Ethnographic engagement from within a Football in the Community programme at an English Premier League football club |
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| Authors: | Kathryn Curran Daniel David Bingham David Richardson Daniel Parnell |
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| Institution: | 1. Academic Group of Engineering, Sport and Sciences, University of Bolton, Bolton, UKK.Curran@bolton.ac.uk;3. Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford, UK;4. School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK;5. The Football Exchange, Research Institute of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK;6. Carnegie Faculty, Centre for Active Lifestyles, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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