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ZAC LYNDEN-JONES
An interview by the pupils of Heol-y-Celyn
“I work for Cardiff City
Football Foundation. That’s
the charity part of the
Football Club who work out in
the community. That could be
in Rhondda Cynon Taf, it
could be in the Vale of
Glamorgan and we go all the
way up to Merthyr, Bridgend
and Caerphilly as well. There
are
lots
of
different
departments. I work for the
inclusion department usually
with teenagers to try to get
them involved in sport, or to
get them back into education.
I’ve also coached in prisons
too. So my job is really
varied!
Our
other
departments include
• Disability department who
do walking football and
wheelchair football
• Women
and
girls
department who get girls
interested in sport and
football
• Marketing
team
who
promote everything we do
so people know when and
how to get involved
I’ve
worked
with
the
Foundation for 3 years now,
and my specific programme
that I work on is Premier
League Kicks which offers
free sport to teenagers 14 –
19 year olds in different areas
across South Wales. So we
have sites in Cardiff, a couple
of sites in Barry, Aberdare,
Caerphilly and Hawthorn is
our newest one. We’re at
Hawthorn High School every
Thursday between 5 – 6.30
they get free sport, delivered
by Cardiff City, they can just
turn up and invite their
friends too, learn new skills.
Last year in total we worked
with 850 young people, and
we try and offer sessions
every single week only really
stopping for Christmas. We
want to provide a free service
for kids so that they can
access tournaments and all
the travel for free. “