Executive Summary

Derby County in the Community’s role within Derbyshire is to use the power of Derby County Football Club to improve the lives of the people of Derbyshire through participation in sport.
 
DCITC at Derby County was instigated in 1999 through the creation of an unincorporated association between Derby County Football Club and the Footballers’ Further Education and Vocational Training Society (FFE & VTS). This association ceased to exist in its current form due to the dissolution of FFE & VTS in November 2007. In April 2008 Derby County Football in the Community successfully achieved Charitable Trust Status and re-branded to become Derby County in the Community registered Charity Number 1123520.

The DCITC Programme

o Has 31 full-time staff that administer and deliver the programme on behalf of DCFC with specific officers in place enabling a focus on the four key areas of Sports Participation, Inclusion, Health and Education.
o Has a state of the art classroom space (The Orchid Technical Area) which hosts our educational provision including the Derby County Football Club Futsal Scholarship Programme
o Delivers a diverse range of activities throughout the county of Derbyshire, engaging with in excess of 20,00 children and adults each year.
o £1.3m has been secured over the past three years from organisations such as The Football Foundation, The Football Association, The Premier League and The PFA and The Football League Trust
o In 2011 Derby County in the Community successfully secured one of only 30 national licences allocated through the Football Association to run a Centre of Excellence for girls at under 11, 13, 15 and 17.
o Recorded a turnover of over £900,000 for the 2010/11 financial year.
o Attained Comunity Scheme 'Silver accrediation' from the Football League Trust.
o Achieved Investors in People 'kite mark' in March 2010.
o Won the 'Business commitment to the community award' at the Derbyshire Business Awards in 2009.
o Won Sports Participation Programme of the Year at the 2010/11 Football League Awards
o Shortlisted and commended for the Movement Programme at the 2010 Sports Industry Awards in the Community Programme of the year category.

Derby County in the Community is managed by an appointed Head of Community who reports to a board of Trustees. The Trustees represent the private, public and third sectors, and as individuals all have an interest and passion for community work.

DCITC staff currently engages with over 1,00 young people each week and during the 2009/10 season delivered sessions in education, multi-sport and football to over 300 local schools. Weekly sessions are also delivered in community settings throughout the county in line with health, education, sports participation and inclusion objectives.

Here are some examples of the type of work that is undertaken by DCITC:

o Work with the Prince's Trust to deliver programmes that engage young people aged between 16 and 24 to create opportunites in education, employment and training. During the 2009/10 season we delivered two Princes Trust "Get Started" programmes that resulted in over 20 young people not currently in education, employment or training achieving national accrediated qualifications.
o 'Kickz' programmes delivered in partnerships with the Premier League, Football Foundation, Derbyshire Constabulary, Sporting Futures and Derby City Council in two focus areas of the city. The project works with referred young adults and helps to reduce crime, disorder and anti-social behaviour as well as educating disaffected young adults in life skills. We were shortlisted for the Kickz Community Club year at the 2009/10 National Kickz Awards.
o Through our Movement health iniative we deliver a programme primarily focused on raising physical activity levels of young females aged 11-16 in Derby. The programme was shortlisted in the 2010 Sports Industry Awards for Community Programme of the Year.
o DCITC has on behalf of Derby County Football Club successfully achieved in the Preliminary Racial Equality Standard for professional football clubs issued by Kick Racism out of Football programme and the Racial Equality Council.
o Our 'Hat trick' project based in the Derwent ward of the city has created playing and coaching opportunities increasing levels of pyhsical activity, developing competitive playing opportunities and capacity building the local community with over 50 local residents achieving nationally recognised qualifications.
o The Winning Mentality Programme funded from the Football League Trust 'Make Every Player Count' fund supported by the New Littlewoods Pools, improves the mental and physical health of identified young men and adults throughout Derbyshire.
o Our Inclusion Manager spent a week in Israel supporting the national Football for Peace Programme, working with local community groups with the aim of increasing community cohesion particularly with young people from the Palestine and Jewish Communities.
o In 2007 Derby County Football Club worked with Derby City Council and the 'Barclays Spaces for Sport' team to install at a cost of £500,000 an artificial turf pitch at the Racecourse. The Steve Bloomer Field is available for community usage throughout the day and at evenings seven days a week.
o DCITC have developed in partnership with the Football League Trust and Veolia the Carbon Football Boot Print. This educational programmes delivered in schools aims to raise awareness of key environmental issues.
o DCITC holdthe FA Centre of Excellence licence for Derbyshire. Three of our under 14's players were selected during the 2009/10 season to traing with the England under 15's national squad with goalkeeper Sophie Baggaley recently playing in the England V Holland fixture in Leicester on 21st February 2011.
o 8 new staff have been recruited through the future Jobs Fund. The eight staff identified through the Job Centre Plus have been working with us to develop their skills and hopefully achieve full-time employment beyond their intial si month employment.
o In partnership with Network Rail we have delivered a programme aimed at keeping young people sage and away from the railway. This innovative project gives us the opportunity to target and educate the children who persistently trespass or vandalise in and around train tracks.
o Derby County Football Club is committed to utilising its players to engage with local communities and add value to the programmes being delivered by the DCITC programme. Ambassadors have been appointed to each area within the community programme. At a recent 'Show Racism the Red Car' event held at Pride Park stadium, first team players Dean Leacock and Tomasz Cywka were on hand to answer questions from the 120 young people in the audience on racism in football.
o We have, in partnership with local Charter Standard clubs created 7 inclusive clubs delivering weekly sessions for over 100 young disabled footballers.