Special Needs
Special Needs
Canterbury City Football Club has a commitment to provide football coaching to the community irrespective of age, gender or ability. We work with the Kent County Football Association, Canterbury City Council and the Kent Sports Development Unit.
The Special Needs section is supported by members of the clubs coaching section.
For more details please contact: www.canterburycityfc.com
The club is fully involved in assisting children with special needs. Each Saturday at the Body and Mind gymnasium at Canterbury High School football coaching takes place on the basis of giving the children enjoyment but with achievable targets.
Whenever they can, players from the club join the coaches at the Saturday "All Stars Club" which has proved highly popular. Everyone involved is fully qualified to work with children.
One of the parents remarked: My son looks forward to the session all week. In fact even on a Monday he starts asking if its Saturday yet.
Ben, who has Cerebral Palsy, wrote in one of the club's programmes: "I love coming to football training. We always warm up properly first, then practice our footwork and ball-skills. We then play a short game and we all get a chance to go in goal. It gives my parents a chance to meet up with other parents as well".
The Saturday sessions are between 10.00am and 11.15am.
On alternate Fridays the football club also sends one or two of its coaches to SNAAP (Special Needs Advisory and Activities Project) Sports Club at Canterbury High School. The SNAAP club is intended to help children with their social skills as well as giving them supervised exercise.
Carrie Johnson, the Project Manager, said: "The Sports Club is for children age eight upwards who have a disability or special need. We are looking for children who are interested in joining a football team, to be coached by Canterbury City FC. The club is from 4.00pm to 6.00pm but the children don't have to attend the whole session. If they want they can just come to the football part."
The Special Needs section is supported by members of the clubs coaching section.
For more details please contact: www.canterburycityfc.com
The club is fully involved in assisting children with special needs. Each Saturday at the Body and Mind gymnasium at Canterbury High School football coaching takes place on the basis of giving the children enjoyment but with achievable targets.
Whenever they can, players from the club join the coaches at the Saturday "All Stars Club" which has proved highly popular. Everyone involved is fully qualified to work with children.
One of the parents remarked: My son looks forward to the session all week. In fact even on a Monday he starts asking if its Saturday yet.
Ben, who has Cerebral Palsy, wrote in one of the club's programmes: "I love coming to football training. We always warm up properly first, then practice our footwork and ball-skills. We then play a short game and we all get a chance to go in goal. It gives my parents a chance to meet up with other parents as well".
The Saturday sessions are between 10.00am and 11.15am.
On alternate Fridays the football club also sends one or two of its coaches to SNAAP (Special Needs Advisory and Activities Project) Sports Club at Canterbury High School. The SNAAP club is intended to help children with their social skills as well as giving them supervised exercise.
Carrie Johnson, the Project Manager, said: "The Sports Club is for children age eight upwards who have a disability or special need. We are looking for children who are interested in joining a football team, to be coached by Canterbury City FC. The club is from 4.00pm to 6.00pm but the children don't have to attend the whole session. If they want they can just come to the football part."
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