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Wednesday 5pm The Drive Church, Ilford - Football Free Play

By Active Future East London

At a glance

We are focused on helping children enjoy being active in a way that feels natural, relaxed and fun. Football Free Play is about giving children the chance to play the game without pressure, heavy coaching or over-structured drills. Children turn up, sort themselves into teams and play. They get to make decisions, communicate with each other, solve problems, and enjoy football in its simplest form. The session is open to mixed ages and abilities. Our

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role is to provide a safe, supervised space, with staff on-site from a welfare and safeguarding point of view. We are not there to coach or control the session, but to make sure the children are safe, supported and able to enjoy themselves. The aim is simple: to create a space where children can build confidence, stay active, make friends and fall in love with playing football, regardless of their ability or experience.

Age5 years – 11 years
Price summary£3.00 · per session · Standard ticket
Schedule summaryNext session: 14 Oct 2026, 17:00

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Free Play Football

5 years – 11 years · Main Hall

Tickets

Standard ticket

£3.00 · per session

Wednesday 17:00–18:001 hr

14 Oct 2026 – 16 Dec 2026

14 Oct 2026, 17:00–18:001 hr
21 Oct 2026, 17:00–18:001 hr
28 Oct 2026, 17:00–18:001 hr
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4 Nov 2026, 17:00–18:001 hr
11 Nov 2026, 17:00–18:001 hr
18 Nov 2026, 17:00–18:001 hr
25 Nov 2026, 17:00–18:001 hr
2 Dec 2026, 17:00–18:001 hr
9 Dec 2026, 17:00–18:001 hr
16 Dec 2026, 17:00–18:001 hr
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Where it happens

About Active Future East London

Active Future has been established to instil a lifelong love of movement. Whilst we provide traditional activities we also pride ourselves on using lots of non-traditional and fun methods to get and keep people moving. Our long term aim is to improve the lives of 1 million people per week through movement. As one of the largest activity providers in the UK, we work with over 10,000 children and young people per week.

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