How effective is sport in countering violence in your community?
published:
Saturday | April 5, 2008
Christine Whitley, Boys' Town
Sports have been playing quite an effective role in this community because whenever we have football or cricket matches it brings unity between the youths from in and around this community. I would like to see more sports events coming into this community so that we can maintain the peace whenever there is no football happening.
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David Francis, Boys' Town
Sports is doing a lot for this community against the violence, because whenever sports are playing over here you see a lot of people who you don't normally see at any other events. Once football or cricket is playing, everyone comes out and this is good for the community.
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Alexander Whittingham, Arnett Gardens
Sports have been impacting a great way on this community because football is now building back this area. We have people from all round the community now coming out to watch sporting events, whether it is football, cricket or basketball and this is what the people want in this community.
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Jeffrey Henry, Waterhouse
Sports is what is bringing us back because a few months ago there was a stigma in the community because of the violence and people were also afraid to come in. However, since the Premier League started everything changed because a lot of people started coming to watch the matches and so the unity has been here ever since, because sports is the heart of this community.
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Kalila Swaby, Waterhouse
Sports plays a very integral part in this community's development, because whenever there is no sport happening, there tends to be an eruption of violence in this area. As recently as last year, we were having a lot of violence in the community and as soon as the Premier League started it just died down and so I think that we have to have football to keep the community alive.
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Talbert Channer, Boys' Town
It helps to keep the area calm because it brings togetherness and love among the people in the community. There used to be a lot of friction in the area previously and everything is calm now
