A Day at #4Roles4Goals
What do you get when you mix together; interviews, important people, networking and a fantastic football match? You get a typical day with 4Roles4Goals.
A group of teenagers, including myself, were invited along to Princes Park, home to the Darts football team on Friday 30th March to watch the intense match between Dartford and Hampton & Richmond Borough. Along with this, we got to meet and interview some important people in terms of the business and politics world and practice our transferable skills such as interviewing.
Thank you to @leenoble7 – well deserved #ManOfTheMatch at @dartfordfc v @HRBFC – for giving his time to the @GaviganPaving #JuniorPressTeam & #Inspiring the #YoungPeople, which is exactly what #4Roles4Goals is about! #RealWorld #Interactive #WorkExperience at interesting #Events pic.twitter.com/iib8EAHb8H
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We got to meet Councillor Jeremy Kite, which was very exciting. We did not know what to expect but he was a lovely, funny man and had passionate views about Dartford as a town; in particular the new development of the town and the sustainability of the town too. He was willing to answer any questions and was very interested in hearing about the views of young people as we are the future of Dartford.
Perhaps the most anticipated part of the day was to watch the resilient football players pulled through and were devoted to playing even on the bog-like pitch! Dartford played really well but it wasn’t until the end, in the 90th minute, where Dartford scored their winning goal. This meant Dartford had won and the crowd were ecstatic; a perfect way to end the match.
Next, we got to interview some more important people. In particular, one of the football players came and spoke to us which was very inspiring. Perhaps most helpful for me was talking to the press team at Dartford FC along with Joseph, the sub-editor at DGSChapter. It was very inspiring to hear that the press team at Dartford FC are actually volunteers and do it for the pure pleasure they find in journalism and football!
This was all down to our school for getting in contact with 4Roles4Goals. The initiative is a fantastic idea and hopefully shall help and encourage more young people to network and get involved.
Nicola Coppen, the co-founder of 4Roles4Goals commented: It was a particular pleasure to have found out that Lauren and Joseph were part of the DGS Journalism Society, writing for DGSChapter. This enabled 4Roles4Goals to put them directly in touch with the Dartford FC Press Representative, whereby Steven Groombridge spoke with Lauren and Joseph about a career in the industry. We certainly hope to continue bridging these connections and have also managed to connect with a well known Kent Online Sport Journalist, ready for the new Season ahead – so Joseph and Lauren, you will be most welcome to join us again!
DGSChapter Sub-Editor Joseph and Entertainment and Lifestyle Editor Lauren with Groomy at Dartford FC – Credit: 4Roles4Goals