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The PCR Sports Show - Friday 10th February 2023 - The Youth Sport Special with Luke Kennedy, co-founder of Youth Dreams Project · The PCR Sports Show

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Welcome to PC a school. Good evening and welcome to PCR
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Sports here. On pc r FM for the start of your
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sporting weekend. I'm Neil s-sure and Japan's away
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again this week, but you'll be back on the show next week and
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back with us. As always we're here every
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Friday between six and seven. Bringing you the latest local
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sporting headlines from in and around our city.
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I'll guest on the show tonight. It is Luke Kennedy co-founder of
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Youth dreams project and he started third that organization
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just approaching nine years and it's their nine-year
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anniversary. This coming Monday and he
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started it aside. His good friend, Luke Steele but
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first, let me cover off your sporting headlines this week and
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we'll start with the Phantom's. Again, they've been in great
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form recently and it's what was back-to-back wins for them last
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weekend. That's Friday, they beat Hull,
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Seahawks 64 before. Overtime win against the Raiders
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43 which does not tell the whole story.
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Phantoms actually trailed 3-nil at one point before clawing it
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back to 33 Ralph sierens was the hero as he scored in overtime
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and completed his hat-trick in the same goal.
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Phantoms remain third level on points with second-placed MK
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lightning and a point behind leaders leads who have three
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games in hand on their nearest Rivals.
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This weekend they face Telford tigers at Planet Ice.
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On Saturday in a seven PM face off before traveling to the bees
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on Sunday in a five PM face off Peter Pro Sports and Luke Steele
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who have just mentioned as co-founder of Youth dreams
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project has actually joined the turbines this week, as joint
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manager and links up with his good friend, Michael gash until
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the end of the season. We wish them both well in their
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game tomorrow, as they travel to the northeast of place.
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Blyth Spartans Sports last week that defied the odds.
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And remain and the odds of remain undiminished despite the
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change in management practically Town pitched up at the be Arena
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on the back of a 17 game unbeaten run which had stood
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them to forth in the National League table.
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But football often moves on so quickly and sports, certainly
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have as Michael gasps celebrated a first League win as manager.
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While Jordan Crawford, the man signed to replace Deion's MB
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Ferris who actually joined scunthorpe with Jimmy Dean
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scored a classy match clinching. Goal in a thoroughly.
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Deserved to nil win supports remained 14th in the table but
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are now 12 points. Clear of the Drop Zone.
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And if they Dare To Dream, it's just a four-point gap.
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To the final playoff place. As I said tomorrow afternoon,
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Sports make the long trip to the Northeast face, relegation,
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threatened Blyth Spartans, our city of Peterborough.
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Hockey Club update is brought to you by Michael Green this week
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and he says a difficult week overall, lots of fun,
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availabilities and games against hi.
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Place teams showed in the results, the men's fifth lost a
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fiery encounter at the gate against wisbeach, four-nil men's
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thirds, lost for nil or so, to run away leaders and newly
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formed. Cambridge Hockey Club, men's 2's
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travel, to top of the table Ipswich failed to score, and
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also conceded six, the ladies first slot for one at home to
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harvest it magpies. The men's seventh were the only
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successful men side this weekend, beaten Cambridge, South
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Sea, Sixth three-nil, the men's fourths travel to Long Sutton
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and lost 5-1 with an inexperienced lineup for this
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level. The ladies s went to Ipswich and
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came out on the wrong side of a three to reverse.
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The great form of the ladies forth and ladies fifth continues
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though in more positive news. The ladies Force 15 2008,
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Sydney, it's against their fourth 11.
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While the ladies fifth one, one nil in the final game of
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Saturday. Thanks to /.
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If it goal scorer at Sara Teasdale, Sunday started early
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for the men's ones, traveling to look for a town.
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They shared the spoils 11 with Gareth Andrew score.
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The men's over 40's hosted Pelicans in an entertaining game
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Pelicans going into a tunnel lead before Gary Hales.
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Carl Daniels and Ed Walker, put city of Peterborough Hockey Club
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32 up Pelicans, pulled level before Simon martel's gave city
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of Peterborough. The advantage, however,
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Pelicans, found an equalizer, taking it to flex,
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unfortunately, Pelicans, keep it saved, one to give them the win,
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over all the under 14. Read on there and under 14
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scales, sorry, carried on their impressive.
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National plate, run with an eight, Neil win away.
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At Holliston, this means they are now in the quarterfinals in
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a few weeks, time Chairman's. Team of the week though, goes to
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the ladies thirds for upsetting the league table and beating
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table toppers Pelicans. 53. Thanks to a brace from mfo.
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This coming Saturday is a busy one at Brighton gate with the
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men's first and S, both playing important games.
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All of the teams are also in Action.
