Partners

Alive & Kicking ball to journey the world with The Spirit of Football


south_africa_2010.jpgAlive & Kicking has been chosen to provide ‘The Ball' for the Spirit of Football, the carriers of the football equivalent of the Olympic Torch, for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Every four years ‘The Ball' has made an epic journey from Battersea Park, the home of the very first FA-rules football match, to the Opening Ceremony of the World Cup. In 2002 it was kicked from Battersea Park, 7,000 miles to Korea and Japan, and in 2006 it journeyed to Germany. The Ball has been played with local people of towns and villages, as well as kicked by ambassadors and professional football players along its route, carrying with it the spirit of football as it bounces its way to its destination.


In 2010 The Ball will be our very own Alive & Kicking ball, made in South Africa. It will journey 10,000 miles from Battersea, through Europe to Johannesburgh, South Africa, the host of the 2010 World Cup. Along the way it will celebrate football and its impact on people's lives by visiting festivals of football, music and dance. Alive & Kicking will deliver balls donated by supporters of the Spirit of Football to African organisations. You can also become part of the adventure by donating balls for this project. To do so, please visit www.justgiving.com/spiritoffootball. To find out more about how you can support the Spirit of Football please e-mail info@spiritoffootball.com.  

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friends_of_edusport.jpgFriend of EduSport

Developing the lives of deprived young people in Zambia, Friend Of EduSport (http://friendofedusport.org/) provide grants and sponsorship that support young people in education and sport. Their programmes develop participation opportunities in school and sport and provide a heightened awareness of good health for all. One way to support EduSport is to buy a Poverty Preventing Present. As part of this, Alive & Kicking provides balls available for you to buy for donation to one of EduSport's projects. To find out more, please click here.

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Tackle Africa

Tackle Africa (http://www.tackleafrica.org/index.html) aims to use football to reach young people in Africa to increase their understanding of HIV/AIDS and enable them to live safe and healthy lives. They Train local coaches, youth workers and leaders to deliver HIV/AIDS messaging through football, as well as organizing football tournaments and matches which they use as a platform to raise HIV/AIDS awareness. Alive & Kicking provides the balls. Stamped with important HIV/AIDS messages, Alive & Kicking balls are a natural ally with Tackle Africa in their drive against HIV/AIDS.

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To commemorate CAF's (Confédération Africaine de Football) golden jubilee in 2007 and the 'International Year of African Football', UEFA donated 81,000 Alive & Kicking balls over two years. These balls have been donated to schools and clubs throughout Africa. UEFA's support has been tremendous and valuable in providing thousands of children with balls to play with and employment for hundreds of adults. Alive & Kicking and UEFA are now in negotiations to establish how even more children and adults in Africa can benefit from UEFA's support.

uk_sport.jpgUK Sport

UK Sport (http://www.uksport.gov.uk/) works in partnership with the home country sports councils and other agencies to lead sport in the UK to world-class success. It also works in partnership with organisations and agencies across the world to help assist developing countries with the creation of their own sporting systems, and promote the power of sport as a tool for human and social development. UK Sport has been working with Alive & Kicking to ensure that the full power of the media can be mobilized in the battle against disease, and to increase awareness of the issues facing sub-Saharan Africa.

good_gifts_image.jpgThe Good Gifts Catalogue

  • The Good Gifts Catalogue (http://goodgifts.org/) offers peope a range of gifts to choose from including those that benefit underprivilaged individuals and communities around the world.

Alive & Kicking has been selected to feature in the Good Gifts Catalogue. You can buy:

  • 3 footballs for a school for £24
  • 10 footballs for a school for £80
  • Kit out a football factory for £1,000.

The price of the gift is passed on to Alive & Kicking in full. So, it is an excellent way of solving your gift problems, and supporting our work.

The Good Gifts catalogue has a wedding list and wish list service, particulalry suitable for special occassions like anniversaries or significant birthdays. You can use Good Gifts as in memoriam presents and keep a few in stock for unexpected birthdays or Christmas gifts.

The purchaser gets a card to give, or keep, acknowledging the gift, along with the guarantee that the gift is always wanted.

Through the Good Gifts Catalogue, Alive & Kicking has donated over 7,000 balls, first in Kenya, and now in Zambia and South Africa too.

tonic_logo_www.jpgTonic

TONIC (http://www.tonicgen.com/) uses consumerism as an ethical tool and partners with non-profits from around the globe who focus on making huge differences in four key areas - the environment, education, social welfare and poverty. Alive & Kicking has partnered with TONIC to implement their ‘Soccer Balls for Schools' cause. By purchasing a ‘Stag' t-shirt designed by Luella Bartley, Tonic will donate one Alive & Kicking ball to a school child in Kenya. Our aim is to get 2,500 balls to kids in Kenya. See how you can help...

charity_greetings.jpg Charity Greetings

Charity Greetings (http://www.charitygreetings.com/index.php) offer an eco-friendly method of sending special messages as well as supporting charities, by selling a range of e-cards at £1.99 each. £1 of every card goes to a selected charity.  Alive & Kicking is one of the benefiting charities. Find out how you can support us through Charity Greeting.

International Platform on Sport and Development

The International Platform on Sport & Development (http://www.sportanddev.org) is a website entirely dedicated to the thematic field of Sport & Development. It was initiated after the first International Conference on Sport and Development was held in Magglingen, Switzerland in 2003. Alive & Kicking features as a Project Case Study to provide a practical example of how sport can be used to facilitate economic development. To find out more, please visit http://www.sportanddev.org/learnmore/sport_and_disability2/project_case_studies/index.cfm.