After our most successful year in 2019, when 86,445 items of kit were donated across the developing world, the new decade has started well. At our first boxing up session of 2020, 4,900 items of kit were sorted and boxed by our team of wonderful volunteers. We were also helped by the Watford FC Community […]
We would like to say a very big thank you to Garden City Runners for donating a wonderful £900 to KitAid from their 2019 Hatfield Business Park race series. Also a similar thank you to Steve Thake and Peter Dommett from Affinity Water, who host the event. Both Steve and Peter have a big say […]
Calling all (fit) runners to enter the scenic 10 Mile Ricky Road Run, through the beautiful lanes of Chorleywood, Little Chalfont and Rickmansworth. This event is close to our hearts as it was co-founded in 1984 by KitAid’s founder, Derrick Williams MBE. We also receive a donation every year from the run which is key […]
In the last fortnight KitAid has unfortunately lost access to two of its key storage facilities. This is a significant problem for us as it limits the amount of kit we are able to collect and store. We are currently having to turn donations away, which we really struggle with, knowing the demand for kit […]
We were are grateful to Affinity Water and their fantastic staff for choosing KitAid as their charity of the month for August. Staff donated an amazing £529 through bucket collections and a giant raffle in just one day. Affinity Water have agreed to match the amount donated, resulting in a tremendous total amount of £1,058. […]
While the KitAid supporters were out in Malawi they inducted FOMO FC into the Ambassador Club hall of fame. FOMO FC are the eighth club to be made an Ambassador and only the second club in Africa. The scheme is designed primarily to recognise clubs from the lower leagues who go the extra mile, over […]
A group of eight KitAid supporters, which included two experienced coaches from Liverpool County FA, headed out to Mulanje in South East Malawi, for a week in early August. This was our second trip to visit our close partner, FOMO Malawi, and our very good friends Mary and Keith Woodworth. It was another excellent trip […]
At a recent Trustee meeting we discussed the impossible task of how to replace Graham. It didn’t take us long to realise that we will never find another Patron like Graham and we have decided to leave this position vacant, in some way, as a sign of respect for what he meant to us all. […]
Sometimes it can be hard to keep good news quiet, but as a responsible charity, we have to recognise that potential partnerships can take a lot of discussion and they cannot be announced until the time is right and agreement has been made on both sides. I cannot make any announcement yet but just to […]