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And we thank Michael for that update from the city of
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Peterborough Hockey Club in rugby.
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It's the Peterborough rugby Derby tomorrow as Peterborough.
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Our UFC face the lions at Fan gate.
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Last weekend, our UFC 1 away from home, beating Newbold, on
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Avon 3017, the Lions had the week off and will be rested.
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No doubt to face their City Rivals tomorrow at Fan gate and
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a little bit of boxing news for you.
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Top yard Boxing Club. Put on their first show of the
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year. The Gladstone Community Center
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with a massive turnout from the community offering tremendous
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support for the club's boxes. Professional boxer kukais ashfaq
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was there to support the club and award the trophies with
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two-time national champion. I met at shirazi, Super Santino,
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Harris, 14 years old, put in a winning performance and impress,
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the crowd with his work rate and skill, Harris is work, rate was
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exceptional and his boxing. Our key was too much for his
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opponent, his performance earned him, the fighter of the night
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award. And those are your headlines.
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This week aren't PCR Sports. Bringing you up to 6:15 on this
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And good evening welcome back to PCR Sports here.
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On pc r FM for the start of your sporting weekend.
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I'm Nilesh and my guest this week is Luke Kennedy co-founder
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of Youth dreams project a group that was formed an organization.
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Sorry that was formed nine years ago.
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This coming Monday, Luke, welcome to the show.
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Relax, so good to have you with us.
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Just give us a little bit of insight into youth dreams
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project straight away. Then please good evening.
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First of all thank you for having me.
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Yeah, so youth dreams project known as ydp to most people was
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formed back in 2014 by myself. And Luke still close friend of
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mine with the main aim of providing as many sporting
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opportunities for as many young people in the city.
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T, as possible. Okay, brilliant stuff.
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And where did that sort of idea? Come from, you know, what gave
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you that inspiration and drive to produce something that you
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have done over the last nine years?
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Yeah, good question. Both myself and Luke were
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Obviously good friends. Part of the people United
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Academy from the age of seven or eight and Luke's career.
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You know, took off when he was signed by Manchester United and
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I only had a one-year professional deal with Rushton
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diamonds and And didn't get it renewed, and obviously slipped
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into the world of full-time work.
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And I bounced around different jobs before, joining, the police
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where I was a pcso for six years and I used to cover the
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Eastfield in East Gate area, which is quite a deprived area
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of the city. And during that time, I used to
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run Youth Intervention programs where a lot of the young people
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in that area would come there. Take part in football that take
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part in boxes, Eyes. And I started to see a real
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positive change within the young people, and the police done
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stats and the anti-social behaviour within the area drop
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significantly. And I found a real passion for
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working with young people at that point.
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And you know, that's when I started having the conversations
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with Luke about the idea of ydp and yeah, I decided to leave the
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police take that big jump risk and yeah, it started from there.
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Okay. And youth dreams project, the
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name itself was that inspired by anything specific.
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You have some inspiration or was it something that you'd come
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across over the years? A funny story me and Luke was
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sat in the cost of coffee shop in Hampton.
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Other retailers are available. We were sat there and we had a
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notebook and pen and and we wrote probably two free hundred
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different names and within those names.
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You streams project was on that sheet of paper but at different
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stages so it wasn't formed and we were looking at all the
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different names and we actually put it together at that point.
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Because obviously we're working with you, we want all young
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people to dream that they can achieve in life and it's a
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project that for us is just going to continue and continue.
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So yeah, that's how we created that name.
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Okay. So over a over a hot chocolate
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or a cappuccino. Youth dreams project was formed
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and to look at your slogan on your, on your hoodie that you're
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wearing there as well. You believe in youth as well.
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And that's what, that's the generation that you want to
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inspire and so they can aspire to better things.
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Yeah, of course, I think because there's every young person out
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there has a talent, but they don't all believe that.
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And we've created a team of coaches, that will instill that
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belief within the young people. So if they don't believe it
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themselves, initially, we're going to deliver Sports and
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interact with the young people in a way that they will believe
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in themselves. So we're telling them.
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Look, we believe in you. Now, you go and believe in
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yourself is well and you're giving them that inspiration I
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guess and the opportunity as well.
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And you do that through Sports. Yeah.
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And when we say sport what sports do you cover at the
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moment? I know you probably perhaps
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better known for the football side of it but it's whole array
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of sports. So yeah, when we fall And in
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2014, it was me and a bag of footballs deliver delivering
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just football. And yeah, we started going into
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the first school was actually a bishop cry and Academy in in the
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city centre and after probably about six weeks, the PE leader.
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At the time said to me, I can you start delivering netball?
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Yeah, I kind of thought to myself.
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I've never delivered that before.
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I don't think I Even play them but I said to him.
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Yeah, of course. Will deliver that.
