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Visit to Presteigne (article)

December 18, 2019

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https://www.countytimes.co.uk/news/18108674.presteignes-warm-welcome-teenage-footballers-palestine/

(Pic is the group in the Judges Lodgings)

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Project report!

Football 4 Freedom – Girls’ Football Visit to the UK A real highlight of the year was the wonderful girls’ football visit which brought eleven girls and four leaders to the UK between 24th November – 2nd December. It was very exciting to us to implement a plan that had been in place from 2016, when Abu Dis Sports Club had begun a girls’ football training session each week and we and our visitors to Palestine were excited about this. It took us longer than hoped for to bring the girls to the UK, but when it happened indeed the outcomes were better than hoped for, and we ended the visit very optimistic, with high hopes of building on the work done and organising a next youth visit in summer 2020 (now put on hold). Fundraising plans in 2016 had begun with a group of women visitors, but they were unable to raise the sums needed, so we put in an application to Erasmus + to run this visit, in co-ordination with partners in France and Bulgaria. We were disappointed and tried

Gift to Cadfa from Abu Dis Sports Club (the end of the visit)

Abu Dis girls with Brent youth team in Regents Park

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Visit to Presteigne (article)

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