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 […]
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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 […]
St Lucia Donation
Quite a while ago we had a meeting with a charity from St Lucia (Sacred Sports Foundation) which was set up in memory of Keith Alexander, the late manager of Lincoln City. I was unaware of the level of poverty in such a beautiful location and we were really impressed with their work. We finally […]
Boxing Up in May
The May session was another really good boxing up and over 100 boxes left the building with 4 different charities. It was also nice to see Janet and Dom Neville who came down from Liverpool to attend the session. Helen drove down from Birmingham and we also had a charity attending from Cardiff, so distance […]