Dungannon United Youth CIC (DUY) are applying for funding as the sending organisation to work in conjunction with Dungannon Swifts FC Ltd and Crumlin United FC to send 30 Club coaches to three different locations within the EU to increase coaching skills, studying differing levels of coaching and different aspects of coaching on each mobility. All organisations are located within areas of targeted social need (TSN) as classified by the N Ireland Statistics Research Agency in 2010. These three organisations which span different levels in NI football are working together on this project to share their experiences to improve coaching skills at all levels through EU co-operation. Football binds the clubs together as does the community engagement which are are committed to, in additional all are located in areas of social deprivation, within a community with mixed religious beliefs and that has a high % of ethnic minorities. Football coaches work within one of the most results-driven labour markets in the world where only 35% of workers can expect to be in the same job position within a given three year period. Unemployment rates for professional football coaches remain above the national average with 26% of coaches holding a professional qualification being unemployed at any given moment (UEFA, 2010). This mobility programme will provide participants with additional European skills to reduce the risk of subsequent unemployment for coaches at DSFC and improve job security and enable career progression for coaches at DUY and CUFC. Currently a large proportion of coaches at DUY and CUFC are volunteers but by improving their quality of coaching by undertaking an EU mobility they will be eligible to enroll as an Irish FA part time coach for which a Level 1 coach is paid £14 per hour, which will boost their earning potential. The three receiving partners in Portugal and Spain, have all been selected on the basis of them being internationally recognised Centres of Excellence in their own particular area of expertise. Two of the partners have experience of hosting Leonardo da Vinci mobilities previously. While our new partner brings the specialised expertise of allowing participants the opportunity to see the administration and organisation require hosting an International Grassroots youth tournament and also affords the unique opportunity for DUY to network with a number of EU grassroots youth clubs. Portugal and Spain are renowned as countries which have championed youth development and expansion of football at all levels and their expertise and player development programmes are unparalleled in world football. Spain and Portugal excelled in the field of youth development coaching, with strong vertical links between professional clubs and community player development programmes. The anticipated local, regional, national and international learning outcomes are detailed on pages 21 - 22 and will be widely disseminated. A key objective for participants is that they will benefit from up-skilling and improved employability and so DUY will track participants' employment history for a period of three years updated each year, following the mobility in order to establish key data and trends regarding the direct correlation between a successful European mobility and improved employability. The performance of DSFC and CUFC league results will similarly be measured annually for a period of 3 years following the mobility as will the number of DUY players making the move to professional clubs. All parties' contributions will be correlated in an overall report evaluating the merits of the project in relation to the learning objectives and outcomes as well as identifying areas for improvement for subsequent coaching study visits within the EU. This final evaluation report will be publicised on the DUY website and issued to the NI Football League and Irish FA Coaching and Development Committee.