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And then yeah we delivered it. Well obviously built up that
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link with the school and more and more schools started
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approaching us and asking us if we could deliver different
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sport. So that's when obviously we had
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to start recruiting coaches. So now, yeah, we go into 36
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schools in total actually and we deliver all sports, we've got
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coach Has that can deliver football basketball, dance,
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gymnastics tag rugby, boxercise archery, to literally any sport
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that you can think of. We're now, delivering in the
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schools. Wow, so that really does give
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children an opportunity to try Sports.
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They perhaps would have even considered before as well like,
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archery, perhaps some like that which may not be as accessible
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to them. Definitely.
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I mean you know, like archery boxercise there to that stick
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out immediately that yeah. Most of the kids hadn't tried
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it. So to be able to give them that
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opportunity is fantastic. Brilliant.
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Well yeah, I mean I'm inspired myself as well.
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He's still listening to you there as well.
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So is there, an age range? So is it Primary School upwards?
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You focus on? Yeah, we actually deliver a
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session called why D P Diddy's. It was.
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What it was one of our first ever sessions that we launched
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and we run it on a Sunday morning and it's based mainly
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around football. But They're learning key,
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fundamental skills, like, agility, balance coordination,
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and that session is for two to five year olds, so have.
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Yeah, we do have two year olds and we've actually had people
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younger than that where their parents have said, you know, my
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child's 18 months at came. They still come?
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So yeah, we still take them that is the youngest session that we
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do and now we've got sessions that run from the age of 2 all
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the way to 18 years and we recently created a ydp men's
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football team. So we've now got, you know, a
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complete pathway for young people to be working with us and
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paths for them to Aspire to, to stay within ydb.
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Yeah. And I guess the men's team can
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be Role Models as well while they're representing ydp in that
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way. Yeah, exactly.
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That's what we want. You know, we want people to look
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at the ydp. A men's team and see that as a
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path for them. And, yeah, within that team,
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we've got coaches, we've got some of our boys that are on our
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post-16 scholarship program. We've got parents of children,
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that attend, ydp, and then, we've got other people that
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don't really have that connection with ydp.
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So it's a good mix. But, yeah, ultimately, we want
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them to, you know, give a positive impression to the young
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people that are coming to yd. A brilliant stuff, you talked
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about the football in the men's side there as well, but you're
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doing a lot of good work with the the girls element of it and
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hopefully harnessing the Positive Vibes of last year's
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win from the lionesses. Yeah.
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Definitely, you know, we've seen the growth of in women's
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football and sport in general. And we have a post-16
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scholarship program, which is for boys.
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And we launched that about five years ago, now in partnership
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with such John Fisher school and it's really taken off.
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You know that those boys get a chance to study at the school
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get education and be part of a football team where they train
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every day and they compete in the National College league with
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us and we saw the success of that and obviously on the back
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of light, you say the Lioness and we wanted to create a girl's
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one. So back in September this, this
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school year we created a girls post-16 scholarship program
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which has started Tactically. We are recruiting girls for this
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coming September and then we also recently launched a girls
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football session for for younger girls, from the age of 6 to 14.
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And that's every Friday nights that's actually happening.
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Now, as I say, it's okay and there'll be a number of girls
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there as well who have been inspired.
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But also having the opportunity to to have a go at football on a
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Friday evening in a lovely environment coached by, you
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know, somebody's got all the qualifications.
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And it's able to impart their knowledge on them as well in
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that way. Yeah definitely.
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I mean we we've got a real mix there in ages and ability.
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You know we've got some girls that have never kicked a ball
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before and then some girls that are signed at teams that just
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want an extra session. So it is brilliant for us to put
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on that session and see such a range of Ages and abilities
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come. And also, we, you know, we have
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female coaches that deliver that session.
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So it's nice to the girls to have that female.
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If role model as well? Yeah, brilliant stuff that's
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really taken off then in the last few months as well.
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That that aspect. Yeah I mean we've got on average
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20 plus girls attend in each week.
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So the next step for us now is to create maybe a team within
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that group and to start organizing matches for them.
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Like we do for the boys teams that we've got.
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And in terms of the boys set up as well, is that sort of and
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primary age upwards effectively and then you're looking to
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mirror that with the girls. Yeah, I mean, like, I say, going
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back to that Diddy's session, what we found was, is, kids
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would stay with us all the way up till they were five, boys and
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girls. Do attend that, by the way.
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And then once said, hit five, they were asking us, you know,
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where do we go next? So, it kind of pushed us into
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create, in a football team. So now where we're at, we've got
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an under 16 all the way up to Under 12.
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So we've got six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
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Eleven twelve a train with us on a Friday night.
