saints in the community
Perth
A thriving, sustainable, community focused organisation, providing positive life
enhancing experiences using sport, and football in particular, to help people
throughout Perth and Kinross achieve their goals.The St. Johnstone F.C.
Community Department was established in 1992, with the initial emphasis being on
the development of a network of football coaching courses for children and young
people, along with the provision of the SFA Coach Education Programme. It is now
widely recognised that sport in general and football in particular can be a
force for good that can produce numerous social benefits – improving
self-esteem, inspiring children and young people, promoting wellbeing and
healthy lifestyles, and contributing to social inclusion. Over the last few
years, the nature and scope of the activity carried out by the Community
Department changed significantly and a number of socially beneficial projects
were introduced in association with a range of stakeholders,