IF Elfsborg ‘We Together’ – Camp Elfsborg

IF Elfsborg ‘We Together’ – Camp Elfsborg

The ‘We Together’ business area represents the vast amount of work that IF Elfsborg has developed, supported and promoted away from the professional football arena. Conceived in 2009 as Camp Elfsborg, the ‘We Together’ then as a project, has expanded exponentially over the years, continuously evolving and developing its content and infrastructure to support those within our community who are most in need. As one of the foremost leading football brands in Sweden, IF Elfsborg along with its associate partners has the responsibility and power to open a whole world of opportunities for those seeking help or progression. As highlighted, we do not do this alone and with the generous co operational support of national organisations, local business, regional municipality and other clubs (in all sports), the ‘We Together’ business area continues to impress and influence positive community action.

The ‘We Together’ is divided into three integral parts:

• Camp Elfsborg
• Social Responsibility
• Supporter Relations

What is We Together’s Camp Elfsborg?

CAMP ELFSBORG: Through our experiences, we believe that the wider sports industry needs to positively change in order to engage the legacy of participation from our next generation. We, at IF Elfsborg, focus mainly on football, because it’s our sport. Through ‘Camp Elfsborg’, we motivate and engage member clubs and their leaders to develop and focus forward towards the future. Through resource, seminars, inspiration training and activities sessions, we hope that member clubs will develop the strategies necessary to attract more young people to play football. We also want all children to continue participating for the longer term, so we can offer sport as a place to realise their wider human potential. Together with local schools, we run the project “Football in School”. We have an annual summer football school with about 200-250 participants attending at our facilities. We always want to expand the remit of football within our region and, therefore, we successfully supported the launch of ‘girls only’ activities during 2015. We are proud of our unique youth section, which is now open to all boys and girls up to 15 years.

In addition, we operate Camp Elfsborg Girls Academy which is a collaboration between 14 clubs and IF Elfsborg. It is the first time in Boras that so many clubs are collaborating on a project. The aim is to increase the number of girl´s players and female leaders, but also to provide girls between 15 to 17 years the chance to get extra training and education.

Instead of in early years focus on elite investment, we concentrate our work within an all inclusive and fair football policy, where everyone can join in and play as equals. We see the region as our youth section, and want all young people to feel welcome in our up to 15 years’ business.