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So they're also training now and then they compete in the junior
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Alliance league on a Saturday and a Sunday, but in addition to
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that through the links that we've got with professional
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clubs this week the teams have played against Peterborough
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United and Leicester city. Wow you know that's the
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opportunity to do that if you're surviving them there and that's
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what we want to do. You know, we want to Give them
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the opportunities that they might not be able to get
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elsewhere and you know the results obviously didn't go the
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way they probably expect like wanted as such against those
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clubs, but that's not what it's about for us.
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It's about the enjoyment and actually seeing wow, these are
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the boys were playing against their the so-called best players
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in the city. And and I've just played against
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a map at the home of Peterborough United.
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Yeah, and it's the aspiration again.
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Isn't it as well? The opportunities.
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Yd p is given those young children to think.
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Yeah, I want to try and push myself here as well.
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And even, you know, we know, professional football is the
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percentage, you know that go from under 18's, you know, to
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actually making it is a smaller percentage.
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So, you know, just for them to Aspire to that is just something
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that is a positive for them as well, and helps in other walks
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of life. No doubt as well, 100%.
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I mean, you know, by going to play the likes of Pasha and
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Lester. They're not only seeing the
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ability of those boys, but they're also seeing the
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standards, you know, the professionalism, the appearance,
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how they, look how they conduct themselves Their Manners.
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And that's what we're trying to do in all the sessions that
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we're delivering is improve them in every aspects of when they
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are older and they are looking for jobs, you know, they're in a
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much better position to go on and succeed in life and sport is
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just the, the vehicle to do that.
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And that's what you're using sport in that way, to break down
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those barriers, perhaps between communities and And people's
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hesitation perhaps to get involved in certain sports that
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you're giving them that opportunity.
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Definitely, you know, our sessions are open to all young
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people, regardless, of age ability, you know, ethnicity.
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We encourage all young people to come to our sessions and only
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this week. We hosted a primary school
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Festival where we had 11 schools, attend, and one of the
21:08
schools that attended was a special Needs school and the
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other 10 were mainstream schools but you know, it's just
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fantastic for them to still be able to come and still compete
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still mix in with each other. And yeah, that's what we want to
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We're here every Friday 6:54 bring in the latest local
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sporting headlines from in and around our city.
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And this week's guest on the show is Luke.
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Kennedy co-founder of Youth dreams project which was founded
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alongside Luke Steele and they're actually celebrating
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their ninth anniversary this coming Monday.
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So an opportune time to get them onto the show and let our
23:48
listeners and The Wider members of the public know, all the
23:51
great work that At youth dreams project are doing not just in
23:53
the city, but further afield as well.
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Just before the break, we were just talking to Luke there about
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a primary schools. Tournament that was held, Luke
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just want to pick up on that and there's special school that
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really did enjoy that occasion. Yeah.
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So we hosted a primary school festival at stanground.
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Academy where we delivered three different sports boxercise.
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Sorry box size, Taj, ball, basketball, and handball and
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They had a cycling challenge as well.
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So yeah, it's just a great way for the children to compete
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against each other, but also in a fun environment and yeah, one
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of the schools that attended was a special needs school and, you
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know, it's just great for them to still be able to attend and
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still enjoy themselves. Yeah, I'm just reading the
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testimonial. They've sent you actually.
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And you know one line stands out perfectly for make they all
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return to feeling like winners. I mean that must make You and
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what ydp do? Sort of sense of achievement if
24:56
that makes sense and you feel like you you're achieving
24:59
something 100%. You know it was a really good
25:04
day. It was probably my favorite
25:06
Festival that we've held since because, yeah, they got to
25:11
compete in three different sports and then after that, they
25:15
also got to use the swimming pool at stand ground.
25:19
So at the end, when they finish the tournament, you know, As
25:21
winners and obviously people that didn't win not going to
25:25
court in losers. So that of people, been people
25:28
that were upset, maybe for not winning, but then they finished
25:32
in the swimming pool and like it just kind of it dawned on me
25:39
that they had competed in a tournament and they're finishing
25:41
with swimming and that for of maybe losing and not winning.
25:46
The event, would have just completely vanished right away
25:49
because they would just enjoying themselves splashing around In
25:51
the pole. And some may not file access to
25:53
a pool previously was regulars who like to exactly.
25:56
And that's what we want to do. Of course, you know, everybody
25:59
does want to win with in sport, you know, I was exactly the same
26:03
but ultimately we want their experiences with ydp to be fun
26:08
and we want them to go away and think you know I really enjoyed
26:11
myself and every memory they have within ydp is a good one.
26:16
Brilliant. So we've talked a lot about
26:18
schools and the relationships, you've got with them.
26:21
Schools that you work with currently, are you branching out
26:26
into other communities as well and other clubs that you can
26:28
sort of work with and develop what you're doing?
26:32
Yeah, so we like like you just said we are working with 36
26:35
schools, Primary School, senior schools, pupil referral units,
26:41
special needs schools where we deliver their PE curriculum.
