The Magazine of the Scottish Football Partnership Uppie & Trust December 2017
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KEEPIETHE MAGAZINE OF THE SCOTTISH FOOTBALL PARTNERSHIP UPPIE & TRUST DECEMBER 2017 Scottish Football Partnership Working in partnership with: Let's have a look at what we've been up to... Scottish Football Partnership and what's coming in 2018. COMMUNITY CLUBS / ORGANISATIONS Welcome to the December 2017 HAVE COMPLETED THE INSTALLATION OF NEW 3G PITCHES SUPPORTED BY edition of our Keepie Uppie magazine which £361,722 THE SFP TRUST. showcases the work we do in supporting AWARDED TO 16 CLUBS FROM 3 THE SFP FACILITY AND GENERAL Scottish football at every level. AWARD FUNDING STRANDS. We have reached the half way point in what has been yet another busy funding season and as we pause to get our breath back over the festive period we hope you enjoy reading about some of the projects and initiatives we have helped 480PRIMARY SCHOOL KIDS enable this year. WILL BE TAKING PART 500 IN OUR EXCITING NEW FUNDED PLACES FOR YOUNG As we look ahead to 2018, we are excited about rolling out our new grassroots £38,850 “GOFITBA” PROJECT PARTICIPANTS TO TAKE PART IN IN 2018 DELIVERED BY ANTI-RACISM WORKSHOPS AT 5 ‘Club Development Grant scheme’ in conjunction with the Scottish FA Regional HAS BEEN PLEDGED BY SFP 12 PARTNER CLUBS. GRASSROOTS CLUBS DELIVERED Football Development staff. Football at grassroots level is the lifeblood of our TRUST TO PART-FUND SPORTS BY SHOW RACISM THE RED CARD. game and this fresh investment in 54 recipient clubs, we hope, will assist in their developmental journeys. This initiative has been made possible thanks FIRST AID TRAINING COURSES to funding received from The Kilpatrick Fraser Charitable Trust and The FOR 816 COACHES AT SYFA Clydesdale Bank and I would like to personally thank both organisations for AND SJFA MEMBER CLUBS. their continued support. Without giving too much away I hope you enjoy reading about our new GoFitba project on page 4 which we are kicking off in March £111,736 with 12 partner clubs. This football based health and wellbeing HAS BEEN DONATED SO project which we have developed will work with primary school FAR THIS SEASON TO OUR children right across Scotland thanks to 50,000 Euros of funding CHARITABLE TRUST TO HELP recently received from The UEFA Foundation for Children and SENIOR MANAGERS AND FURTHER OUR WORK WITH COACHES HAVE HAD SFP FUNDED £18,000 from The Kilpatrick Fraser Charitable Trust. GRASSROOTS CLUBS AND 4,000 MEDICALS AND HEALTH CHECKS ORGANISATIONS. AT HAMPDEN SPORTS CLINIC. I hope you enjoy our latest publication and if you SCHOOLCHILDREN WILL BE would like more regular updates on our work, please follow TAKING PART IN THE SCOTTISH us on Twitter @SFP_football and on Facebook 9 SCHOOLS' FA NATIONAL CUP @scottishfootballpartnershiptrust. COMPETITIONS. WILL BE INVESTED IN 54 QUALITY On behalf of myself and the rest of the team at MARK CLUBS AS PART OF OUR The SFP and SFP Trust can I offer my best wishes NEW “2018 CLUB DEVELOPMENT GRASSROOTS GRANT SCHEME”. to you, your club or organisation for an enjoyable CLUBS festive period and a successful start to 2018. We HAVE TAKEN £27,000 look forward to hearing from you soon. DELIVERY OF SFP PORTABLE GRASSROOTS CLUBS Stuart McCaffrey CHANGING NOW HAVE PORTABLE Chief Operating Officer ROOMS. FLOODLIGHTS AND 3 GOALPOSTS. £125,515 PLEDGED BY THE SFP TRUST TO GRASSROOTS CLUBS AND AND 4 MORE COMING IN 2018. 12 ORGANISATIONS. GET FIT, GET HEALTHY ... HAVE FUN LAUNCHING MARCH, 2018 ® THE SCOTTISH The SFP Trust was delighted to recently be awarded GoFitba was nominated by The Scottish F.A. as a James Clydesdale, Chairman of The SFP Trust, said: 50,000 euros from The UEFA Foundation for Children FOOTBALL worthy project to the UEFA Foundation for Children “Football can be a positive tool for personal and 12 PARTNERSHIP for its GoFitba project which will reach 480 primary who decided to back it at a meeting held earlier in the community development. We are extremely excited TRUST RECEIVES school kids from all across Scotland. year in Stockholm. The project was further boosted to be delivering twelve projects across the country PARTNER and to be given the opportunity to engage with local COMMUNITY GoFitba is an exciting 12-week community football by a generous donation from The Kilpatrick Fraser schoolchildren and encourage them towards a healthy CLUBS WILL