FOOTBALL FOR GOOD

“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand.”

Nelson Mandela

Football for good

The DAY AND Global Agenda
The International ‘Football For Good’ initiative is the brainchild of Keith Mabbutt, Founder and CEO of the internationally-recognised sport-for-change charity, the Street Soccer Foundation. Keith established ‘Football For Good’ as a project endeavour in support of The Commonwealth and the Year of Youth 2023.
 

The Commonwealth comprises 56 independent countries from across Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Pacific. With 2.5 billion citizens living in Commonwealth countries, more than 60% are aged under 29, representing more than 1.5 billion young people.

The Street Soccer Foundation is very proud to be at the heart of ‘Football For Good’ and with the endorsement from The Commonwealth in its collective support of the Year of Youth and young people worldwide, the Football For Good movement invites global partnerships from across all 56 nations to come together to showcase how the global no.1 sport is being used as a true force for good.

What is
Football for
good?

FOOTBALL FOR YOU. FOR US. FOR EVERYONE.
London Stadium at sunrise
Global Movement

Football For Good is a global movement attached to the International Football For Good Day - with a worldwide agenda aimed at showcasing how the power of football brings people together. How football can champion peace, equality, diversity and inclusion.

How it can unite communities all over the world. And how it can inspire, educate and empower others to make a positive change – both for themselves and their communities.

Football for good day

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL FOR GOOD DAY was launched as a new global campaign on Sunday 19th November 2023 - and now intends on becoming an annual Day of celebration and global amplification of football-led programmes and activities taking place over 24 hours across the Commonwealth, in celebration of how the global no.1 sport can be used as a force for good.

In the UK, the Football For Good initiative is honoured to have the support from the Royal Family, as well as the Prime Minster and The Mayor of London, along with other valued key partners, and represents a national celebration of youth leadership, education, development and empowerment work delivered throughout the year. The work of the Street Soccer Foundation, as the founding member organisation of the initiative, is just one such example of how the power of football is being used to help others - with its Street Soccer Academy programme delivered in partnership with several professional football club community organisations nationwide.

Sleepout

The Football For Good Day in the UK in 2023 also saw the first-ever London Stadium Sleepout event staged, which gave individuals from across the City of London the chance to show their support in tackling youth homelessness through the power of football, by sleeping outdoors on the North Deck inside the Stadium, for a night that will never be forgotten.
Another Sleepout event is planned for the Football For Good Day in November 2024. Details on how to get involved will be released in due course.

“Football is more than just a game. It can bring hope and joy to people’s lives.”.

DIDIER DROGBA

Get involved

From anywhere in the Commonwealth

Football is a team sport.

If you love the game as much as we do and you or your organisation is an example of how football is being used as a force for good, please get in touch with us to join the global movement and to help us collectively spread peace, equality, diversity and inclusion through the global no.1 sport.

Whether you are a player, a manager, an educator, a fan, a coach or a spectator; we warmly invite you to share with us your football-led programmes, activities and stories of how the beautiful game is making a positive social impact in your local community – for the benefit of you and others around you.

You can submit your pictures / video content and any related media to us at any time throughout the year, with the chance to have it feature and be spotlighted on International Football For Good Day. Just click the button below to submit your Football For Good:

The street soccer foundation

For more information on the Street Soccer Foundation and to learn about the positive social impact achieved by the celebrated Street Soccer Academy programme and how the Street Soccer Foundation could partner with you and your organisation, please visit: www.streetsoccerfoundation.org.uk

The Street Soccer International Academy is readily available as an acclaimed and highly impactful personal development programme to help vulnerable and disadvantaged young people and can be provisioned into different countries and territories worldwide through organisation partnerships. Please contact the Foundation directly for more details.