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The club is involved with Premier League Reading StarsThe club's Football in the Community Officers have been trained in RTG's Hour of Literacy activities.
Reading Champions: Wayne Bridge (pdf), John Terry (pdf), Carlo Cudicini (pdf)
Chelsea ran a programme entitled 'Learning through football' in partnership with Westminster Archives and with support from Reading The Game. The scheme, written by Archives Officer Peter Daniel, used Michael Morpurgo's book 'Billy The Kid' to examine how Britain has changed since World War II. Children from nine Westminster schools got to spend a whole day at Stamford Bridge, where they met author Michael Morpurgo, illustrator (and author and Blues fan!) Michael Foreman, and Chelsea legend Roy Bentley as part of workshops. As a prize several of the children got to meet members of the first team at a special Christmas party. In addition each school has adopted a Chelsea Pensioner. This scheme was funded by Barclaycard Free Kicks. In 2005 the club piloted a project called 'The Chelsea Reading Project' in partnership with London Central Education Business Alliance (LCEBA) and Westminster City Archives, with support from RTG. The project took place in four schools across Westminster, Wandsworth and Kensington and Chelsea, and there are plans in place to repeat the programme to more schools in 2006. The project engages primary school children in Years 3-4 (aged 7/8). The excitement of football and the Christmas truce between the Germans and English during World War 1 provides the background to this learning experience. The topic is dealt with sensitively through the reading of Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman's The Best Christmas Present in the World. Male volunteers from local businesses are trained and engage in delivery of the programme in the run up to Christmas. |
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