Doncaster Rovers have today announced that they will be visiting HMP Doncaster (Marshgate) Prison on 8th March 2010 to participate in a one-off game against inmates.
First team manager Sean O'Driscoll suggested the game as a way of congratulating the inmates who successfully completed a Prince's Trust programme, Get Started with Football - ran with Doncaster Rovers Community Sports & Education Foundation with the support of the Football League Trust.
The programme engages inmates towards the end of their prison sentence in a bid to stop young offenders returning to a life of crime, teaching them key workplace skills through football.
The course aims to help reduce re-offending and signposts participants onto work or training on release.
The young offenders will also work towards an FA Level 1 Coaching Certificate.
Since its launch in 1997, The Prince's Trust Football Initiative has helped more than 15,000 young people through programmes funded by the Premier League, PFA and Football Foundation and Doncaster Rovers Football Club are proud to play their part.
