Entries by kitaid

From Carrington to Northern Uganda

We were very fortunate to receive a donation of fantastic training kit from Manchester United recently from their training complex at Carrington.  Some of the kit has now found its way to a massive refugee camp in Northern Uganda which houses 100,000 displaced people who have fled South Sudan. The kit was taken out for […]

Watford FC Open Day

We had a great time at the WFC Open Day and really appreciate the support from the club.  We received a lot of shirts on the day, mainly Hornets ones, as well as some great training kit from the club.  We also met a lot of fans and explained how we work and who we […]

Forthcoming Activities for August & September

As ever, we have a busy diary of events which we would love to include you all in.  We never say no to help, so if you can get involved please let me know. Watford FC Open Day                                   […]

The Chernobyl Children

For the last 4 years we have had a tenuous link with another great charity who arrange for a plane load of children from Belarus, who still are affected by the Chernobyl radiation fall out, to spend a month in the UK with host families. Through our link with Affinity Water we arrange for them […]

Ballysillan, Belfast

We visited the brilliant Footy Camp project on 18 July to see the final day of the event, which really is a great day.  I have been 5 times now and each time I come away totally inspired by the great work Peter (Thompson) and his team do, but I do think this years camp […]

KitAid Grants

Probably one of the most enjoyable aspects of KitAid is being able to help so many people across the world.  As you will know, we operate a very cost effective model and we have always worked on the basis that if we do build up a surplus of funds, we will mange our finances responsibly […]

Forthcoming Events

Our diary is always busy but if you are able to help out with any of the following it would be much appreciated.  Charlie Fidler Memorial Tournament – Hemel Hempstead, 6 July Inet World Games – Preston, 19 July FC United collection, Stalybridge, 6 September Ricky Road Run, Chorleywood, 26 October Please let me know […]

Wear a sports shirt to work day

Many thanks to Julian Chenery from AIG Insurance for arranging this event, which happened on Friday 13 June. I have seen press cuttings from different parts of the UK, including Devon, Cornwall and Glasgow. Julian is in the process of collecting all the kit so we are not sure exactly how much we will receive […]

KitAid Kampala Cup

Well done to Stegota FC on winning the very first KAKC final on 7 June. They beat Naaj Marine 7 – 3 and lifted a beautiful trophy which you can see on their Facebook page. Naaj Marine are linked to Marine FC in Liverpool, who we know very well through Barry Lenton. Barry has given […]

Arsenal Ladies

We recently met Rachel Yankey and at our last boxing up session it was great to meet Jordan Nobbs. I have always wanted to develop a partnership with ALFC as they are followed all over the world and it links in with a lot of the work we do to support girls football/sports projects across […]