Football 4 Peace International

Using sport to promote peaceful coexistence

Israel adopts Brighton’s Football for Peace

Israel has adopted the University of Brighton programme which uses football to bring together communities in conflict. Football for Peace (F4P), which has operated in Israel, Palestine, Northern and Republic of Ireland, The Gambia, South Korea and South Africa since 2001, uses value-based coaching to break down barriers. The announcement by the Israeli Sport Authority followed…

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Academics share the Football 4 Peace Philosophy

Physical Education lecturers Dr Gary Stidder, Warren Smart and Simon Green ran a three-day values-based teaching workshop for over 40 Arab and Jewish Israeli sports coaches and teachers. The event took place at the German Sports University in Cologne, Germany and it shared the Football 4 Peace curriculum and methodology in both a practical and theoretical…

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