Sport dans la Ville

The rate of unemployment among young people in France is more than double that of the overall population. Perhaps more concerning, the unemployment rate among French adolescents aged 20-24 has not fallen below 16% in almost 30 years.

Sport dans la Ville (SDLV) is the leading French non-profit organisation serving disadvantaged boys and girls, aged 7-25, through sports programmes and vocational training.

Its free football programmes teach positive values such as teamwork, hard work, self-confidence and dedication, leading young people on the path toward a brighter future.

SDLV’s football sessions combined with professional skills training and job placement programmes move young people from unemployment to opportunity.