The Craven Cottage stars joined young people from the Longmead area in Epsom to help record a song and take part in a music video as part of the Premier League's Creating Chances Places for Players initiative.

The Stephen Woods Centre in Epsom was chosen as Fulham Football Club's winner from the National Application Process for the Premier League's 2008/09 Creating Chances Places for Players programme.

The centre, which aims to create a community spirit by helping to educate under 18's by developing their physical and mental capacities through leisure time activities, received a player visit from Fulham Football Club and a £4,000 donation from the Premier League.

The fund was used to extend a pilot programme called 'Longmeadz Kickn' which provides opportunities for many young people to explore new activities and to realise their own skills and talents by actively getting involved, with the help of highly skilled outreach workers, in a number of sports and arts activities such as: football, basketball, filming, directing, editing and performing.

The Longmeadz Kickn project was initially commissioned by Epsom and Ewell's Crime Disorder Reduction Partnership. The successful bid to Creating Chances has allowed the project to continue and specifically focus on the creation of a music and video CD.

Fulham's Clint Dempsey, Pascal Zuberbuhler and Fredrik Stoor observed a football coaching session before listening to a song, produced by the youngsters which depicts their experience of living on the Longmead Estate.

The song has been produced with support from the Demo-Pod, a mobile filming amd music making facility supplied by Surrey Clubs for Young People. The young people have written their own lyrics and are now in the process of developing and filming theit own video. The Fulham players were given a starring role in the video.

Fulham's Clint Dempsey said: "I think that it is good that the Premier League is doing these types of programmes because it gives the kids a chance to get off the streets and do something positive and also to do something creative and be heard.

"I think it's good for themselves as well as the public to see what's on the mind of our youths and I'm definitely looking forward to seeing what the video is like, being a part of it and having a good time with the guys on the team that are here as well. "

The Stephen Woods Centre is located near to one of Surrey's top 10 officially recognised areas of deprivation and works closely with the Epsom & Ewell Borough Council, Central Surrey Voluntary Services, Surrey Police, Surrey County Council Youth Development Services and Fulham FC to deliver the 'Longmeadz Kickn' project to engage with hard to reach young people to try to reduce anti-social behaviour and promote social inclusion.

Serena Powis, Trustee from the Stephen Woods Centre said: "Receiving the funding from the Creating Chances programme was a great boost but to be awarded a player visit as well has really helped to raise the profile of the Longmeadz Kickn project.

"It has given the young people a real sense of value and self worth. Our local young people are very talented and projects like this allow them to express themselves and try new opportunities previously unavailable to them."

Community coach Scott Nurse said: "It a wonderful gesture by the Fulham players to give up their time to visit. It meant a lot to the young people here and shows the benefit of the Creating Chances programme."

Speaking about the Creating Chances Places for Players programme, Richard Scudamore, Chief Executive of the Premier League, said: "Football's ability to inspire and engage communities is something that is now virtually universally accepted.

"What is less accepted is the sheer range, depth, quality and commitment work undertaken by the Premier League and our 20 member clubs. They are now working across a more diverse range of areas than ever, such as family learning, healthy eating, anti-social behaviour and tackling inequality."

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