City Football Group: an online training week for 250 "young leaders" from around the world

The City Football Group (CFG), a holding company that invests in football assets (professional clubs, infrastructure, innovation), has held the sixth edition of the "Cityzens Giving Young Leaders" summit, an interactive online training course for 250 "young leaders" from 23 cities around the world, from 06 to 10/07/2020.

Participants benefited from "tailored seminars and workshops on a host of key topics including leadership in a crisis, adapting community football for social distancing, delivering impact remotely and promoting Covid-19 recovery through football," said Manchester City FC (Premier League), one of the nine clubs belonging to City Football Group.

The "core sessions" were "supported by a new high-profile guest speaker series focused on sharing inspiring leadership journeys and lessons with Young Leaders over the course of the week. (...) Since 2014, more than 2,000 young leaders have been trained in leadership and community football coaching by Manchester City. Using the power of football, they have positively impacted the lives of more than 35,000 children and young…