The visit to Fulham's Motspur Park trianing ground on Monday was part of the club's Premier League Creating Chances Places for Players programme and highlighted the fantastic and significant disability work that Fulham Football Club Community Sports Trust carries out within the local community in partnership with the Down's Syndrome Association.

The training session, organised by Fulham and QPR community coaches, emphasised the importance of young people with a disability participating in sport and within a team environment.

The young children were able to take part in an interactive coaching session which included a penalty shoot-out competition and small sided football match. The overall aim of the session was to create an awareness of the various opportunities available to children with a disability to participate in sport, to provide them with a chance to integrate within the community and to lead a healthy lifestyle.

Community Programmes Manager, Rebecca Dance, said: "Fulham FC Community Sports Trust has built a fantastic relationship with the Down's Syndrome Association over the past few years to develop a strong and unique football project which is one of the first of its kind in the UK. Fulham is very proud to have built a successful Down's Syndrome football team which trains on a weekly basis and plays regularly in tournaments representing the club. We hope that the team expands by gaining more members and that this project is used as a template for other football clubs to launch their own Down's Syndrome football teams."

Paul Zanon, Manager of the Down's Syndrome Association, said: "As we move into the fourth year with Fulham, the impact on people with Down's Syndrome is plain to see. There have been notable improvements in self esteem, weight management and physical co-ordination. We're hoping to expand this training template to as many other football clubs as possible, and see more and more people with Down's Syndrome benefit."