Footie Families is a family engagement programme for 2 - 5 year olds, which encourages parents to interact with their children through fun activities, having a positive influence on the development of children's fundamental movement skills and the family physical activity behaviours.

Before playing football, or any sport, our little ones need to develop a broad range of skills. Fundamental movement skills, such as balancing, jumping, throwing and kicking are the building blocks of movement and they are essential for children’s participation in physical activity throughout life.

What can you expect?

The aims of the Footie Families programme:

• To develop your child’s physical competence.
• Be a part of a multi skills programme that will support you to develop your child’s physical literacy and therefore support them to enjoy a lifelong involvement in sport and physical activity.
• To support you to have structured play and fun with your child.
• To empower you and your family to engage in activities that improve physical development and increase physical activity.
• To form a positive bond with football that may engage you and your child for the long-term whether that be playing, coaching, refereeing or volunteering.

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