Tournaments

Every child who completes the Life Skills curriculum is rewarded by the opportunity to participate in a 6-a-side, World Cup-style football tournament. The tournaments follow FIFA Fair Play rules, which means they are self-refereed by the kids themselve. But what makes these tournaments truly unique is that each team is mixed-gender, consisting of 3 boys and 3 girls! The boys typically grumble at first about being teamed up with girls, but they soon learn that in order to become champions they need to work as a team and help their female teammates improve their skills.

Every child gets a medal at the end of the tournament, and the winning team, 'fair play' team and top player all receive trophies. When tournaments are fully sponsored we are able to provide every team with football kit (uniforms) to keep!

The kids thoroughly enjoy these tournaments, as you can see by checking out their smiling faces in our photo galleries.