26:46
We deliver lunch clubs after school clubs, we've got a
26:49
motivation or boxercise program. We've got a newly-formed mind
26:54
matters program which is all classroom-based speaking about
26:58
relevant topics that are current to the children at the moment.
27:05
And then outside of school hours, we do deliver sessions in
27:08
the community as well, which is funded by the Cross Keys.
27:12
Homes that police and the local Council where we put on
27:15
sessions, but the kids can attend those for free.
27:20
So yeah, we're doing a In schools and out in the
27:22
community. And we are now, branching
27:25
fervor, a field because we've recently launched in Cambridge
27:30
Lester and Oxford as well. So exciting times ahead you
27:36
looking to do similar work. Effectively in those other
27:38
cities that you just mentioned and develop the opportunities
27:42
for children in perhaps deprived areas.
27:44
Yeah, I mean, we've always known that the model that we've got is
27:51
Successful. And I've always believed that it
27:54
would work anywhere within the country under, obviously the
27:58
right people. And, you know, the reality is,
28:01
is that, you know, myself or Luke.
28:03
We're not going to get up and move to all these different
28:06
cities to launch. So, you know, we've got the
28:09
right people that run in Cambridge Leicester and Oxford
28:14
and they will just simply replicate everything that we're
28:18
doing here in Peterborough in those areas.
28:21
I'll support. And yeah, you know, the goal is
28:25
to Branch out into other areas and hopefully one day ydp will
28:30
be, you know, in every major city in the UK, you must look
28:34
back. If you mention there, there's
28:36
just you initially carrying a bag of footballs six.
28:39
You know, a few weeks later year us to put a nipple sessions.
28:42
You must feel proud of what you've achieved and being able
28:46
to see the the smiles on children's faces that you see
28:49
that, that come from each session, I'm incredibly proud.
28:53
I mean we've got an amazing set of coaches.
28:56
We've had some unbelievable coaches previously as well and
29:04
you know, all of us. Our main goal is to provide good
29:08
opportunities and fun memories for the young people and the
29:13
times gone so quick. So I haven't really any point
29:17
had a chance to kind of stop and reflect.
29:20
And you know, Have deep for of how far we've come.
29:24
You know, I'm really proud of what we've done and you know
29:28
there's still a lot of work to be done but like say you know
29:31
we've got an incredible set of coaches that deserve a lot of
29:35
credit brilliant because they're only as good as that.
29:37
But indeed. Yeah.
29:39
And that's that's fabulous to here and it's not just sport.
29:42
I mean, I've looked through your website, social media putting on
29:45
Frozen parties now as well. So just branching out a little
29:48
bit to give our children the opportunity as well.
29:50
Yeah, we're all. Is looking to evolve.
29:52
I mean, you know, we do like, like we spoke about delivered, a
29:56
lot of sports but there's still, you know, a lot of young people
30:00
that maybe not aren't able to access ydp, but maybe don't want
30:05
to, you know, the projects that we're currently running, maybe
30:09
don't aren't of interest to them.
30:13
So, you know, we'd actually seen a princess parties company doing
30:19
different bits of work. Actually, one of the Delivered,
30:22
a party for my daughter, half. Wonderful.
30:24
And it was there, or for, you know what?
30:26
We could actually open up another door here and even more
30:31
young, people could access our project.
30:33
So, yeah, next week in partnership with the dialing,
30:37
princess parties will be launching.
30:40
A one day camp for young people, so that will come.
30:43
And it's a frozen frozen party, Elsa and Anna and Brilliance the
30:48
that's during halftime. Then obviously, yeah, halftime
30:51
It's next Tuesday at such on Fisher school, okay?
30:54
And if people want to find more about that, they just go onto
30:57
the website and social media Pages.
30:59
Yeah. All of the information is on our
31:01
home page, on our website, there's a link on the homepage
31:05
and that will give them information to all the camps
31:08
that we're running next week because we're running them at
31:11
four different schools, across the city, such on Fisher,
31:15
William law for fields and the new Manor Drive Academy.
31:20
So yeah, they'll be busy. For us.
31:22
But if there's anybody out there that's listening, isn't booked
31:25
on come and come and experience ydp.
31:28
Yeah, and that's that youth dreams project .co.uk.
31:32
It's the website, you're after, if you would like to take
31:35
advantage of that for your, for your child or somebody, you may
31:38
know that would benefit from attending session, put on by ydp
31:43
there, as well. I was just going to touch on.
31:46
You know, you've got the Frozen parties.
31:48
You've mentioned, you've got the heart term camps coming up.
31:50
How many sort? Of children.
