Donate on JustGiving
Simply click the link to donate on our KitAid JustGiving page.
A few words about KitAid
KitAid is a charity set up by, Derrick Williams MBE, who visited Tanzania on a WaterAid supporters’ trip in 1998. Derrick, being a mad footie fan, was amazed at the reception he received from children and adults in remote villages just because he was wearing one of his favourite football shirts (he follows Watford, Liverpool and Chesham Utd).
After two weeks in Tanzania, a flame was lit in Derrick’s heart and he was on a mission to provide kit and equipment to the bare-footed children playing with footballs made of tied string and plastic bags. Twenty one years on, KitAid has lots of volunteers and to date we’ve sent out 1,000,000+ kits to children and adults in 55 different countries across the world.
Pictured: Derrick Williams MBE presenting Graham Taylor OBE with a commemorative shirt at KitAid’s 15th year anniversary event.
25
Years
1,119,000
Kit sent
55
Countries
How to donate
If you’d like to support the KitAid cause, the easiest way to donate your unwanted football kit, in order fo us to find it a new home.
Alternatively, if you don’t have any unwanted kit, but would still like to support us, we’re very grateful for any donations which will help to fund our annual costs as well as support other partnership charities where possible.
We thank you for all your support.
Ambassador club
The Ambassador Club scheme was launched in 2011 to recognise those clubs who have us long-term support. It is primarily for League and semi-professional clubs who we have worked with for a number of years.
We feel this is a great way of building on our relationship as well as recognising the support and generosity of the Club and its supporters.
Club/Website | League | Join date |
|---|---|---|
| Chesham United FC www.cheshamunited.co.uk | Southern Premier League | January 2011 |
| StenhousemuirFC www.stenhousemuirfc.com www.scottishfootballleague.com | Irn-Bru Scottish Football League | May 2011 |
| FC United of Manchester www.fc-utd.co.uk | Northern Premier League | August 2011 |
| Marine FC www.pitchero.com/clubs/marine/ | Evo-Stik Northern Premier League | July 2012 |
| Stegota FC www.stegotafc.com | Kampala Regional League | February 2014 |
| Everton (in the Community) FC www.evertonfc.com/community | Barclays Premier League | May 2018 |
| FOMO FC www.fomo.co.uk | Malawi Super League | August 2019 |
| Diamonds in the Community www.diamondsitc.com/ | Airdrie town community | April 2020 |
| Hibernian Community Foundation www.hiberniancommunityfoundation.org.uk/kit-aid-collection | Scottish Premiership | December 2021 |
| Leverstock Green FC | Spartan South Midlands Premier League | November 2023 |
Special thanks
KitAid has the organisation gone from strength to strength over the last decade, the willingness of football clubs at all levels to have kit collection days, shows that football as a whole does indeed have a caring side. To see the photographs – of children in particular – from some of the poorest countries in the world, receiving and wearing the kit that has been sent to them is just reward indeed for the fabulous work that KitAid does. Long may it continue! Many thanks to all those individuals, clubs and partners who not only donate kit, but help make sure we get them to the right destinations.
A note from the late Graham Taylor OBE, our much missed former Patron
In working in some of the most under-privileged countries around the world, The Football Association is no stranger to seeing the impact the donation of something as simple as a shirt or a pair of shorts can make. KitAid has brought an enormous amount of pleasure and enjoyment to young and old alike through the gift of football kit, and has shared the spirit of British clubs and the England team with communities in all corners of the globe. We are proud to be associated with KitAid and wish them all the best in their endeavours for the years to come.
Jane Bateman, Head of International Relations, The Football Association
Thanks to KitAid
Thanks to KitAid, thousands of underprivileged youngsters worldwide can experience the exhilaration of wearing their very own kit for the first time in their lives. It has truly made a difference.
