Football for Hope, the result of a collaboration between streetfootballworld and FIFA, won the Philanthropy and Cooperation through Sports trophy at the Global Sports Forum in Barcelona.
streetfootballworld Managing Director Jürgen Griesbeck and FIFA’s Head of Corporate Social Responsibility Federico Addiechi accepted the trophy together.
“This is a very special partnership,” said Mr. ...
streetfootballworld network member Dads Against Drugs (DADs) was joined by representatives from fellow network members Street League and Kick4Life in a special meeting with Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
The visit was arranged to showcase the involvement of DADs in the Football for Hope Festival 2010.
“It’s great to see sport being used as a force for good—and, as both a dad and ...
streetfootballworld network member Grassroot Soccer is looking for a Managing Director to be based in Cape Town, South Africa.
The Managing Director will focus on strategy development, donor management, organisation management, Grassroot Soccer ’s financial review, Grassroot Soccer Global and the Board of Directors.
Applicants should have senior management experience, ideally in ...
streetfootballworld network member Football United and Football Federation Australia (FFA) have created a new partnership.
FFA will support Football United in the run-up to the Football for Hope Festival 2010 in Johannesburg, South Africa, where the streetfootballworld network member will represent Australia.
Ben Buckley, CEO of FFA, said the organisation was very proud that an ...
streetfootballworld network member Soccer in the Streets was honoured by the City of Atlanta on February 15th, when the Atlanta City Council issued a proclamation recognising the homegrown organisation’s local, national and international work.
Founded in 1989, Soccer in the Streets has evolved over the last 20 years from an outreach programme targeting low-income, minority children to a ...
streetfootballworld and Sony have launched two programmes together in the last two weeks: the Sony-streetfootballworld European Graduate Programme (EGP) and Leadership Development Programme (LDP) in London, England and Lyon, France, respectively.
Impact International, which designs employee involvement programmes for a range of corporate partners, moderated both launch events.
European ...
streetfootballworld network member Africaid – WhizzKids United is testing the sOccket ball, a special football developed by four Harvard students that generates and stores enough electricity during a game to power an LED lamp or charge a mobile afterwards.
Harvard University students research innovative forms of alternative energy In many developing countries the widespread use of ...
streetfootballworld and ten young people from the German Street Football Network were invited to mingle with nine hundred of Germany’s most prominent politicians, journalists, economists, entertainers and artists during this year’s annual Nacht der Süddeutschen Zeitung, a gala event held by the Süddeutsche Zeitung, a major German newspaper.
streetfootballworld was the evening’s featured ...
streetfootballworld is proud to announce the launch of our new online Knowledge Centre!
The Knowledge Centre is the world’s first online collection of stories and tips from the world of Development through Football.
With 82 network members doing amazing work around the world and a wealth of experienced partners, we have gathered an incredible amount of expertise and inspiring stories over ...
More than 90 organisations across 55 countries took part in streetfootballworld network member Play Soccer ’s 2009 Global Peace Games for Children and Youth.
In countries from Australia to Zimbabwe, more organisations held the Games in their communities this year than in any year since the programme’s inception in 2001.
The Global Peace Games are grassroots football games held by ...
In January 2010 Hidemi Tomita, General Manager of Sony CSR and Hisayo Shimokawa, Sony CSR Manager, went to India from their Tokyo headquarters to explore new business opportunities with a social perspective. They visited streetfootballworld network member Magic Bus India for a day, where they took part in activities and experienced life in one of the biggest slums in Asia.
Magic Bus ...
Eleven ,
a book written by streetfootballworld network member Kick4Life ’s Steve Fleming,
tells the stories of eleven individuals from streetfootballworld network
members across the world whose lives have been changed through football.
The
book is a powerful documentation of how football can be used to successfully
tackle a wide range of social issues, as well as an eloquent argument ...
Young leaders from five streetfootballworld network members in three continents will meet for a week in Kigali, Rwanda for a common film and photography documentary project entitled “Encounter through Street Football – Together we can!” The project is part of the International Learning Cooperation, a concept developed by streetfootballworld network member KICKFAIR and its international ...
streetfootballworld network members WhizzKids United , The Kids League and Grupo Desportivo de Manica have been selected by streetfootballworld, Sony Europe and Impact International to receive support in improving their leadership and operational capacity.
As part of streetfootballworld’s partnership with Sony, streetfootballworld network members were invited to apply to participate in ...
streetfootballworld is looking for a Media Manager to develop its media activities before and during the 2010 FIFA World Cup™.
Specific tasks include: Development and implementation of the organisation’s media strategy for 2010, considering the special moment of the FIFA World Cup and the Football for Hope Festival 2010, incl:
- implementation of media activities and events - development ...
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