31:52
Are you touching? You know, if you have a rough
31:54
figure, you must be in the hundreds, you know, that you're
31:56
inspiring in some small way on. So it's a much more than 100
32:01
because yeah, hundreds, yeah, sorry, much more than hundreds
32:05
because we've got 20 plus coaches.
32:08
Now going into like say 36 school.
32:11
So I'd say, you know, each week we're impacting thousands of
32:15
young people in the city which is brilliant.
32:19
Yeah, and again something you feel very proud Alvin giving
32:22
young children the opportunity to take part in sporting
32:26
physical activities or or just having some fun and getting away
32:29
from perhaps, what might be a difficult upbringing for them in
32:32
their own home environment as well.
32:34
Yeah, definitely. I mean, you know, of course, we
32:37
want the children to improve in the sports that we're
32:41
delivering. But ultimately, we want to
32:44
impact them in many ways, you know, whether it's a kid that
32:47
has low self-esteem. We want to deliver sessions and
32:50
build that relationship, With them where we increase that
32:53
confidence and and, and self-esteem, you know, if it's a
32:57
kid that's you know, kind of disruptive in school and maybe
33:01
their behaviors not great. We want them to look at our
33:05
coaches as positive role models and will speak to them, you
33:08
know, during the sessions about Positive Choices.
33:11
So then hopefully, over time that child's Behavior, does
33:15
improve and school, look at it and they think, you know what,
33:18
ydp they deliver great sport sessions, but Lee, they're
33:22
impacting the young people that they're working with and that
33:25
for me is, is what we want to do, you know, just as much as
33:30
deliver, good sport sessions and you've got coaches as an
33:33
examples of that. I mean, I'm expecting these
33:34
names but other coaches have come through your, your ranks
33:37
are so to speak that have been in that similar situation, but
33:40
they've developed and become young adults that have perhaps
33:44
straight away from, you know, what they were involved with in
33:46
their younger, I mean I don't know the exact number without
33:52
thinking properly, but I can definitely count five of our
33:56
current coaches as being a part of our sessions as a student,
34:03
which is brilliant for me, because they've experienced our
34:06
sessions. They know how we deliver them.
34:09
They're still young themselves. So they know what makes young
34:12
people tick and yet to see them. Now as a ydp coaches, Really
34:19
rewarding. And you know, that's what I'm
34:22
proud about. Just to see the change that
34:24
we've had, because some of them, not all of them, but some of
34:27
them, you know, were going down the wrong path.
34:30
And we've not only been out to turn that round and, you know,
34:35
keep them in school. Get them a education.
34:38
We've actually created a pathway for them to become a ydp coach
34:43
and now they're positively influencing the Next Generation.
34:47
Yeah, that's that's wonderful to hear.
34:49
Errant that, you know, that peer-to-peer support that
34:52
they'll get similar age children, they'll be looking up
34:54
to them as well. And look into a Spire hopefully
34:56
to perhaps become a coach or knowing that there is a way out
35:00
if they're in difficult circumstances at the moment as
35:02
well. Definitely we work with so many
35:06
young people that are facing so many different challenges in
35:10
their life and you know for us it's about helping them you know
35:14
we can't solve everything but she can definitely help them.
35:19
Yeah. And you know understand that
35:20
there is support for them and you know, whatever their face
35:23
and you touched on about the other areas Lester Oxford.
35:28
Cambridge. Yeah, that you sort of branching
35:31
out into, you must look back on these nine years now and think
35:35
the small icons and what you what you where you are and
35:38
coming up to nine years later and having other cities have
35:41
their ydp brand. It's incredible.
35:45
Yeah sometimes I can't. How much it's grown and what
35:52
we're doing. But now that we are doing it on
35:56
know that we can do, even more can cover, so many more areas,
36:00
but it's brilliant. You know, I love seeing, you
36:03
know, young people wearing out brand and wearing it with pride.
36:07
Yeah, you know, it's really rewarding to see that actually,
36:11
you know, our logo our badge. It means something to them and
36:14
they're proud to wear around to where it.
36:16
Yeah, you've taken the words of my mouth there as well, you
36:18
know, they feel, Inspired by just putting the perhaps, the
36:20
hoodie on or put in the, you know, the track it up on,
36:22
whatever it may be the thing, right?
36:24
I'm part of something special here and able to inspire younger
36:27
children as well to achieve, you know, their goals in life as
36:30
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36:32
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Peterborough. You're listening to PCR Sports.
39:05
Good evening, welcome back to PCR Sports.
39:07
The last quarter of an hour of tonight's show.
39:10
We're here if every Friday evening between six and seven
39:13
bringing the latest sporting headlines and news from it in
39:16
around our city. I've not really mentioned Posh
39:18
this evening. They're in great form at the
39:20
moment. I'll just cover them off for
39:22
three, great wins and a tough game against Bolton tomorrow,
39:26
another playoff Contender. A big week coming up for Posh if
39:29
they can win that game tomorrow will then travel up to Fleetwood
39:32
and more come next week or two away game.
