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Welcome Through Football Refugee And Asylum Seeker Football Project
12 June, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 17 June, 2023 @ 8:30 pm BST
Thousands of refugees and asylum seekers are re-located to Liverpool each year which can present many complex challenges as they attempt to adapt to living in a new and unfamiliar area, learn a new language and attempt to integrate into mainstream society.
Everton in the Community’s ‘Welcome through Football’ project uses football as an engagement tool to help break down cultural barriers; creating a safe and welcoming environment for refugees and asylum seekers to play football together. The project delivers weekly football training sessions, football competitions and provides a range of social and educational enrichment opportunities in partnership to help individuals to learn more about what support is available to them. The provision includes a dedicated female strand.
The project delivers fun and inclusive football coaching and social enrichment sessions to support refugee and asylum seekers living in Liverpool. Asylum seekers and refugees can often struggle to adjust to living in a new country and face many challenges like learning a new language and establishing supportive social networks. The ‘Welcome through Football’ project aims to promote social inclusion, teach valuable life skills and celebrate cultural diversity through the vehicle of football to aid their settlement and make them feel more at home in the city. This takes the form of three key phases of the project including:
