TAY and Street League football tournament

Last Tuesday (29th November), over 50 young people and 10 adults took part part in a football tournament, aimed at tackling the negative stereotypes of young people that are not in education, employment or training. A group of 9 young volunteers that are involved in the football charity Street League, including David Douglass, Truth About Youth’s newest member of staff organised the event. The young people gave passionate speeches about their experience of being one of the 1 million young people aged 16 – 25 in the NEET category, then the tournament got underway. Teams included Princes Trust, Cyrenians, Crisis, Turning Point, Ingeus, Wor Hoose and Street League. The overall winners of the tournament were Turning Point, with Princes Trust winning the fair play award. Training providers also turned up on the day, including Tyne Met college, Job Centre Plus and Newcastle City Learning, to offer participants information and advice about training schemes on offer to young people.