After a three month break and with the easing of “lockdown” across the country, KitAid has decided to re-start kit collections. We have contacted all of our volunteer Regional Co-ordinators and they are all happy to receive and collect kit donations, as long as safe practices are followed. This is great news. We would therefore […]
We are delighted to launch our new Annual Review for 2019 which is available to read via the following link. The Annual Review is a labour of love as all of the stories have to be researched, written and proof read before it can be sent to our designer. Carole Parsons, our designer is a […]
In view of the current situation KitAid has taken the decision to suspend kit collections by our Regional Co-ordinators until further notice. If you have kit to donate that cannot be posted we would be extremely grateful if you could hold on to it until we are in a position to receive donations again. We […]
Our storeroom facility at Affinity Water’s Head Office in HATFIELD is temporarily FULL. We can accept postal packages but NOT boxes by courier delivery until after 6 April. In the meantime, we can store donations at our container in Hemel Hempstead, but this is on an unmanned site, so an appointment on a Friday or […]
KitAid Founder, Derrick Williams MBE and Trustee, Janet Neville, met up with our new Ambassador, Mary HD and her publicist Lorraine Worsley Carter MBE DL in Manchester recently. It was an excellent meeting with lots of discussion about how Mary HD can promote KitAid to her followers from the music and fashion world. Lorraine, who […]
The new Thank You certificates are now back from our printers and ready to hand out to everyone who supports KitAid in 2020. They look great and even better when framed and hanging with pride on a clubhouse or school wall. To become a member of this exclusive club simply donate a decent amount of […]
It was with great sadness that we recently learned of the passing of 15 year old Tikhale Nalolo, a FOMO netball player, and of Karen Childs, a KitAid supporter. We sponsored the trophies for a special memorial tournament organised by FOMO Committee members in honour of Tikhale. Karen was also remembered at the event, which […]
We would like to say a massive thank you to Phil Sharpe for a fantastic donation of full referee kits for our friends from FOMO Malawi. The referees often get overlooked and it is hard to provide them with proper kit. Phil has gone above and beyond by providing referee shirts, shorts and socks as […]
We are really pleased to announce that KitAid has been invited to attend the incredibly popular Liverpool FC Legends game at Anfield on Saturday 28 March. This will be our third collection at a Legends game and the previous two have been really successful. As well as collecting kit we also receive great publicity in […]
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 […]