We are actively looking to contribute to local, regional and national priorities, using Aldershot Football Club to positively impact on a range of agendas such as education, the development of Aldershot, physical activity, health, wellbeing, community welfare, community cohesion, employment and skills.
To focus and influence the work of the Shots Foundation in achieving our mission and supporting tackling local priorities, our work is categorised under four core themes, each with their own headline goal:
• Sport – Engage people of all ages and abilities in sport and physical activity.
• Education and Inclusion– Engaging and including the diverse community of Rushmoor, of all ages and stages of life, to raise aspirations, attainment and achievement and understand that learning is a lifelong process.
• Health and well being– Promoting health and wellbeing and healthy lifestyles.
• Community – Provide opportunities for people and communities in Rushmoor to contribute to their local community.
The Foundation, which represent Aldershot Town Football Club, is in a position to reach out to, and engage with people, in a way that some other organisations might not be able to do. This puts the Foundation in a unique position to address both local priorities and national issues, using the power of Aldershot Town Football Club to make a positive impact in our community. We see it as our responsibility to utilise our position for the benefit of the local community across North East Hampshire and Surrey and have a positive impact in the Aldershot and Rushmoor areas.
• Enthusiasm, committment, flexibilty and willingness to learn
Sport Priorities
Our priorities for sport over the next 36 months are:
• Meet our schools and clubs offer and enhance our activities in response to local demand in order to maximise the opportunities that present themselves for working with local schools and clubs.
• Increase awareness of our Foundation amongst our local stakeholders.
• Ensuring stakeholders are aware of our sports participation pathways.
• Ensure all aspects of our sport offer are self-sufficient and self-financing.
Education and Inclusion Priorities
• Ensure that all sections of the local community, including hard to reach groups, are aware of our activities.
• Establish a successful partnership with local schools to deliver a BTEC programme for the North East Hampshire and Surrey area.
• Position ourselves strategically with key stakeholders (colleges and local authorities) to benefit from future funding opportunities.
• Increase awareness amongst primary and secondary schools of our educational and curriculum input offer.
• Review our Inclusion priorities to ensure sufficient resources are in place to meet the needs of our projected increase in activities in line with Rushmoors’ Deprivation Strategy objectives.
• Work closely with the Aldershot Academy and local schools to ensure opportunities for young people through our ‘pathways’ are utilised and maximised.
• Strengthen our brand, stakeholder and referral networks for disability sport and hard to reach groups.
• Ensure that we employ undergraduate students from local Universities eg Royal Holloway, University Centre Farnborough to broaden our educational offer.
• Work with the ATFC commercial department to secure sponsorship for our young people and disability offer.
Health and Well-Being Priorities
• Support Public Health Hampshire objectives for public health, attending key meetings as and when required, sharing reports and outcomes from projects as well as hosting, at Aldershot Town, health events as requested.
• Ensure we stay up-to-date with changes in health priorities for the North East Hampshire and Surrey area and ensure work is aligned with these priorities – monitoring and updating information on a regular basis.
• Work more closely with ATFC and maximise opportunities to engage men in health-related initiatives including in our hard to reach groups eg the Nepalese community.
Community Priorities
• Ensure that we deliver on our mission statement by “Making a difference in our local community”.
• Ensure that we create volunteering opportunities – allowing local people to help and support the work of the Shots Foundation and Aldershot Town Football Club.
• Support the work of local organisations who work with the most disadvantaged sections of our local community by listening to, and responding to, identified needs.
