Everyone Plays CIC · Est. 2026

Inclusive community sport, built for everyone.

We're a Community Interest Company running inclusive, no-pressure community sport, starting with football. No trials, no tryouts, no egos. Always affordable, no team required — come alone and leave with mates.

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2weekly sessions

100%of profits reinvested

CICasset-locked structure

2026founding year

Mission

Sport belongs to everyone.

Everyone Plays CIC is a not-for-profit community interest company built around one idea: sport belongs to everyone, and the barriers that keep people off the pitch — cost, access, anxiety, confidence, aggression, and cliques — are ours to take down.

We are tackling fitness, health, and social isolation, and building a platform that opens up access to sport for everyone. Alongside the sport (starting with football) we run a supportive signposting network for anyone struggling with their mental health through depression, anxiety, PTSD, grief, or trauma, connecting people to the physical and mental health-boosting opportunities they need.

We are best known locally as Plymouth Kickabouts, our football arm, but the mission is bigger than one sport. Football is just where we are starting. No trials, no tryouts, no regulars only. Beginners welcome. Rusty welcome. Coming back after a rough year welcome. Whoever you are, get in the game.

No gatekeeping

Any ability. Any fitness level. No trials. If you can tell a ball from a goal, you're in.

Real affordability

£5 per session. Subsidised places available — email for info.

What we do

Where we play.

Each programme operates under its own identity but shares our governance, safeguarding, and inclusion policies. Football is the first.

Active · Plymouth … sessions

Plymouth Kickabouts

Weekly community football at Stoke 3G in Plymouth. Mixed ability, mixed fitness, mixed backgrounds. No experience needed. Just turn up and play.

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Ready to play football now? Register and book at Plymouth Kickabouts →

Walking Football

Lower-impact football for over-50s, those returning from injury, and anyone who wants the game without the sprint. Email us to register interest.

In planning

More sessions and formats

Mixed-ability daytime sessions, women-only sessions, family sessions. We are scaling format by format as funding and capacity allow.

In planning

More sports and people

Football is where we are starting. Other sports, other groups, other corners of the community. Same principles, same low barrier to entry.

Governance

Community Interest Company · CIC

Structure: Community Interest Company limited by guarantee. No shareholders, no dividends, no private owners.
Asset lock: Our assets and any surplus are legally ring-fenced for community benefit, enforced by the CIC Regulator.
Directors: A founding team drawn from the first cohort of Plymouth players. Listed on Companies House.
Safeguarding: Designated Safeguarding Lead, FA-compliant. Under-18 participation requires guardian consent and presence.
Data: UK GDPR compliant. Player data is held securely and never sold. See our privacy notice.
Reporting: Annual Community Interest Report filed publicly alongside accounts.
Scope: Community sport programmes, starting with football. New programmes added as capacity allows.

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Support the mission.

A one-off donation, a monthly pledge, or a venue partnership. Every route directly funds subsidised places and keeps sessions affordable for the people who need them most.

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From the CIC

Latest news.

Programme news, partnership updates, and what's next.

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Why this matters

The case for community sport.

Inclusive grassroots sport is one of the most cost-effective public-health and social-cohesion interventions available. The evidence is clear, and it underwrites everything we do.

Mental health

Regular moderate-to-vigorous exercise lowers cortisol and supports serotonin, dopamine and endorphin function. NHS guidance places physical activity alongside therapy and medication as a first-line response for low mood and mild-to-moderate depression. Community sport provides this at near-zero marginal cost per participant.

Evidence base · NHS · WHO

Hormonal regulation

Consistent activity supports balanced testosterone, cortisol, and insulin response across adult populations. Team sport adds the social-buffering effect missing from solo gym work, which is particularly important for men's health and for adults managing chronic stress.

Endocrine · stress response

Physical health

Cardiovascular fitness, bone density, coordination, joint mobility, and core strength improve measurably with two hours of mixed-intensity activity per week. This sits squarely in the UK Chief Medical Officer's adult physical activity guidelines.

CMO guidelines · cardio

Connection

Social isolation is now recognised as a public-health risk on a par with smoking. Adult friendships are hard to form once school and university are behind us. A weekly fixture with familiar faces is one of the few low-friction routes back into community life.

Loneliness · belonging

Routine

Fixed weekly anchors improve sleep regularity, structure and momentum, all protective factors for mental health. For people in transition, returning to work, recovering from grief or trauma, or rebuilding after a difficult year, a reliable routine matters as much as the sport itself.

Rhythm · stability

Freedom

Unstructured play remains a recognised driver of wellbeing well into adulthood. Removing the pressure of competition, hierarchy, and judgement turns sport from another arena of performance into one of the few places adults can simply play.

Wellbeing · play

Confidence

Stepping back into sport, or trying it for the first time, is a significant act of courage for many adults. Designing entry points that feel safe, low-stakes and welcoming is what separates inclusive community sport from traditional clubs. It is the entire reason the CIC exists.

