Infinity is working in partnership with the community in the Tameside area of Greater Manchester on a project called Infinity Initiatives Football Club. Infinity was founded in 2015 to assist persons who were caught in the "revolving door" of support, moving in and out of agencies or falling between ever increasing thresholds. Soon after, they expanded the team members, offering various services and Infinity as part of the platform for the community, particularly across Greater Manchester and North Wales. The members comprise an experienced specialist and multi-skilled team associated with volunteers and clients. The main strategic aim is to provide a safe and welcoming environment for individuals and to offer bespoke support without timeframes and thresholds.

Website: https://infinityinitiatives.com/

To address the challenges frequently associated with the areas' high unemployment, poverty, and conviction rates, IIFC offers support and campaigns to bring young boys together by offering communal football to those who might benefit health-wise. Health and well-being are significant concerns in our project, and physical activity is proven to improve both physical and mental health. We want to make community football available to everyone, but especially to those who are most at risk in the community, those who would benefit from being on a team in terms of their physical and mental health, and those who may have previously encountered obstacles.

Members of the community of different backgrounds unite, sit on various panels and groups throughout Tameside, which allows them to keep up to date with local developments but also provides a forum for them to be the voice of their clients and champions for local system change. Over the past 18 months, IIFC has been working with partners to identify gaps and opportunities and has been able to support young men in the following areas:
• Asylum seekers and refugees
• Individuals in temporary and supported accommodation
• Individuals struggling with mental health
• Those who are socially isolated

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DAY 1_WELCOME!

This is our first official group meeting, and we had a brief introduction session in the morning where we shared our professional experience, the bachelor student expectations throughout this MSA Live Action Week, the presentation of the Infinity Football Project, and the site location allocated before going on a site visit in the afternoon. Our first step in ensuring bachelor's students are able to visualise the project is to have them sketch the football stadium without any restrictions based on their creative imagination.

Today's mission continues. The final 3D design model was polished in greater detail to scale; the roof structures, number of seating in the stadium, design of the clubhouse, and 3D stadium model were placed into the site context. The 3D design is in the process of being 80% completed, and 3D rendering is expected to be produced by tomorrow.

Today's outcome, based on several iterations of the roof design, is that we have come out with a final roof structure. Working out the roof design in response to the spectator stands, clubhouse, and other structures within our specific site.