project based around health and wellbeing which will Charitable Trust who have previously supported the ¤50,000 and active lifestyle.” HELP TO DELIVER FROM THE be delivered in association with 12 partner community work of the SFP Trust. GOFITBA TO football clubs to schoolchildren based in Inverness to UEFA FOUNDATION GoFitba will offer the children a platform for Sandy Kilpatrick of The Kilpatrick Fraser Charitable Trust SCHOOLCHILDREN Dundee, Edinburgh to Kilwinning and Glenrothes to FOR CHILDREN AND fun, physical activity and an understanding of the added: THROUGHOUT Cumbernauld. SCOTLAND. importance of a healthy lifestyle through diet and “All of the Trustees have been fully supportive of the £18,000 nutrition. GoFitba project objectives since its inception because they meet our criteria of providing support to grassroots FROM THE The SFP Trust believes that good health education football and improving the health of young people KILPATRICK FRASER and wellbeing is key for children having the best start CHARITABLE TRUST throughout the country.” in life and this programme will offer them a chance to enjoy an hour of fun football-based activity led by Stewart Regan, Scottish FA Chief Executive, commented More information on this club coaches to develop their physical skills, attitude “We were delighted to nominate The Scottish Football project, please visit... and confidence followed by an hour where they will Partnership Trust for this award from UEFA and are www.GoFitba.com be taught how to lead a healthier lifestyle through extremely proud to have been involved in securing diet and nutrition. Topics to be covered will include: GoFitba PROJECT WEEK 9 GoFitba PROJECT funding for such a noble and worthwhile project. The WEEKLY MENUS ‘A football based projectWEEK delivered 1 AND by The 7 Scottish Football Partnership Trust and a community football club/organisation in support of the CurriculumChicken, broccolifor Excellence’s and pasta bake(CfE) Health and Wellbeing outcomes as setVegetable out by thePasta Scottish bake (V) Government’s Schools (Health Promotion and Nutrition) (Scotland) Act 2007.’ Mixed bread (wholemeal and brown) with Flora Light spread WEEK 2 AND 8 Fruit : Bananas, Waterapples and blueberries Homemade Lentil soupThrough a fun and progressive structure and delivery, the benefit of fruit and vegetables; the dangers of too the programme will offer young children a platform of GoFitba project is a fantastic way to showcase what Baked Potato with Tuna Mayo regular and fun physical activity and an understanding Name or Egg Mayo, Corn Tikka orof theBeans importance (V) of leading a balanced and healthy Mixed bread (wholemeal lifestyle,and brown) through diet and nutrition. 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Vegetable PastaGovernment’s (V) guide to implementing the Nutritional The programme timetable provides one structuredMixed bread (wholemealRequirements and brown) for Food and Drink in Schools (Scotland) afternoon per week for a set number of weeksFruit : Apples, strawberriesRegulations and 2008.grapes Each participant GoFitbawill receive a Scottish football clubs and organisations can offer to for the young people to come to the club to take healthy cooked meal as well as positive messages weekly WEEKpart 4 inAND an hour 10 of fun football activity followed Waterand advice on ways to improve their diet and daily much salt and sugar; the importance of water and nutritional intake of food. 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It is projects responsible citizens and effective contributors. WEEK 5 AND 11 Good health and wellbeing is a key component of Homemade Vegetable soup successful learning and social development in young Baked Potato with Cheese and Beans (V) hydration; food groups and their purpose as well as people. The Mixed bread (wholemeal and brown) Primary schoolchildren in two 12 week blocks and will GoFitba assist in tackling the Scottish Government’s ‘Let’s Make Fruit : Grapes, pineapple and plums Scotland More Active’ strategy project of ensuring will engage that with80% 40of Good healthWater and wellbeing those under theWEEK age of 16 6 will meet the minimum level (1 hour) of daily moderate activity by 2022. Within is a key component of the (CfE) schoolsHomemade are challenged Lasagne to provide 2 hours of successful learning and social physical activityVegetarian for every Lasagne child each (V) week.