39:34
Ames and yeah, if we can pick up sort of up seven points, shall
39:38
we say that will be a fantastic result.
39:41
I think nine or the outstanding but a tough challenge lies.
39:44
First head tomorrow against Bolton at the Western home
39:48
stadium. So if you are going down there,
39:49
enjoy the game and if you're not you know you can tune in to the
39:52
radio and socials just to keep abreast of how Posh are doing
39:56
tomorrow afternoon. But I guess this evening is
39:59
Luke, Kennedy co-founder of Youth dreams project.
40:02
He started the project. And alongside Luke Steele nine
40:07
years ago, this coming Monday and he's been talking about the
40:10
great work that they're doing not just in our city, but having
40:13
branched out a little further. Now towards Leicester, Oxford
40:16
and Cambridge and just in the break, he was talking to me
40:20
about something called mindmatters.
40:23
Luke. Do you want to elaborate on
40:24
that? For me, please.
40:26
Yesterday during lockdown, we created mind matters because
40:31
obviously it was a time when, you know, Aunt.
40:35
Sorry, people were struggling, you know, young people old
40:39
people, lots of different people were struggling with different
40:42
things. So we ran lots of Fitness
40:46
sessions, quizzes, interaction sessions with young people and
40:53
adults during lockdown. And obviously, when we started
40:56
to come out a lockdown, we fought, you know, what we need
40:59
to do something that's going to continue here.
41:01
So we created a program called Mind matters.
41:04
Where we now have presentations on a, on a whole host of topics
41:10
that we deliver in senior schools mainly.
41:14
So we've got presentations on stuff like drugs knife, crime
41:18
internet. So safety county lines
41:22
aspirations positive role models and so on and obviously we pitch
41:28
them relevant to the school and the area and the children that
41:33
we're working with. With because, you know,
41:36
obviously sport can positively impact the mind, but we wanted
41:40
to start, you know, going a little bit deeper than that and
41:43
deliver sessions. Yeah.
41:44
Within a classroom environment me and it's been a positive
41:46
uptake with that, as well in the local, local community.
41:50
Yeah, it's amazing. You know, we're now delivering
41:54
in nearly, every senior School in the city, with that program.
41:59
So they come the, the children at the school.
42:02
Pick, come to us, we Classroom-based session where we
42:07
talked about a certain topic and that change is obviously every
42:10
week. And then we have a session
42:12
straight after that, which is a sport session so they get into,
42:16
you know, a classroom based session, and then a sport
42:18
session. So, it's brilliant.
42:20
It's great, you know, to see the interaction of the kids and, you
42:23
know, start educating them on different topics and hopefully,
42:28
you know, see that positive change?
42:30
Yeah. Perhaps.
42:31
As you say, yes, it's a classroom setting, but taking
42:34
them from Um, away from that school setting.
42:36
It's so to speak as well, change their mindset, a little bit as
42:39
well. Definitely, you hit the nail on
42:41
the head because, you know, schools can deliver what we're
42:45
delivering. But because it's a member of
42:48
school staff, there's always that barrier.
42:51
But obviously with us. Why do you pee being recognized
42:54
in the city? You know, the young people
42:57
looking at us as positive role models and, you know, we're
43:00
coming into the school. They don't see us as a member of
43:03
school staff. So there is Barrier.
43:05
You know, the guards down straight away and they start
43:09
opening up and yeah, that's where we start.
43:12
You know, educate and start seeing positive.
43:16
Yeah, changes. And you know, these fun sport is
43:20
part of that still, but it's more about that classroom-based
43:23
learning as well. And the opportunity for young
43:25
adults to express themselves where they may not well do at
43:29
home or to their teacher, definitely, you know, they tend
43:34
to Yup. More to us.
43:36
You know they feel comfortable in that environment because it's
43:39
a much smaller group. So yeah, it's been a really
43:44
positive program, okay? And if anybody listening tonight
43:47
and school teachers perhaps or parents and other organizations
43:51
want to get hold of you for that particular project, it got some
43:54
details that you can just hand out so they've got them turned.
43:56
Yeah, so they can look on our website which is obviously youth
43:59
dreams project .co.uk they can contact me directly.
44:04
On my phone which is 0 7 5 8 3 6, double 8 for 13, they can
44:11
email me Loop dot Kennedy at youth dreams project .co.uk and
44:16
then we're on social media, Facebook, Instagram, and check
44:20
out. So there's no excuse in a way
44:22
that it just even Googling you screams projects and
44:25
Peterborough. A can that's really encouraging
44:27
to hear we touched on coaches in the earlier part of the show, as
44:32
well, and the development of coaches coming.