Esteem · access

After the whistle

Optional, low-key post-session social meetups reduce the gap between turning up to play and feeling part of a community. We treat them as a signposting opportunity, a soft surface for anyone who needs to talk, with onward routes to formal support where it helps.

Aftercare · signposting

Everyone Plays CIC is a community interest company, not a clinical service. Nothing here is medical advice. Where players need clinical support we signpost them to the right service.

Safety & safeguarding

Grown-up about the boring bits.

Community football should feel safe, welcoming and properly run. Here's what we do to make sure it is.

Insured

Fully insured sessions

Public liability cover across every kickabout we run. Details available on request if you'd like to see the paperwork.

DBS checked

Every volunteer, vetted

All of our volunteers hold enhanced DBS checks. Nobody coaches or supervises who hasn't been cleared.

Qualified

Real qualifications

Our team holds FA football coaching qualifications, first-aid certification, and mental-health first-aid & suicide-prevention training.

Policy in place

Written safeguarding policy

A proper safeguarding and reporting policy, reviewed annually. Available on request from any committee member.

Registered players

Everyone signs in

We ask every player to register basic details and emergency contact information before their first session. It takes two minutes. All players must be registered before booking a session. Under-18s on Thursday sessions require guardian consent before registration is active. Monday sessions are 18 and over.

Kit standards

Shinpads & proper boots

Shin pads strongly recommended. On the 3G: studded boots or moulded studs only, no flat-soled trainers and no astroturf boots. It's safer for your ankles and everyone else's.

Enhanced DBS FA Level 1 Emergency First Aid Mental Health First Aid Suicide Prevention (ASIST) CIC Registered

A copy of our safeguarding policy, risk assessment and insurance certificate is available on request. Email hello@everyoneplays.uk or ask on the night. For under-18s, a parent or guardian must complete registration.

Here for you

Talk to us. In confidence.

Football is why we're here. But if something else is getting in the way of you turning up, tell us. We'd rather know.

Health & mental health

If you're struggling with a health condition, injury, hidden disability, or your mental health, reach out to any of our volunteers or coaches. Whatever you share stays confidential, and where it helps we'll point you towards trusted local and national support services. You don't have to play through anything alone.

If it's a safeguarding concern, please contact our designated safeguarding lead directly. In an emergency, safeguarding or otherwise, call the emergency services first.

hello@everyoneplays.uk →

Financial hardship

£5 a session should never be the reason anyone stops playing. If money's tight, tell us quietly and we'll work something out — a subsidised place, a free session, or a pause until you're back on your feet. No forms, no means-testing, no fuss.

If you need to step away for any reason, just let us know — a quick message is all it takes. We won't chase or pressure you to play. But if we don't hear from you we'll probably worry, so a line either way keeps us at ease.

hello@everyoneplays.uk →

In an emergency or if someone's life is in immediate danger, call 999. For urgent mental health support, call NHS 111 and select the mental health option, or text SHOUT to 85258. Samaritans: 116 123, free, 24/7.

Samaritans

Free, confidential support 24/7 for anyone in emotional distress. Call 116 123.

Visit samaritans.org → Livewell Southwest

NHS community health and mental health services for Plymouth and the South West.

Visit livewellsouthwest.co.uk → Devon Mind

Local mental health charity offering advice, counselling and community support across Devon.

Visit devonmind.com →

Support the CIC

Keep grassroots sport open to everyone.

Everyone Plays CIC is a not-for-profit community interest company in Plymouth. All surplus we raise goes back into subsidised sessions, kit, pitch hire, safeguarding, and training. If you've been helped by what we do, or you just believe in the mission, there are two ways to help.

For individuals

Donate

One-off or monthly. Every donation goes directly into keeping sessions running and subsidised places funded. Here is what your donation covers:

£5 one subsidised player for a session
£10 two subsidised players for one session
£15 a week of equipment and admin costs: balls, bibs, cones, goalkeeper gloves, first aid top-ups, and admin
£20 one subsidised player for a month
£30 a month of public liability insurance cover
£50 a fully insured pitch hire for one hour
£90 a fully supported session with a qualified, DBS-checked session lead holding safeguarding, first aid, mental health first aid and suicide awareness training
£100 a kit bundle including bibs, balls and first aid supplies
£150 a subsidised session for an under-represented group including SEND, hidden disability, mental health referrals or grief support

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Gift Aid eligible (UK taxpayers). We're a Community Interest Company, not a registered charity; donations are not currently tax-deductible for companies but are still gratefully received.

Get in touch

Drop us a line.

General questions, registration, volunteering, sponsorship, safeguarding, media — whatever it is, this form reaches us directly. We usually reply within 2 to 3 days.

Email hello@everyoneplays.uk

Based in Plymouth, Devon

Urgent safeguarding If a child or vulnerable adult is at risk right now, call 999. For non-emergency safeguarding concerns relating to our sessions, email the address above with "SAFEGUARDING" in the subject line.