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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]