We have entered into an amnesty with Airdrie which will kick off later in June. The guys have received formal sponsorship and will be offering all under 12’s a free season ticket if they donate their old kit. They have set themselves a target of collecting 10,000+ items of kit and tried to register it […]
Probably one of the biggest brands in world football and a club that wouldn’t normally work with small charities like KitAid. Well, thanks to our fantastic Patron, Graham received a call from the MUFC club secretary as their kit manager had held on to the letter Graham sent out to all 92 league clubs last year. […]
We have been chosen as one of the charities for this years Ricky Road Run, which is great. To recognise their generosity, we will need to try and find some marshals to help out on the morning of the run, so if you live within driving distance of Rickmansworth, we would really like your […]
We are really pleased to report that Nick Perchard, the former CEO of Herts FA and now working for the Premier League, has accepted our invitation to fill the vacant Trustee position. Nick will be a great addition to the team and we look forward to working with him as a Trustee. Welcome on board […]
We have sponsored the week long footy camp again this year and we are really pleased to keep our link with Peter Thompson going. A small team from KitAid will be visiting the project for the final day of the camp in July and we are looking forward to meeting Peter and his fantastic team […]
One of the things I really love about KitAid is our ability to operate on a shoestring budget, but at the same time, we are able to support partner charities. Our operating costs are about £3k per annum and as we have surplus funds from last year, we have decided to make 5 grants of […]
We have been approached by the supporters club of Airdrie who want to run a kit amnesty for us which they are linking in to a season ticket offer for local children. They also have good contacts with the Tartan Army, so there is scope for the kit amnesty to be widened to a much […]
You may have already seen some of the publicity for the annual Easter kit amnesty held by the Evo-stik Northern Premier League. There has been an article on their website and details have been sent to every club, along with a poster we designed for the event. Dave Watters, who is the press officer for […]
A massive well done and thanks to Barry on hitting his target of collecting 10,000 items of kit before the end of this season. Barry started collecting for us in January 2012 and he has meticulously documented every item, where it came from. His spread sheet is like a who’s who of every school and […]
We have recently received this great picture showing Watford FC kit in Wamba, northern Kenya. The kit was taken out by Clare Muir from the Swan Youth Centre in Berkhamsted along with a group of students from Ashlyn’s School. Kit was also handed out to some girls school teams as well as three other schools. […]