Premier League Inspires
Premier League Inspires is a personal development programme, developed by the Premier League and professional football clubs, and supported by the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA).
The Albion Foundations Premier League funded by the Premier League Charitable Fund is a mix of 1-1 and small group mentoring sessions delivered in schools.
Through the Premier League Inspires programme, we aim to inspire young people aged 11-18 at risk of not reaching their potential, to develop the personal skills and positive attitudes needed to succeed in life.
Premier League Inspires empowers participants to develop personal, social, employability and life-skills, through a series of regular face-to-face group sessions, mentoring, workshops and social-action projects, providing pupils with the help they need now and supporting them to plan for their future.
Premier League Inspires objectives
Through Premier League Inspires, the Premier League and professional football clubs will:
- support young people to improve their wellbeing
- develop young people's character and life-skills
- help schools keep pupils present and committed
- provide young people with access to more opportunities
- enable young people to plan and be work ready
Buying into our Premier League Inspires programme through your secondary school, gives young people access to Stadium Tours, matchday experiences, player appearances and work experience opportunities.
You can explore the Premier League Inspires programme from clubs across the country by clicking here.
There are several ways you can buy into our Premier League Inspires programme that can be adapted to meet student needs.
To see a summary of The Albion Foundation’s Premier League Inspires provision, please click below.
To learn more about the Premier League Inspires programme or to enquire for your school, please contact The Mentoring and Interventions Coordinator- Eleisha Edwards eleisha.edwards@albionfoundation.co.uk
IWD Event
The Inspires programme aims to support young people to explore a variety of topics both inside and outside of school. A big part of the programme is access to collapsed curriculum time at The Hawthorns Stadium, where students complete fun and educational opportunities outside of school settings. On International Women’s Day, 30 young people from Sandwell attended an event, where they benefitted from female guest speakers and worked towards a project that encouraged equality for all!
School and Partner Feedback
"Aaliyah is a real core of what we do here at Brades. She is a big help to support the transition within our school and adapts well to the difficult circumstances of some of the students’’
LH- SEN Lead at The Brades Lodge school.
"Peaches is proactive and builds relationships with students with ease. She is a safe place in school, which is necessary for the students that she works with"
SP- LAC Coordinator at George Salter Academy.
"HOY has been able to give Student X a positive phone call home after seeing an improvement in his behaviour since working with Shem."
LB, Head of pastoral care at Holly Lodge High School.
"Mentoring has improved student’s confidence, settled their attendance, encouraged better behaviour choices and set them up positively for navigating both school and longer-term futures’’
RB- CiC and Behaviour Lead at Q3 Academy.
"Students are referred to Inspires, to help them engage more positively in school life. Jason has built great relationships with the students he works with, and it is of great benefit that our students can engage in various community activities outside of school’’
AP- Designated safeguarding Lead at Sandwell Academy.
"I cannot thank Eleisha enough for the work she has done with both my children. She is a positive role model. The work of the Foundation is special’’
NP- Parent of student Y.