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Carbon Literacy for Grassroots Football

Birmingham County Football Association By Birmingham County Football Association

To offer all volunteers & players in grassroots football the opportunity to receive relevant, specific football & climate change training to empower them to take decisive action within their community

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We know from our own research that over 86% of clubs in the region want to become more sustainable, but with such a complex topic knowing where to start or what to tackle first can eventually become a barrier to do anything. This is why we have developed an accredited Carbon Literacy in Grassroots Football course that supports individuals gain a fundamental understanding of climate science coupled with an awareness and confidence to implement more sustainable alternatives at their clubs and in their personal lives. In the Birmingham County FA region alone we have over 25,000 volunteers that support 5200 teams. If you scale this up across the 49 other County FA's in the network this presents a huge opportunity to provide relevant training that can bring about meaningful societal change using the vehicle of grassroots football

What we'll deliver:

  • Minimum 250 qualified carbon literate volunteers
  • Empowered & educated grassroots clubs to clubs that will advocate for a greener game

Why it's a great idea:

Over 50,000 learners are now Carbon Literate right across business and industry sectors, but this is the first course of its kind within football. Each individual is that completes the course is contributing to the 100,000 carbon saving actions already undertaken which it is estimated to have saved 180,000 tonnes of co2e. The course is available to all clubs and their volunteers over the coming weeks with a blend of online sessions and in-person workshops. Carbon Literacy for Grassroots Football is an online accredited course that aims to educate those within grassroots football on the importance of reducing carbon emissions and the role the game can play in being part of the solution. During the training learners will gain a fundamental understanding of the relationship between grassroots football and climate change, to allow them to make simple but effective changes at their club to help reduce the impact the game is having on the environment.

Steps to get it done:

  • 25 leaners on the October course
  • 50 learners on the November course
  • 25 learners on the December course
  • 50 learners on the January Course
  • 50 learners on the February Course
  • 50 learners on the March Course

Birmingham County Football Association are one of the largest regional governing bodies in the English Football Associations network of 49 organisations. We cover the 3 main cities in the West Midlands, namely Birmingham, Wolverhampton & Coventry but our reach extends into the Black Country, Walsall, Warwickshire, Tamworth and into East Staffordshire. Our membership includes 1200 football clubs, 7 of which are professional, but the majority fall under what is more commonly known as “Grassroots”. This number of clubs equates to 5200 teams, 1200 match officials, 25,000 volunteers & coaches and upwards of 80,000 players regularly participating in all formats of the game. Within the region over 48,000 affiliated games happen each season. In June 2021, we proudly launched Save Today, Play Tomorrow the first-of-its-kind sustainability programme in the UK that looks to empower & engender grassroots football to support the ambitious goal of transitioning to a decarbonised game

Location Birmingham

About the space

Birmingham County Football Association

Council

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

How will the money be spent?Target (inc. fees)  £10,918

Online Tutor delivery - £10,000

Costs Breakdown

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Online Tutor delivery
£10,000

Overfunding

This project is enabled for overfunding. If the project hits its funding goal before the end of the campaign period, any extra funds raised will be spent (in order of priority) on:

  • Contingency for the project to protect against price fluctuation
  • Used towards subsidising learner places on future courses

Target (inc. fees)  £10,918

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