Forest Green Rovers are affectionately known as the little club on the hill, however, in reality it is a club at the centre of its town and community.

Historically football clubs have always played a pivotal role in education, with both clubs and stadiums providing a great way to engage people of all ages in learning activities whether through promoting formal education sessions such as Fit2Last, Premier League Primary Stars or more informal visits like our eco-tours or cooking sessions.

Through all of our programmes, events and activities we help people to fulfil their potential and consider their impact on their wider community and environment.

We work with the local Enterprise partnership to help school leavers develop interview skills and facilitate enterprise days as well as encouraging volunteering through our Ambassador scheme and Alumni and matchday opportunities.

Recently, we hosted two A-level students from Hartpury College, Jamie and Matt, on work experience - immersing them into community activities with the Trust.

"I thoroughly enjoyed my week at FGR, visiting a variety of different schools and taking on a new challenge each day," said Jamie.

"I enjoyed meeting new kids and getting to know them individually and their strengths and weaknesses during our sessions. I realised each child has their own unique thoughts and strategies which can be used effectively in our PE sessions.

"I feel like I've learned the best ways to teach the kids and to keep everyone involved for the whole session which gave me confidence to put on my own sessions and lead from the start."

Matt said: "My work at Forest Green was honestly one of the most valuable weeks I’ve experienced."

"Due to the questions I asked and the surroundings I was in, everyone was more than happy to give me advice and help me get a better understanding of what I’d like to do upon completing college and the direction I’d like my career to head.

"I learnt a lot more from what happens inside a football club and the wide range of jobs available within it as well as shadowing the community side of the club. The community side of Forest Green is such a brilliant way of helping the local community and schools from delivering English and reading lessons to PE, all of which I joined in with and learned from."