Fulham players Jonathan Greening and Aaron Hughes took time out after training on Monday to visit pupils from the community as they began units from the Premier League Enterprise Academy curriculum.

Fulham FC Foundation has joined forces with the Premier League, the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham-based Henry Compton School to introduce their Enterprise Academy programme.

The localised charity initiative looks to involve more than 400 children from nearby schools in a year-long vocational learning project.

Classes, tours and discussions involved in the curriculum will help aid learning and skill development in the field of business studies.

Funded by the Premier League PFA and local schools, the initiative will be rolled out by the Fulham FC Foundation’s new enterprise officer.

The programme will be a great way of highlighting the many ways in which the Fulham FC Foundation is contributing to the education agenda locally.

Fulham is the first Premier League Club in London to pioneer the project, after successful ventures by the foundation in sports, youth and social inclusion work.

The project’s main aim is to educate year nine pupils in the inner workings of a football club, explaining to them that occupations in the business stem far greater than the 11 players on the pitch.

Interactive discussions and modules on the different sections of the organisation that help Fulham operate successfully will be discussed as part of the curriculum. This will lead to the young people receiving an OCR accreditation.

The introduction of the first two units of the Enterprise programme will be made even more exciting for pupils, as Fulham first team players, Jonathan Greening - Fulham FC’s ambassador for education - and Aaron Hughes join the introductory lesson in order to set a task that is to be completed throughout the course.

The players’ advice will also assist the pupils in understanding from a first-hand point of view how important input from everyone at the club is to the squad’s final results.

Greening said: "It is a great way for us as players to get involved within the community.

"There are so many jobs and opportunities at a football club and within sport in general, from working in administration offices, the academy or within the community.

"It takes a lot of people to make the club as a business a success.

"The work that the Fulham FC Foundation is doing with the kids will be great in helping them realise their potential and will also start them thinking about the career path they want to follow."

Steven Day, chief executive of the Fulham FC Foundation, is extremely pleased to be working alongside the Premier League in their Creating Chances efforts.

"The foundation is committed to helping local children progress with learning and the introduction of the Enterprise Academy for year nine pupils is an exciting and innovative project not only for the borough but for us as a charity.

"To have some of the first team players involved in the beginning stages as well, is sure to guarantee the pupils from Henry Compton sit up and listen in their first lesson."

The Enterprise Academy is just the first part of the Premier League Creating Chances initiative that the Fulham FC Foundation will be running this season.