrewshire and had previously worked for a local football club as a Community Football Coach, where he used his artistic ability to paint and renovate the outreach bus that serves communities around Renfrewshire.
Street League coach nominated Vice Captain for England IBSA European Championships

We are proud to announce that John McDougall, Birmingham Youth and Community Coach, has been named to the England football squad competing at the IBSA European Championships in Turkey (9-17 December). Not only is he competing for his country, he has also been nominated as Vice Captain for the tournament, which is a great accolade for John and for Street League.
Interview: Hussein thriving in work after Street League programme

Street League uses the power of sport to help young people get #movingintowork, with our football programme changing thousands of young lives since 2002. After graduating from Street League south London’s Football Academy, we caught up with Hussein (pictured with South London Progressions Coordinator, Jason Henley) on post-programme life and his new job with Pinnacle PSG - a tenants management organisation working on behalf of Newham Council.
How football can be used to change lives around the world

How is football used to change lives around the world? Twenty-two men kicking a ball around on a large patch of grass for an hour and a half. Sounds pretty simple, right? Well, there’s a lot more to it than that.
Head Office locations

Our main head office locations and contact details.
Tom embracing the future thanks to Street League boost - Manchester

Tom, 22, from Manchester, joined Street League's football academy after failing to land a permanent, long-term job despite various short-term opportunities. Having been unemployed for six months, Tom's confidence was at rock bottom, he felt worthless and like his future was heading nowhere.
Stephen's new skills land him new job - Glasgow

Stephen, 18, from Glasgow, joined Street League after applying for apprenticeships, hearing nothing back and then not knowing what to do next. In need of some support and advice on his next move, Stephen joined the Academy programme.
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Darren's now teaching the next generation! - Glasgow

Darren, 19, from Glasgow, joined Street League's Football Academy wanting some direction and advice regarding his job prospects after finding it hard to get into work. A keen football fan, Darren wanted to work within the game.

Our programmes

We know that not everyone succeeds at school, but we also know that everyone can succeed outside of it. At Street League, you can play sport everyday, learn key skills and get the qualifications you need to get a job and get paid. It’s not about having mad football skills or dancing like Beyonce, it’s about having the determination to move into work (and having fun at the same time!).
London

Looking for job vacancies, work experience, apprenticeships or training in London? Looking to find a career that suits you? Whether you’re looking for full-time, part-time or temporary work, or gaining a place at college or a new qualification, Street League can help you achieve your goals. In the past twelve months, we’ve helped over 1,700 young people find work and training in retail, hospitality, warehousing, customer service and the sports industry.
Birmingham

Looking for job vacancies, work experience, apprenticeships or training in Birmingham? Looking to find a career that suits you? Whether you’re looking for full-time, part-time or temporary work, or gaining a place at college or a new qualification, Street League can help you achieve your goals. In the past twelve months we’ve helped over 1,700 young people find work and training in retail, hospitality, warehousing, construction, customer service and the sports industry.
Manchester

Looking for job vacancies, work experience, apprenticeships or training in Manchester? Looking to find a career that suits you? Whether you’re looking for full-time, part-time or temporary work, or gaining a place at college or a new qualification, Street League can help you achieve your goals. In the past twelve months, we’ve helped over 1,700 young people find work and training in retail, hospitality, warehousing, construction, customer service and the sports industry.
Apprenticeships

Are you looking to find an apprenticeship or apply for an apprenticeship? Or are you an employer looking for support with training your newly hired apprentices? At Street League, we are committed to helping unemployed young people move into sustainable careers. The rise of traineeships, apprenticeships and modern apprenticeships has seen us adapt our employability programme to ensure we are supporting young people and employers to make the most of apprenticeships.
About us

Street League is the UK’s leading sport for employment charity. Our mission is to see an end to youth unemployment in the UK, and our award-winning programmes have supported 5,851 young people into work since 2010.
Get an apprenticeship

At Street League we support unemployed 16-24 year olds to find a sustainable careers, including employment, apprenticeships, traineeships, college and other more specific training programmes. We believe apprenticeships are an excellent way to start your career given that they allow you to earn while you learn, combining on the job training with further study (usually one day per week).
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Glasgow

Looking for job vacancies, work experience, apprenticeships or training in Glasgow? Looking to find a career that suits you? Whether you’re looking for full-time, part-time or temporary work, or gaining a place at college or a new qualification, Street League can help you achieve your goals. In the past twelve months, we’ve helped over 1,700 young people find work and training in retail, hospitality, warehousing, construction, customer service and the sports industry.
Impact Dashboard

Welcome to our new Interactive Impact Dashboard. We are committed to transparency and have developed this online tool so you can see exactly how we’re doing throughout the year. You can see exactly how many young people we have been able to support, as well as those we haven’t been able to help and why that is. We’ll upload new data every month.