Tigers Sport & Education Trust

Hull City has been invited by the Premier League and Football Foundation to be part their impressive Kickz family. Locally, we are privileged to have Hull City Council (Youth Service and Sports Development), Humberside Police and Hull University as partners who are supporting our project.

The programme aims to:

• Engage young people in a range of constructive activities
• Create routes into education, training and employment
• Encourage volunteering within the project and throughout the target neighbourhood
• Break down barriers between the police and young people and reduce crime and anti-social behaviour
• Increase playing, coaching and officiating opportunities for participants

Our project:

• Started March 2010
• At Hull University Sport Centre, Inglemire Lane
• Thursday 8-10pm, Friday 7-10pm and Saturday 7-9pm (48 weeks of the year)
• Young People aged 12-18 are welcome to come and go as they please

The background

The project, started in 2006 by the Premier League, Metropolitan Police and Football Foundation, has had a remarkable year. From its modest beginning, when only four pilot projects existed, Kickz now spans the entire country taking in 39 professional football clubs and over 100 projects. With an initial ambitious aim to engage 12,000 young people aged between 12-18 years, Kickz has outstripped all expectations and successfully involved over 28,000 – each for an average of 58 hours and many for well in advance of 100.

Its vision is a simple, yet abundantly clear one. Using the power of football and appeal of professional football Club brands to engage young people who may otherwise be difficult to reach, the Kickz vision is ‘to target some of the most disadvantaged areas of the country in order to create safer, stronger, more respectful communities through the development of young peoples’ potential.

Last year, Kickz gained recognition for its fantastic progress by winning the ‘Best Community Programme’ at the prestigious Sports Industry Awards.

We have a lot live up to; however, we are confident that Kickz will be a huge success here in Hull.