Black History Month - Episode 1 - Coaches 

We're proud to be celebrating Black History Month and throughout October will be interviewing role models from across the game and across Greater Manchester. 

First up, it's the turn of the coaches and we have Chukwuma Akuneto and Theo Marcel Farquharson from St Johns Chorlton talking about their experiences in football.

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Black History Month Celebration Event Confirmed 

Manchester FA are delighted to announce the details of this years Black History Month Celebration Event. Black History month was originally founded to recognise the contributions that people of African and Caribbean backgrounds have made to football in this country over many generations and this has now been extended to recognise the contributions of people of Asian origin as well.

There will be a host of discussion topics on the evening, ranging from FA Coaching qualifications/development support available to coaches and a chance to celebrate and hear from some leading coaches/mentors

On the evening, there will also be a practical demonstration delivered by FA Staff to players from a grassroots club affiliated to Manchester FA.

In addition to all of the above, we are delighted to share with you that we will have a special guest speaker joining us on the evening. Our special guest will share stories of their journey growing up, to becoming a top flight professional in the football family. They will also provide a unique insight into the changes in both football and society. More information will be sent to you prior to the event on who our special guest speaker on the evening will be!

There will be a Q&A session after the practical delivery has taken place for you to have to chance to provide any feedback or ask any questions.

IMPORTANT COVID 19 INFORMATION: The FA's Covid 19 steering group have provided us with specific Covid 19 protocols to follow when running practical events with coaches in attendance. All attendees are required to complete a Lateral Flow Test 24 hours before attending the event. You need to then bring along the negative Lateral Flow Test as evidence, if you are not able to show the negative test on arrival you will not be permitted to attend the event. Your Co-operation and understanding on this is greatly appreciated.

This promises to be a really informative and well worth while event to celebrate Black History.

To book onto the event free of Charge, please use your FA Number and password below. 

Once you have booked, you will get an automated email with the details of your booking, sometimes the email can go into your junk/spam folder so please do check.

We're looking forward to seeing you on Thursday 21st October 2021

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