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Pathways to Full Time Employment - Jayden Clifford Hamilton
Amateur FA Coach of the Year
Jayden joined the club as a player in 2020. Taking a lead on coaching SEN players at the club, Jayden soon took on the role of coaching our inclusion team. Thanks to the support of a London Youth and CVC Capital Partners employability project, Jayden completed his Level 1 in Football coaching. Three years later, as our head of youth development, he has created a truly superb football project in the heart of Tottenham. Alongside this, he has completed his degree in Sports Coaching at the University of East London. He has now secured full-time work as a Sports Mentor at his old school, Duke's Aldridge in Tottenham.
In recognition of his achievements, Jayden was awarded the Amateur FA coach of the year in 2024. With daily training sessions, his Under 12 team is fast becoming one of the leading Amateur teams in London. Earlier this year, the Premier League featured Jayden in a feature on inspirational coaches. Congratulations Jayden!
More pathways to full-time employment
Levin Dookhun @ Riverside School
Sydnee Geoghegan @ Tottenham Hotspur Foundation
Sydnee Geoghegan @ Tottenham Hotspur Foundation
Part of our London Youth / CVC Capital Partners employabilioty project, we are proud to see Levin working full time. He works to help young people at his old school.
Sydnee Geoghegan @ Tottenham Hotspur Foundation
Sydnee Geoghegan @ Tottenham Hotspur Foundation
Sydnee Geoghegan @ Tottenham Hotspur Foundation
Congratulations to our inclusion team coach and player Sydnee Geoghegan, who has secured a full time coaching role with Tottenham Hotspur Foundation. A fantastic achievement Sydnee. Well done
Owen Locke @ Bloomsbury
Owen is extremely passionate about developing opportunities for all. He leads various blind football projects for Bloomsbury Football, and also represents England as a fully sighted goalkeeper. We couldn't be prouder. in 2024 the BBC featured Owen
Terell Newsome @ English Cricket Board
Congratulations to Terell Newsome who completed a year long, full time paid internship with the English Cricket Board (ECB) . Thank you to Middlesex Cricket who made the opportunity possible. Terell is pictured with Ayub Khan of Haringey 6th Form College.
OUR EMPLOYABILITY PROJECTS
Estudiantes Football Schools
As a result of a CVC Capital Partners and London Youth employability project during the summer of 2022, we created a student led football school for young children in Tottenham. This FREE to play football school for children has provided fantastic pathways for young people in education and employment.
Pathways in Coaching
Alongside helping young people into employment here in London, we have developed exciting pathways for our students to coach abroad. Owen Locke was recently in India coaching a the The Shri Ram Academy in Hyderabad, whilst Sinhani Quade is now coaching full time in the USA. We thank Matthew Brown at Community Athletic Solutions for providing this opportunity.
Qualifications
Over 190 young people have now gained qualifications National Governing Body Qualifications. These include 40 who have completed the London FA Referee course. Over half of these participants have moved into paid work as refereees.