People who arrive in the UK escaping challenging circumstances, are often moving at pace to get away from a place they used to call home. Whilst there are excellent organisations who help to reassure and join the dots in this new land, almost all displaced people require individual drawing down on services to deploy a degree of trust.
Away From Home provides a regular, trusting environment that connects with many people who leave their complex situations of home with very few belongings - and, invariably, a football top will be one of those items they bring with them. Football and Away From Home also brings people closer to a different stakeholder - a local resident. A local resident who is passionate about football and change, too; together stronger.
There is beggary in a love that can be reckoned.
Away From Home is a football project that uses the power of the beautiful game to build community and integration for refugees and asylum seekers in the UK. Its mission is to deepen the trust in community through playing and connecting through football and to increase the opportunities to build a new life in a new country.
Through connecting the tasks of teamwork -receiving a pass and making a pass, we will focus on encouraging and tracking empathy, tolerance and the subsequent positive behaviour. Capturing a meaningful indicator of love in its subtle forms; Core Competencies, Collaboration and Behaviour.
We are building a new approach to collaboration and learning for young people caught in the most challenging circumstances in East London.
Working with Society Links, London Learning Consortium and local Football Clubs we are providing a fresh approach to maths and english through collaboration that unites gangs and provides tangible hope.
We believe in making life-long love connections through great design.
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