Programme Spotlight: Wildcats
In the first of our monthly programme spotlights we are taking a closer look at Wildcats, the FA-funded programme aimed at engaging girls aged five to 11 in football.
There's nothing like this in the city, or for miles around when you think about it in terms of scale, size and flexibility. I've been a Trustee of the Foundation for five years and we had this idea of one day having a flag ship world-class building and we're nearly there."There's going to be a real buzz about the place. There's going to be lots of diversity under one roof – it's pretty amazing. "The city should be really proud of [the Beacon]. We haven't just built it for the Foundation, we've built it for the City of Sunderland and it's a space for everyone to come and use." [embed]https://youtu.be/ZUxvO28FOLc[/embed] The Beacon of Light will house a broad range of Foundation of Light's award-winning community programmes through four innovative zones: Education; Health and Wellbeing; Sport and Play; and the World of Work. Jamie Wright, Assistant Director of Sales and Delivery, added: "We want the Beacon to be a building for the North East. We want everyone from across the region to come and use the facilities. "It's not an elite environment, the Beacon is for everybody, but the facilities are elite."
In the first of our monthly programme spotlights we are taking a closer look at Wildcats, the FA-funded programme aimed at engaging girls aged five to 11 in football.
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