Sport & Sustainability Soccer on the Green
As children prepared to return to school, Cork City Council’s hugely successful series Soccer on the Green ended. With so many Summer Camps, programmes and activities cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cork City Council teamed up with the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) and Cork Sports Partnership to develop Soccer on the Green. Aimed at young people and held on greens in housing estates across the city, coaches helped a socially diverse group of young people develop their soccer skills, while having fun. With help from the Residents’ Associations, sessions were held in Greenwood Estate in Togher; Bracken Court Estate in Donnybrook; Lios Rua Estate in Ballyvolane; Bishopscourt Green in Bishopstown; St. Joseph’s Park in Glanmire and Coolroe Meadows in Ballincollig.
Sessions were also held in conjunction with Foróige in Mahon and Curraheen, with Tusla in Fitzgerald’s Park, and with a local youth group in Churchfield. In each session, groups of 12 girls and boys were put through their paces, practicing keepie-uppies, dribbling and ball control, all while maintaining a social distance. Sports Capital Grant Scheme 2020 Cork City Council’s Sports Capital Grant Scheme was approved in June 2020, with 80 spo rts clubs and voluntary organisations receiving an allocation of funding.
Amongst the clubs to draw down their grant in the past month were Ballincollig GAA, Glen Rovers Camogie Club, Leeside Lough Boxing Club, Na Piarsaigh, Ringmahon Rangers and Nemo Rangers. The photos across show some of with funding received through the Sports Capital Grant Scheme and equipment purchased capital works completed with the assistance of the Grant Scheme.
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