I am Gavin Kinnear in Johannesburg South Africa with Bold Moves 702 is a section 21 association, non-profit organization, promoting Youth Development through Sports using football as the vehicle to raise awareness of the powerful role that sport can play in the lives of the most vulnerable.
We are Bold Moves After-School All-Stars. We are planning to provide comprehensive after-school programs to children in need on over 50 school sites in different communities. Our programs will use sport as the vehicle to incorporate academic support and health & fitness activities. We are currently responding to high school dropout, youth obesity, and student disempowerment crises through our new national program initiatives:
We are currently looking at a number of launch events such as a festival or more a formal setting to announce our campaign.
* *We are a non-profit, non- governmental organization focused on youth development.
- The organization consists of multi-skilled professionals in various fields who have an interest in the young people and have their development to responsible adults at heart.
- Our approach is working in promototive preventative and interventive ways to develop healthy attitudes, values and behaviour among young people. Bold Moves aspire to work in collaboration with all sectors that hold the same vision.
About this project
- This project aims to use sport as a vehicle to promote the attainment of life skills among young people.
- The premises are firstly, that young people learn best when they enjoy the activity they are involved in; and secondly, that the same skills that allows successful participation in sports also enables young people successful management of their lives.
Long term
- To use sport and physical activity as forms of preventive medicine
- To use Sport and physical activity to promote psychological health and well-being and to eliminate stereotyping and social stigmatization of individuals who are differently able.
- To use sport and physical activity as a unifying and integrating force in society
- To use sport and physical activity to offer positive alternatives to anti-social behaviors such as drug use and crime; and the problems that stem from lack of self esteem, boredom, idleness, alienation and poverty.
- To identify and select individuals with the potential to become high performance athletes
- To promote the development of facilities that will provide sport and recreational opportunities to young people.
Short term
- To initiate a life skills programme entitled the “Bold Moves 2010”. This will entail life skills training to young people by using soccer as a vehicle.
- The programme will start at local clubs who become part of the BM702.
- The programme aims to involve community organizations and engage them in planning executing and maintaining the programme in their community.
- Players, staff and parents of the local clubs
- Department of Education
- Department of Sports and Recreation
- Police
- Ngo’s / cbo’s
- Business Sector