Ethnographhic engagement from within a Football in the Community programme at an English Premier League football club

• Autores: Kathryn Curran, Daniel David Bingham, Dave Richardson, Daniel Parnell
• Localización: Football, community and social inclusion / coord. por Daniel Parnell, David Richardson, 2015, ISBN 978-1-138-85591-5, págs. 112-128
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The present paper draws upon six years of applied practitioner research experience of the authors who were based, within a Football in the Community (FitC) programme at an English Premier League football club in a deprived community in the UK. The paper explores the critical emergent issues concerned with participant recruitment, engagement and retention within a range of FitC physical activity, health improvement interventions with the following populations; primary school children, families, men aged 18-35 years and men aged 55 years and above. Results are drawn from a range of ethnographic, reflective and observational data collection and analysis techniques undertaken by the authors. A first person writing style is used alongside creative non-fiction vignettes. Results relating to the effectiveness of a range of behaviour and lifestyle change interventions are discussed. The authors conclude with a series of proposed operational and strategic ways forward for FitC schemes.