Entries by kitaid

Ballysillan YFC, Belfast project

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 […]

Watford FC Open Day

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 […]

Diamond Relay Run – Olympic Stadium

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 […]

National Football Museum – Manchester

The kit collection was launched a couple of weeks ago and will run all through August.  Last time they collected approx. 600 shirts and we've already seen a photo on twitter with donated shirts hanging off the special washing line they have created.  If you are in Manchester and haven’t been to the museum do […]

Ricky Road Run 2015

We have been chosen as one of the beneficiary charities once again this year and the team of graduates from Affinity Water are busy arranging the event for Sunday 25 October 2015.  If you fancy the challenge of a scenic 10 mile run or know some runners, please ask them to enter via www.rickyroadrun.co.uk We […]

Award Submissions

Although we tend not to shout about our achievements I am keen that all of our hard work is recognised from time to time. There are not many awards that we can enter as such a small charity, and when we do, we are always up against the big well known charities who have full […]

Premier League 20 ground 24 hour challenge

A massive well done and thanks to Ashley, Rob and Ian who somehow managed to complete the 1,300 mile marathon drive in 23 hours and 10 minutes, which raised an amazing £1,400 plus Gift Aid.  In so doing they also managed to avoid having their legs waxed by 50 minutes! I am really pleased that […]

1970’s footy photos auction

To whet your appetite we attach a photo of one of the fantastic framed photos we received of George Best, Peter Osgood, Geoff Hurst, Trevor Brooking and Billy Bremner. We have decided to hold an auction via our web site link which is currently being set up with the help of Switch and Laura Davis. […]

In memory of Guy

We received a contact from the family of Guy, who sadly passed away in March. Guy was a Watford supporter and he also supported our work, which he followed through our links with the club and with Graham. The family asked for kit and financial donations at the funeral and we have agreed to ring […]

KitAid goes down under

We received a request for information from a girl in Canberra who was interested in setting up a similar project to KitAid. After some discussion amongst the Trustees I emailed back to understand exactly how closely they wanted to mirror our operating model, and we have subsequently shared some emails where I have offered advice […]