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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£8.3M
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Spending
£6.5M
Public benefits
Trojans YCG aims to benefit the public in the activities they carry out. Football is one of the most popular sports in the world and soccer is great for fitness and cardiovascular health. Soccer can also be a great sport for kids who may not have high levels of athletic ability, but who would like to participate in team sports. Soccer is ideal
for boys, girls, men and women, who play the same game under the same rules and where physically appropriate may play alongside each other. According to better health channel there are several health benefits to playing football that extends to all age groups. These include general health benefits, promotes team work. Livestrong.com found “Soccer develops agility, speed and stamina, and also teaches children the importance of teamwork, so it can play an important part in your child’s physical and social development. Many communities offer soccer leagues for a variety of ages and skill levels. Choose a soccer league that matches your child’s needs. If you are unsure which league is best, talk to some team coaches to see if they are a good match for your child?” Trojans Parents have indicated that playing with the club has benefited their child’s behavior and general interest in health and exercise. We offer a clear pathway through the club from-adult allowing adults to train as coaches. This allows the further education of the individual and a way to expand their knowledge. Studies have shown that further education has helped people keep active and give something back to the community. Over the past 10 years our numbers have increased from 90 to 200+ members. Our under age groups which is age 5+ have increased by 20% indicating to us that kids football has it benefits in the community. We also have had 90% of our members going right through the club from age 5 to now being a coach. This encourages us that the benefit of training in soccer outweighs the any possible harm. Our coaches and volunteers have accessed the possible harm as being small personal injury to the individual in the process of sport itself. During interaction with parents our coaches have found that they appreciate the training and found that an interest such as football has benefited their children’s health and wellbeing. As well as giving them a focus. Therefore our club benefits both members and their families. Any money raised through fundraising goes directly back into the youth. For equipment, transport, trips, match costs and pitch rental costs. The trustees are satisfied that there is no private benefit within the club.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Trojans works with all gender and ages through the community of Derry. We provide football training, matches and opportunities to the under privileged. Furthermore we run youth opportunities for the wider community which include dance groups, fun days and tournaments. Through the club we have run drug and alcohol awareness courses as well as
giving adults over 16 the opportunity to train to be a coach themselves. We provide these individuals training from grass roots to level coaching badges. This allows the individual expand their level of knowledge in coaching and give back to the community by using that knowledge on the younger children coming up the ranks. Trojans has around young members that can work their way up through the club from age 5 to the intermediate league at age 18, then try for coaching badges if required. We run various fun and informational days for the wider community throughout the year, where everyone will have access to the community building and activities within these include the Gerry Mc Cauly cup and the Foyle cup. As a group we have ties with destined the local disability charity. We provide volunteer opportunities for their members it various roles. As Trojans is a fully volunteer run group we have 30 members who work tirelessly by giving their time in the various activities. We have produced a culture book to highlight the achievements of footballers in previous years an how sport can benefit the community.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of health or the saving of lives
- The advancement of amateur sport
Who the charity helps
- Adult training
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- General public
- Volunteers
How the charity works
- Community development
- Disability
- Education/training
- Medical/health/sickness
- Sport/recreation
- Volunteer development
- Youth development
