February 25 – The CONCACAF grassroots programme continues to roll out across the Caribbean Islands. St.Vincent and the Grenadines were the latest to host the programme which concluded on Saturday at the Arnos Vale Stadium in Kingstown.
Next stop is St Kitts and Nevis with the course starting Thursday 27 February.
The St Vincent and the Grenadines course closed with a hugely popular football festival, attended by over 140 schoolchildren.
For the previous two days, CONCACAF instructors worked with around 20 coach-educators in classroom and field environments, introducing them to best-practices in developing the sport at a grassroots level for kids.
The course has now incorporated a module from CONCACAF’s Embrace Diversity campaign which focuses on inclusiveness and dealing with issues discrimination issues.
Former professional footballer Ces Podd, who played in England with Bradford City, and is from St. Kitts and Nevis, is an instructor on the course and added his own accounts and experiences of facing up to racial discrimination in English football in the 1970s and 80s.
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