Channel: COPA90 Football

Category: Sports

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Description: This is the story of Michael Ferrick, a 19 year old unemployed teenager from the St James’s area of West Belfast. Michael has had to face tough decisions his whole life by growing up in a troubled neighbourhood which sits in the 10% for social and economic deprivation in the UK, with rates of crime, suicide and teenage pregnancy all above the national average. Living here means dying younger, learning less and suffering more. However, having recognised a digital skills shortage in the UK, BT has established a nationwide project of up-skilling 10m British people with essential digital skills training, aimed to help young adults like Michael. This is Michael's story on how football kept him out of trouble, and BT's Work Ready has helped him take a step in a career. Find out more about the BT Work Ready programme here: bt.com/WorkReady #Football #Belfast #WorkReady Subscribe to COPA90: bit.ly/Copa90Subscribe Read and explore more about COPA90: copa90.com Discuss all things football: facebook.com/groups/COPA90community Have your voice heard, join the CROWD: copa90crowd.com/c/r/YTCROWD Want a regular dose of COPA90 goodness all in one place? Sign up for our newsletter to spice up your inbox today! bit.ly/copa90newsletter Check out our new website: bit.ly/Copa90 About COPA90: At COPA90 we believe that football is the universal language. We’re here to entertain, inform and celebrate football and its fans. Whether it’s chats and challenges with your favourite footballers, in depth documentaries about fan culture or amazing animations and explainers about the biggest stories in the game, COPA90 is how football feels. Twitter - bit.ly/Copa90TW Instagram - bit.ly/1Lx2Eny Facebook - bit.ly/Copa90FB Google+ - bit.ly/Copa90G Snapchat - copa90 Weibo 微博 - bit.ly/2CYGGgT Leave us a comment below!