Last Sunday our founder Derrick Williams MBE had the pleasure of meeting his namesake. Bristol City held a kit amnesty earlier this season and collected over 600 shirts for us. They arranged for their number 3, Derrick Williams, to meet up with our very own Derrick Williams after the game where they did a photo […]
Barry has re-launched his collection and he has currently collected more than 11k items of kit since he first started in 2012. He was interviewed on BBC Radio Merseyside recently and they are very supportive as they plug the collection periodically and also have a storage bin in their reception. Good luck Barry and keep […]
I have always wanted to establish twinning links between grass root clubs who support us and teams in Africa. Following the recent visit by Father Joe from the Jesuit Mission Zimbabwe project I am pleased to finally have got things moving on this idea. We are starting slowly with a few clubs we know well […]
This morning ( 6 December) we held our final boxing up session for 2014 and we have broken all previous records. The total number of boxes sent out during the year amounted to 1,201 and we sorted, packed and donated a massive 42,035 individual items of kit. This brings the overall total since 1998 to […]
KitAid is now the proud owner of a container to help with the storage of items at our couriers site in Harlow. A massive thank you to the Facilities team from Affinity Water who donated and delivered the container to 5Speed couriers. This has become essential as we have recently filled all of the storage […]
On 8 November a small group of us visited the team from Airdrie and had a fantastic day meeting the people who had put so much effort in to collecting 4k items of kit for us. I was able to give a presentation in the club house and present thank you certificates to the people […]
I think everyone is aware that we reached this point in early November and it was recognised first at the Airdrieonians FC visit, followed by the boxing up session and most recently at the Graham Taylor event at Watford FC. We have received some good press coverage and a great reaction to the special You […]
I was honoured and really privileged to be invited by Graham to attend as a guest at the special celebrations held for the opening of the Graham Taylor stand at Watford FC. It was a lovely event and the crowd really showed their appreciation for the fantastic achievements Graham achieved during his time as manager […]
Airdrieonians FC visit 8 November Attendance at the Herts FA Coaching seminar Boxing up 15 November Mitzvah Day collections 16 November All of the above will be great events and I will post more details in next months update, but if you do want any info before then please let me know.
Thanks to those who helped out on the day at what was a really great event. KitAid received a lot of pre and post publicity and we will receive a great donation of at least £1,500 once all of the proceeds are collected. Many thanks to the organising team who did a great job.