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| Football: A Shared Sense of Belonging? final conference |
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On Thursday, 20th June, FURD is hosting a FREE conference to mark the conclusion of our three year Big Lottery funded research project, 'Football: A Shared Sense of Belonging?' about the role of football in the lives of refugees and asylum seekers.
Please email enquiries@furd.org or call us on 0114 2587787 if you'd like to come.... |
| 11 June 2013 |
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| County FA seeks members for Inclusion Advisory Group |
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Sheffield & Hallamshire County Football Association (S&HCFA) is looking for people to provide advice on equality and inclusion issues. Having secured the Foundation Level Award of the UK National Equality Standard for Sport in 2012, S&HCFA is keen to move forward towards the next (Preliminary) level of the Awards process by introducing an Inclusion Advisory Group (IAG).... |
| 3 June 2013 |
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| All Nations Football Festival |
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You are invited to join us at the U-Mix Centre to enjoy the All Nations Football Festival on Sunday 23rd June, between 10am and 5pm. The event is held during Refugee Week and its main focus is a football tournament which particularly welcomes teams that include refugees or asylum-seekers.
The festival aims to use football to help newcomers to integrate and engage with their new communities and to promote a sense of belonging.... |
| 29 May 2013 |
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| Spring Bank holiday programme |
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Activities galore for young people are on offer at the U-Mix Centre from Tuesday 28th May to Sunday 2nd June. See the flyer for details.... |
| 21 May 2013 |
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| Freekick for Equality-Tackling Homophobia and Racism Together |
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FURD's Volunteer Manager Tracy Litterick represented FURD at an international conference, 'Freekick for Equality-Tackling Homophobia and Racism Together' in Bratislava, Slovakia on 26th-28th April.
Tracy was invited to deliver a workshop around 'Sport and Inclusion: Underrepresentation of marginalised groups and minorities', with Des Tomlinson from the Football Association of Ireland and Maurizio Pratesi of the Football Association of Finland.... |
| 15 May 2013 |
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| FURD welcomes ex Chelsea and Southampton legend |
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Former Chelsea and Southampton centre-half Ken Monkou visited FURD at the U-Mix Centre following a chance meeting with ex-FURD Director Howard Holmes at the recent PFA Awards Dinner.
Ken is heading up an exciting quarterly publication, 'Football Life', that is next due out in August, and is planning to tell some of FURD's many stories in a future publication.... |
| 7 May 2013 |
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| Football: A Shared Sense of Belonging? final conference |
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Save the date! On Thursday 20th June 2013 (World Refugee Day), FURD will present the ‘Football: A Shared Sense of Belonging?’ research project final conference in Sheffield.
As part of the Big Lottery Research Programme, FURD has spent three years examining the role of football in the lives of refugees and asylum seekers.
This free conference represents the culmination of this process with the presentation of our findings and recommendations.... |
| 1 May 2013 |
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| FURD's 2013 'Unity' newsletter now available |
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The 2013 edition of FURD's newsletter, 'Unity', is now available. Download it from the link below, or contact us if you'd like free printed copies.
We have plenty available, so if you can help distribute some for us, please let us know. ... |
| 22 April 2013 |
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| Blades sign up two more FURD protégés as full scholars |
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Two further protégés of FURD Talent Identification Officer Luis Silva were unveiled to the 19,000 crowd at the Sheffield United v Swindon Town game on 13th April. Fahad Ishmail joined the Academy as a 13 year old, having been coached through the Blades development centre after being recommended by Luis. Kleh Her, whose family originate in Thailand, is an exciting attacking player who again was spotted at a FURD coaching session.... |
| 17 April 2013 |
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| The U-Mix Centre is now...OPEN! |
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On Friday 12th April, FURD’s new home at the U-Mix Centre was officially opened.
The U-Mix youth and community centre is built into a hillside on Lowfield Open Space, Asline Road, next to Bramall Lane. It boasts floodlit 5-a-side pitches, a dance studio, recording studio, music rehearsal space, gym, outdoor play equipment, youth club facilities, FURD’s library including the new Arthur Wharton Archive, a digital media suite, training room and meeting rooms.... |
| 16 April 2013 |
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