More than a Game - Football Including REfugees

Sport and Citizenship Think tank and the Scottish Football Association

Come & join the FIRE's project 1st interactive event on socially including refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants through football!

Hampden Park

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This event is co-organised with Scottish Football Association.The <a href="https://www.sportetcitoyennete.com/en/projet-fire" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">FIRE project</a> wants to contribute to fostering intercultural openness in local football clubs and bodies, across Europe, and further seek to empower, enable and support local football organisations to work with refugees and asylum-seekers through sport, and football. This interactive event is open to anyone from coaches, trainers, representative of sport and public bodies, local clubs and NGOs, students, practitioners, activists, researchers, and professionals working with the target group on a regular basis such as social workers or reception centres.9.30	Registration and networking
10.15	Welcome 	
 Ian Maxwell, Chief Executive- Scottish FA
10.20 	Introduction to the FIRE project 
Maxime Leblanc &amp; Kiera Wason–Milne, Sport and Citizenship Think Tank
10.30 	FIRE Project: The Inventory 
Albrecht Sonntag, ESSCA University
11.00 	Coffee Break
11.10	Q&amp;A Panel
Abdul Bostani, Chairman- Glasgow Afghan United FC 
David McArdle, Diversity and Inclusion Manager- Scottish FA
Lorna Gledhill, Policy Officer- Scottish Refugee Council
Moderator: Piara Power, Executive Director- Fare Network
11.50 	Icebreaker and Intro to Person-Club-Community Workshops
Andrew Gould, Head of Football Development- Scottish FA
12.00		Workshop Theme 1: Person 
Ahlam Souidi, Freedom From Torture.
1.00	Lunch and Network
2.00 	Workshop Theme 2: Club 
Paul McNeil &amp; Danny Bisland - Scottish FA
3.00	Workshop Theme 3: Community
Naomi Westland, Amnesty International
4.00 	Coffee Break
4.15	Keynote
	Councillor Graham Campbell, Glasgow City Council 
4.30 	Closing Words
Christina McKelvie, Member of Scottish Parliament

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