Our Vision

What is the project?

Privateer Gaming are excited to announce that we are looking to create a new layer of grassroots Esports to the UK scene. We are looking for confident Esports fans who can take their love of gaming to the next generation and inspire a new wave of top Esports playing and broadcasting talent.

Using the Nintendo Switch as a suitable console for teenagers, Privateer Gaming will be facilitating Esports and gaming sessions run by one of our amazing coaches to bring Esports to everyone in the UK irrespective of their backgrounds. Initially we want to use school friendly games such as Splatoon, Super Smash Bros and Rocket League to be launchpad games in our sessions! With further expansion into Mario Kart, EA FC and other titles depending on demand in schools. We see this new project as the foundation for the Esports ecosystem we wish to create in the UK (shown in the diagram). This project will allow Esports fans to come together in safe environments to play games in person and feel part of a community. In a world where isolation amongst young people is on the rise we feel it is more important than ever to start bringing purely online activities into the real world and allow young people to forge real friendships.

In addition to this Privateer Gaming will be creating a space that is age appropriate for Esports fans. Current events and competitions in many game titles are not suitable for school aged children meaning they are not able to experience the thrill of a local gaming group or a LAN tournament event. We are working hard to change this!


Participants from our sessions will benefit in the following ways:

  1. Feel part of a community and increase social opportunities for those who do not feel that traditional extracurricular clubs meet their needs.

  2. Learn from a carefully constructed curriculum which shares insight on career opportunities in Esports, how to balance gaming and a healthy lifestyle and bespoke coaching sessions which show young people how they can improve in their chosen games.

Our coaches and session leaders are carefully picked to ensure they are great role models for the students, working to ensure students remain engaged and enthusiastic, while delivering constructive learning filled sessions!

All our session leaders are DBS checked, safeguarding trained and go through an internal training course to ensure all sessions delivered are of the highest standard.

“My name is Adam,

I am a founder here at Privateer Gaming and I was a session leader for a social enterprise in Northern Ireland before I moved to England to become a Secondary School teacher. This was a very daunting role at first but I quickly looked forward to every session I ran because I could see the difference I was making for the young people who came to our sessions. Each school I worked in had its own story and reason why it was so rewarding to run.

In school A they had a large SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disability) population that did not feel at home in traditional sports teams but they came to the Esports club with such enthusiasm. School B was situated in an area of intense socio-economic deprivation and many of the young people came to the sessions in order to access games that they could not play at home. Lastly, School C was in a very rural area and did not have many clubs other than traditional sports and music that allowed the young people there to mix with others from an urban background. In Northern Ireland all these schools came together at the end of the year to compete in a nationwide Esports competition, it was a very rewarding year of my life. I look back very fondly and now I want others to be able to find their confidence and make a real difference in the Esports space.”

Let’s Work Together

If you are a school or youth group who would like to have us come to you and run a tester session then please fill out our contact form.

If you are a young gamer who wants to get involved in one of our clubs, ask a parent/guardian or responsible adult to reach out to us and we can tell you where your nearest club is!