Ben recently sent this email which although sad, highlights once again the power of giving something as simple as a football scarf or shirt to those who have very little Finally, I have a picture of some of the aid you have given being distributed. Some of the football scarves you donated were distributed along […]
Many thanks to Janet for collecting all of the kit donated by fans at the recent kit amnesty. This campaign generated a lot of interest, including a mention on the main BBC Sport web site, and some great comments on twitter. All of the shirts will be sorted and donated at the next boxing up […]
This was another successful event and once all of the proceeds have been collected KitAid will receive 5% of the total, which last year amounted to £1,600. A big thank you to the Graduates from Affinity Water who organised the event and on a personal note, I am really pleased to see this event reaching […]
Our first ever boxing up session outside of Hatfield is now planned for Sat 28 November in Manchester. We are really excited about this and thanks very much to Janet and Peter for making this happen. Peter, through his contacts at FC United of Manchester, has arranged for us to be given access to a […]
Wwe received some great photos of Cardiff City kit being used by boys at the Somalia School for Dead Children. Ismail who collected the kit from us sent us a fantastic note, please find an extract below: "We were informed that no team plays with the deaf team. Our colleague hired an AstroTurf and arranged […]
Dougy Allsop and his team have recently made an amazing trip to Mongolia where they took out kit, played in the national stadium and helped to build a number of things from funds they had raised. This all came about from an introduction they made with Adventure Kicks when we went up to Scotland last […]
Each boxing up session now seems to end in a new record figure and somehow we managed to sort and box nearly 7,000 items at the September session. As a result we are now very close to 300k items of kit being donated since 1998 which is incredible. Especially when you think we were only […]
Yet again (after six years of visiting) Derrick came away totally inspired and in awe of the fantastic work carried out by the team at BYFC. The Footy Camp project is absolutely brilliant and the 60 kids have an awesome time. However, as we think most of you know, the project is about so much […]
We spent an interesting afternoon last Sunday at this annual event where 3,000+ fans mingled with the players. We collected a decent amount of kit and made quite a few contacts which will result in later donations. One positive contact which came out of the afternoon was that Watford Ladies FC are keen to work […]
Many thanks to the hardy team from Affinity Water who took part in this event and ran in KitAid branded t-shirts. There are some good photos on twitter (@kitaid) and FB sites if you haven’t already seen them. Special thanks to Imran who thought the race was just 5k and it would be split between […]