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New pitch moves the goalposts
A new mobile football pitch is helping to blow the whistle on anti-social behaviour. It's called the ‘Soccerena’,and it's being taken out and about to different locations across the city.
The aim is to get more youngsters playing sport - and reduce the risk of them getting involved in anti-social behaviour.
The Soccerena fits together in pieces to form an 18 metre by 12 metre sports pitch which can be used for five-a-side football, basketball, cricket, netball, tennis and badminton.
On Friday and Saturday nights it’s being taken to areas where there have been reports of anti-social behaviour to provide activities for youngsters, with youth workers organising informal games and matches. It will also be used at other venues, such as youth clubs.
The innovative project is being lead by the city’s Children and Young People’s Trust, in partnership with Brighton & Hove Albion, the Police and Fire Service.
Pictured are pupils from Falmer High School who helped to put the pitch through its paces at the launch of the Soccerena along with young people from the Youth Sports Forum.