A.C.E (Aspiring towards Character Excellence) Youth Football League - Singapore

Summary

Using football as a means and medium to keep children and youth off the streets by developing a programme that has a strong foundation on positive youth development, character building and life-skills building. A strong on the process and the motivation to enjoy football and build character excellence, instead of striving purely on results and achievements.

We also aspire to eventually make this football league a league run for youths, by youths (by grooming youths with character excellence to become facilitators, assistant coaches and character ambassadors). It will be run by a team of dedicated social workers acting as life coaches, in collaboration with various government bodies providing participants with unique experiences and innovative resources to help youths develop, grow and upgrade themselves so that they will be able to become assets in the community while engaging in football.


What makes your idea unique?

It will be Singapore's first youth football league that lays its emphasis mainly on strong youth development and character building.

It will be Singapore's first youth football league that aims to reach out to at-risk children and youths by providing them with a platform to engage in football while at the same time, go through a comprehensive programme where they will have the opportunities to be exposed to other areas of life-skills, youth development, character building and unique exposures that enrich their lives, build their inner resiliency, discover their strengths and potential as well as be groomed to become character ambassadors and contribute back to the community. A football soccer league for youths, by youths.

It will not be run by football coaches but by social workers trained in youth work and life coaching. Each football team in the league will be managed by an appointed social worker who will not only engage participants in football but provide mentoring, life-coaching, processing and positive role modelling so as to groom and develop each player to his maximum.

Being a football league with a social work flavour, we will be the first league to develop a creative approach to training and life-skills/character building. Our training packages will allow participants to learn and practice character building and positive values. While strategy and tactics remain important, the emphasis will be on teamwork, discipline and strong character instead.

We also aspire to collaborate with community partners to allow players in the football league to be exposed and undergo various unique and enriching experiences other than playing football. This includes engaging in community service; exploring career guidance, undergo health and wellness programmes, cultural exchanges and educational trips.

Players with character excellence will be groomed to become ambassadors & be engaged in local & overseas exchange of their experience & sharing to new players.


Project By: Teo Benjamin
Webpage: http://www.changemakers.com/en-us/node/81680
Country: Singapore

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