Healthy People

CITY PLAY

City Play is a bespoke programme that provides physical activity sessions for children aged between 2 and 5 years in nurseries and schools across Greater Manchester.

Each themed session delivers a variety of fundamental movements and skills in a fun, engaging and inclusive environment.
These sessions reflect the 7 learning areas of the EYFS framework, helping children to meet the nationally recognised 3 hours of physical activity per day.

The programme aims to use of the power of football and the Manchester City Football Club brand to encourage children in Manchester to live a healthy and active lifestyle from a young age.

Premier League PRIMARY STARS

CITC delivers the Premier League PRIMARY STARS (PLPS) programme in schools across Greater Manchester. Pupils and teachers take part in national curriculum PE lessons, extra-curricular activities, PSHE lessons, English and Maths workshops, targeted interventions and collapsed curriculum days.

CITC coaches work in five schools per week and deliver a full day each week of the academic year to each school. The aim is to use the inspiration of Manchester City Football Club and the Premier League to engage pupils and teachers to lead healthier, more active lifestyles.

The programme also intends to improve teacher’s confidence and competence when delivering PE and School Sport, and to increase children’s enjoyment and engagement in this area.

Soccer Schools

CITC Soccer Schools uses the brand of Manchester City to engage participants in open access football, increasing physical activity throughout the school holidays with regular sessions in communities across the city.

Participants are provided with free full day structured coaching sessions as well as free food provision at all sites to tackle holiday hunger in the most deprived areas of the city.

Sessions are also adapted to include educational and supportive workshops to highlight important topics such as mental health and anti-bullying.

One City Disability

One City Disability provides opportunity for participants to take part in free football and sporting provision relevant to their specific disability.

Sessions are held in Primary and High Schools as well as in community venues outside of school hours ensuring that participants across Greater Manchester have access to disability specific provision and education.

Disabled participants do not always feel comfortable or able to access universal provision, so it is important to provide disability specific sports to provide participants with a development and participation pathway, regardless of their disability or impairment.

Walking Football

CITC provides two free walking football sessions per week, aimed at engaging older participants in regular physical activity.

By coming to the sessions, participants can meet others and build social relationships. Some individuals come to the sessions for the social interaction specifically as this is the only place that they have someone to talk to.

CITC take this social interaction further by giving our participants the chance to travel and play other Premier League teams that also have walking football sessions.

City Thrive

City Thrive embeds a mental health curriculum across all CITC programmes for people aged up to 25.

In partnership with the NHS, City Thrive utilises a blended approach, using football sessions, group workshops and one-to-one mentoring to educate students around mental health subjects whilst also equipping them with the tools to regulate their own mental wellbeing in a post COVID-19 landscape.

The programme also embeds an NHS mental health clinician within the CITC team four days a week, meaning that participants can access immediate support if needed.

Everyone at City in the Community deserves to be treated with dignity and respect, this includes our participants, parents and carers, our partners and all of our workforce. 

We will always take seriously any instances where we feel these behaviours are not displayed and respond accordingly.