Free Half Term football Sessions
Bolton Wanderers Community Trust will be delivering FREE half-term sessions at 3 different venues over the February school break
All session will be run by qualified coaches and will involve both coaching and games.
All you need to do its turn up and play, please bring the correct clothing and drinks
Please see below session and venue times
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Day
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Session Time
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Venue
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Monday
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12:00hrs – 13:30hrs
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Bradford Park Muga
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Tuesday
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12:00hrs – 13:30hrs
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Quebec Rec Muga
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Wednesday
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12:00hrs – 13:30hrs
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Bradford Park Muga
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Thursday
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12:00hrs – 13:30hrs
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Quebec Rec Muga
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Friday
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12:00hrs – 13:30hrs
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Bradford Park Muga
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Day
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Session Time
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Venue
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Monday
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14:00hrs – 15:30hrs
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Heywood Park Muga
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Tuesday
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14:00hrs – 15:30hrs
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Heywood Park Muga
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Wednesday
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14:00hrs – 15:30hrs
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Heywood Park Muga
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Thursday
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14:00hrs – 15:30hrs
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Heywood Park Muga
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Friday
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14:00hrs – 15:30hrs
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Heywood Park Muga
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Local school's to attend educational event at Bolton Wanderers FC
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On Thursday the 13th of October BWCT will welcome up to 100 young people from Chorley New Road, St Ethelbert’s, Red Lane, St Peter & St Paul’s, Claypool and St Mary’s Primary Schools. They will attend the Reebok to take part in a educational event delivered by Show Racism the Red Card. During the afternoon they will discuss issues relating to racism and watch Show Racism the Red Card’s latest DVD featuring top international footballers. They will then have the opportunity to pose questions to a panel which will include current Bolton Wanderers 1st team players, Local religious leaders and SRtRC patron Christian Roberts.
Ged Grebby, Chief Executive of Show Racism the Red Card said “SRtRC have been fortunate to enjoy great support from Bolton Wanderers FC for our campaign over the years. They have hosted educational events with SRtRC and are keen to impart a positive message to young people. This kind of event is ideal for addressing the subject of racism, thanks to the support of the club and the community department we have been able to organise an event that is both educational and fun. We are confident that the anti-racist message presented on the day will further illustrate the club’s commitment to tackling racism through education and will help show young people from the area that there is no room for racism in Bolton; in football or in society.”
Ben Laycock, BWCT Community Cohesion Manager said: “The Trust is thrilled to be welcoming the Show Racism the Red Card team back to the Reebok. The education event is always a hit with Bolton schools and is a good way to get the important message’s around the issue of racism across to the young people of Bolton. Having the support of Bolton Wanderers Football Club and the players adds to the event. This backing allows the children to find out about real life experiences that their heroes’ have suffered and how they have dealt with these situations with them.”
All of the young people will leave with a goody bag of Show Racism the Red Card’s resources.
to read about how the event went please click here
Gretar Wraps Up SCARF project
The young people involved in the SCARF project were introduced to Gretar Steinsson during their final theory lesson.
Gretar stopped by and helped pupils to come up with their own definitions of racism. He also took questions from the group regarding racism in football and about his team mates.
Paul Makinson said “having the opportunity for a professional footballer to come into the session and advocate the message we are trying to spread was vital in backing up the theory work we have been delivering over the last 8 weeks”.
Having Gretar wrap up the SCARF project was a fantastic opportunity for the children to interact with one of their idols. The experience I am sure will live long in the memory of the young people.
To end the project we held a tournament at Bolton Arena before going to watch Bolton Wanderers play West Ham Untied in a Premiership football game. The teams for the tournament where drawn on the day and consisted of players from both schools. Each participant wore their BWCT tracksuit so we all had the same uniform as we came together to celebrate the work we had completed on improving community cohesion.
Each participant also took part in our final presentation and received certificates congratulating them on completing the course.
SCARF project
Over 40, year 7 pupils from Bolton School Boys' Division and Sharples Secondary School have demonstrated their commitment to improving the community they live in by taking part in the Community Trusts SCARF project (Schools Cohesion Anti-Racism Football project).
The SCARF project aims to improve community cohesion within schools in our community and tackle some of the issues raised by racism. SCARF is run over nine weeks and contains both theory and physical lessons at the pupils own school. In the final week all the pupils will be bought together where they will be mixed into teams and take part in a football tournament and social interaction sessions. This will be followed by the young people attending the Premier League game between the Wanderers and West Ham.
These SCARF sessions began on Thursday 30 January and have already proven to be a huge success.
Paul Makinson BWCT Education and Awareness officer said “The young people are clearly enjoying the experience of mixing theory and practical sessions. The skills that they are learning will be easily transferable to both a football field and everyday life which will hopefully enable them to live in a closer, safer and more stable community.”
Prior to Bolton Wanderers match against Stoke City some of the BRK crew had the chance to meet Bolton Skipper Kevin Davies.
Body Rockin Kidz Street Dance
The Body Rockin Kidz Street Dance crew can be found being put through their paces each Friday night at the Halliwell UCAN centre.The Crew are lead buy fully qualified dance instructor Kat Fitton, who has built them up from complete novices to competition winners.
Due to the success of the group the sessions are now split by age
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Venue |
Age |
Start Time |
End Time |
| Friday |
Halliwell Ucan |
6-12 Years Old |
6:00pm |
7:30pm |
| Friday |
Halliwell Ucan |
12-18 Years Old |
7:30pm |
9:00pm |
The Body Rocking Kidz Street Dance crew have already had some excellent performances, showing their skills in front of the Mayor of Bolton and regularly on the Reebok pitch during the half time interval.
They are continually developing and have entered and won competitions so if you think you can dance or would love to learn...why not come along and join in!? All sessions are completely FREE!
New Sessions coming soon...
For more information on this or any other up and coming activities available through OBIA please contact Paul Makinson on 01204 673790.