Sitting down with Tom and Declan, two Careers participants, Miedema learnt about the City Careers programme and how the pair respectively progressed through the programme, both gaining employability experience.
When talking about meeting Tom and Declan, as well as the importance of the programme, Vivianne Miedema said: “I think it’s really inspiring to hear their background, what they’ve done before, how they got onto the programme.
“It’s really important to have something like this. For a lot of youngsters, you don’t necessarily know what you want to go into, so I think this [the programme] is a way to explore what you like. I think it’s great this is in place.”
The pair also discussed with Miedema how they’ve been able to become inspiring role-models to more recent participants, with Miedema commenting:
“I think the most inspiring thing for me was, they said that once they finished [the programme] they set out to become examples for others joining the programme. They wanted to stay involved and help others start up.”
The special podcast forms part of CITC’s November profiling of the work done in its mentoring programmes.
Sitting under their Healthy Futures Pillar, City Careers is a ten-week employability programme, working in areas of deprivation to provide health and education benefits, with the aim of supporting young people in education, employment and training.
Throughout the course, participants work with CITC staff and external partners, with the aim of improving a variety of transferable skills and knowledge to support young people into positive outcomes, whilst also developing specific employability skills including CV and cover letter writing, interview practice and how to approach job interviews.
There is also the opportunity to gain qualifications, such as Level 2 Community Sports Leadership, FA Introduction to Football, First Aid and an Access course to Hospitality.
To sign up to the next City Careers cohort or for more information contact oliver.murphy@cityfootball.com.
City in the Community empowers healthier lives with city youth through football.
To find out more, visit www.mancity.com/citc or follow @citcmancity.
If you’d like to support CITC and its work, you can this Christmas through Manchester City’s festive campaign, ‘0161 Christmas Calling’ which creates an opportunity for fans to come together with the Club to support its charity and local children’s hospitals.
For every purchase a fan makes from a range of selected retail items*, including the ‘0161’ inspired PUMA home kit for the 2024/25 season, the Club will donate £5 to its charity, City in the Community (CITC) (registered charity no. 1139229).
Manchester City is also matching any additional donations made to the charity, to help increase overall funds up to the value of £75,000**.
Fans can donate at the tills in the stadium store, when checking out online during their purchase journey for match tickets, or via this donation page.
Funds raised will go towards supporting CITC’s existing programmes and a new year-round project with the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital and Ronald McDonald House, including a refurbished space for patients to play football.
For more information, visit www.mancity.com/ChristmasCalling
City in the Community empowers healthier lives with city youth through football.
*Fair Isle Christmas Plush, 4-in-a-row Christmas Jumper, Santa Teddy Plush, Penguin Winter Plush, Christmas Sloth Plush, Manchester City’s PUMA home kit for the 2024/25 season.
**MCFC will donate £5 for each product* sold and will match donations made to Manchester City F.C. City in the Community Foundation (registered charity no. 1139229) during the period of 07 November 2024 to 31 December 2024 up to a maximum of £75,000 in total.