44:34
Through from being students initially and then becoming
44:36
coaches. You're always on the lookout for
44:38
coaches. No doubt.
44:39
Yeah, we're definitely on the lookout at the moment.
44:42
We probably need one or two new coaches and they don't have to
44:47
be young and they don't have to have been a part of our sessions
44:50
that we've delivered. They can be, you know, older we
44:53
have got some, you know, older code I'll say holder, which is
44:58
in the mid to late twenties and thirties and we've even got a
45:02
couple in their forties. So yeah.
45:05
We're always looking for coaches.
45:06
If they're passionate about working with young people,
45:11
they've got knowledge and experience in sport, then get in
45:14
touch because, you know, it's a great place to work and we've
45:19
got a really positive environment and it doesn't have
45:22
to be football just to reiterate, as well.
45:23
It could be a, you know, a range of sports, that you cover,
45:26
basketball dance, whatever, you know, as long as they've got
45:30
experience in it, then yeah. Getting taught me a doors open.
45:34
And come and have a chat with you.
45:36
Yeah, brilliant stuff. So, you've talked about some of
45:39
the mental side in the mindmatters, you talked about
45:41
coaches there as well. The opportunity for scholarships
45:44
as well, potentially opening up. Yeah, sure.
45:47
So we currently run to scholarship programs boys sports
45:51
scholarship program in partnership with such on fish
45:54
and school when it goes one in partnership with stanground
45:57
Academy. And how that works is we're
46:00
looking for students that have are currently in school year 11.
46:06
And they would then join us in year 12 and they would take a
46:11
sports course and they can take other courses alongside that and
46:16
the schools that we work in partnership with deliver the
46:19
education side and then each day, they'll they'll train with
46:23
us. So they'll play football.
46:24
Be part of a football team. And each week they compete in
46:28
the National College league. So they have a fixture as well,
46:32
and then they get coaching experience with us.
46:34
They Come into the schools Shadow Al coaches, we put them
46:38
through additional coaching qualifications.
46:41
And then at the end of that two year program, you know, they
46:44
have a qualification that enables them to go to university
46:47
or some might want to join us as a coach or something like just
46:51
you know go into the Working World and get a job or an
46:54
apprenticeship but they've been put on that career path.
46:58
As though to speak by being involved with my DP at that
47:01
point. Exactly that.
47:02
And like I said, earlier in, Conversation for me.
47:06
It's not just about that education and playing football,
47:09
it's teaching them life skills. Because you know, when I was
47:13
part of the Peterborough, United Academy, you know, the coaches
47:17
that I had and, you know, the skills that they taught me of,
47:22
of stood me in good stead for where I am today.
47:26
Yeah. And that's how why do you pee
47:28
came to fruition? You and Luke Steele over a over
47:32
a coffee Very quickly hopes for the future.
47:39
Obviously growing it into other cities and I guess that's where
47:42
your focus May well be over the next five to ten years as well.
47:45
To give children further afield from Peterborough the
47:48
opportunity to develop. Yeah I think locally here in
47:52
Peterborough is to maintain what we've got add you know more
47:57
schools to it because we can still definitely do that.
48:01
Keep the standard and the quality of the Live free and the
48:05
service that we provide and then looking beyond that is
48:10
definitely to franchise out more.
48:12
So if we, you know, if we can get in more cities, free five
48:16
cities in the next five years. That'd be great.
48:20
And yet just keep positively, impacting young people of
48:24
people, I think look something up.
48:26
Well there that it's the impact that ydp has on young children,
48:31
young adults, giving them the opportunity to take part in.
48:34
Ports. They may not want have done
48:35
before and just an opportunity to develop their professional
48:40
careers through the skills that they learn at ydp.
48:43
Luke coming to the end of the show now, but some say, a huge,
48:46
thank you for coming in this evening.
48:48
Very much appreciated. If you are looking to find out
48:51
more about why dep you can go on to their website which is youth
48:55
dreams project, .co.uk you'll find all the contact details on
48:59
their the socials. There's email addresses on there
49:02
and a contact number for Luke as well.
49:04
But Like wishing you all the best with the future.
49:07
Happy nine-year anniversary. Come Monday.
49:11
Well, done on what you and like still have done so far in all
49:14
your coaches over the years and yeah, just want to wish you all
49:17
the success going forward now. Yeah, thank you for having me
49:20
and hopefully Posh get a win on Saturday for you.
49:25
Thank you very much too. Cheers.
49:26
Like, thank you, right? We're coming to the end of the
49:29
show. Now then, we're just a couple of
49:30
minutes left. So, yeah, whatever your
49:32
involvement in sport, whether it is volunteering.
49:34
Playing all spectating just want to wish you a very successful
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one and enjoyable one. And we look forward to having
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your company again next Friday here on pc r FM between 6 and 7
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p.m. have a great weekend