Irish FA – Stay onside

Project details

Country
United Kingdom
Year
2022
Topic
Upcoming Activities
22 Apr
This year we are celebrating our 21st EFDN “#MoreThanFootball” Conference, the ultimate ESG event for European Football Organisations. The conference will be held on the 22nd till 24th of April 2024 in Warsaw at the Legia Warsaw Stadium, the home base of EFDN Member Legia Warszawa. The conference will include high-level experts Read more
28 May
EFDN is pleased to invite you to participate in its first EFDN Special Champions League tournament of the year. This time, the event will take place in Breda from the 28th until the 30th of May. This international event will welcome female and male players who are +15 years old and have Read more
18 Jul
The 7th Edition of the EAFF Junior Camp will take place in Belgium. Picturesque Blankenberge will be buzzing with the energy of young amputee football enthusiasts. This year, we are thrilled to announce that it’s co-organized by the Clube Brugge Foundation! As a part of the Nobody Offside Project. Let’s make the 7th Read more

Irish FA – Stay onside

The Irish FA Foundation is the charitable arm of the Irish FA and exists to further equip the association to foster and grow the sport.

For the past 141 years, the Irish Football Association has organised, promoted and developed football. It has discovered some of the greatest talents to ever play the game, helped make history in major tournaments on the world stage and perhaps most important of all, engendered a life-long love of football in generations of men and women.

Stay Onside

The Irish FA Foundation award-winning ‘Stay Onside’ Programme is a series of programmes aimed at young people and young adults to divert and deter them away from offending.

The programme is delivered in both custodial settings (Maghaberry, Magilligan, and Hydebank Wood) and also in community settings in partnership with community stakeholders.

Participants as part of the programme, complete the following workshops;

  • Basic Coaching Skills
  • Laws of the Game
  • Football Fan Behaviour and Online Abuse
  • Mental Health in Football
  • Women in Football
  • Racism awareness
  • Disability Football
  • Graduation Event

Participants gain essential skills and knowledge during the workshops, which provides them with the opportunity to volunteer in IFA events, gain coaching and or refereeing qualifications and build their CV.

The Irish FA Foundation is proud to partner with the Department of Justice, PSNI and NI Prison Service in providing a programme that has a real impact on the lives of the participants and the communities that they live in.

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