Mark has intimate hands on knowledge of the hooligan psyche and understands the intricacies of the hooligan culture and lifestyle and he is now in a position to comment freely and with some authority on the causes and consequences of becoming involved in it.

 

He has experienced and bore witness to the very negative effect the hooligan lifestyle can have upon its participants....Broken homes, families and marriages....Loss of dignity and freedom through drug and alcohol abuse and jail sentences and even suicides have all been witnessed or experienced by Mark.

 

This knowledge and experience has been sought after by University students seeking Marks help towards research and dissertations...and it is this that has prompted the next big step in the life of Mark Chester.

 

Mark Chester  is currently in discussions with several University contacts concerning the possibility of bringing educational and informative seminars/presentations/lectures to University campus throughout the UK.

These seminars would be invaluable to the great many students studying in areas such as Psychology....Criminology....Journalism and Media....Sports and Cultural Studies and Sociology where modules of courses often touch on aspects very relevent to the life that Mark was so heavily involved in for twenty years.  Please see Info for University page

 

Mark and Affirm - Initiative Limited are also working on the organisation of a programme which includes our youth inclusion projects NEET'Xpressions and Project FREE KICK that will enable us to co-operate with and work alongside the likes of....Training Providers...The Authorities...Football Clubs and Social Inclusion Projects run in conjunction Football in the Community Schemes and Localised Community Improvement Schemes all of which are aimed at reaching young people who are at risk of social exclusion and involvement in crime.....Such as Gang Culture and Football Hooliganism.

 

More information on these projects can be found on the relevant pages on this site.