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A FREE two day event bringing together young people from Leith youth organisations
Our Programme will consist of football coaching and fun activities which aims
to promote positive relationships and improve understanding of local cultures

 

Multicultural Football Coaching and Anti-racism Project  Timetable and Programme – 1pm – 4pm WEDNESDAY 18 OCTOBER ----GIRLS ONLY ---- AGED 9 - 12YEARS THURSDAY 19 OCTOBER ---- BOYS ONLY ---- AGED 9 - 12YEARS

Albion held a very successful two-day event to celebrate the SRTRC "Fortnight of Action". Club officials attended the launch of the projects at the Scottish Parliament 24 hours prior to our events beginning. Albion coaches and youth work staff from Leith Youth agencies facilitated a series of coaching sessions and anti-racism educational events to celebrate the action. This was the second year that the club and Leith youth agencies have teamed up to address the cultural barriers evident n Leith. "Fortnight of Action " 2006                         The Project Squad The Project Squad/Coaches/Youth Work Staff (Both photographs courtesy of Mr Ian Mackay (Edinburgh Evening News)       The video packs below were purchased by the project and used as an important resource to apply the educational element of our three day event. The valuable message imparted from the video's gives a strong and worthwhile input to any anti-racism discussions administered by groups or agencies to members of all ages. Any Leith groups wishing to borrow the video and resource packs, and with kind permission of SRTRC, can do so free of charge. Please contact Bryan, manager at Pilmeny Youth Centre to arrange collection.   UK video The UK video is 15 minutes long and conveys a powerful anti-racist message through the medium of professional football. It covers new ground in anti-racist education. It is suitable for a broad range of age groups and comes with an education pack, full of follow up activities and discussions. The video is suitable for both Primary and Secondary schools and can be used by a wide range of organisations to promote anti-racism. The video features Shola Ameobi, Thierry Henry, Ashley Cole, Robbie Keane, Gary Lineker, Joe Cole and Jose Mourinho amongst many others.   A Safe Place - to combat racism towards asylum-seekers. Aimed at combating racism towards asylum seekers. The video features young asylum seekers talking about their experiences of seeking asylum in the UK Also featured on the video are Gary Lineker, Thierry Henry, Shaka Hislop, Lomana Lua Lua, David James, Shola Ameobi, Sven Goran Eriksson and Ashley Cole. The video also includes a quiz on asylum aimed at combating the racist myths. The running order is: 1. 'A Safe Place' (16 mins); 2. True or False Quiz (4 mins); 3. Screentests of young asylum seekers (7 mins); 4. Lomana Lua Lua interview (6 mins).