Sutton Coldfield

Recently KitAid were the match day sponsors at the Sutton Coldfield v Rainworth game and also featured in the programme.

Sutton Coldfield have kindly invited all future opponents to bring unwanted kit to the ground. This has also been extended to clubs that use the home ground to train on. Thanks to Helen for her work on this and we look forward to receiving kit in the future.

Happy Christmas

Listed below are some major achievements KitAid has managed to accomplish this year.

26,775 items of kit sent all across the World in 2012 (at no expense to KitAid)

775 footballs, sets of goalposts, 1,000+ Match Attax cards also delivered

We have now sent out 195,000 items of kit since KitAid was set up in 1998

We were interviewed on BBC Radio Merseyside and featured as lead story on Liverpool FC website

We were featured in many different newspapers across the UK and also some International media

We sponsored the brilliant Ballysillan YFC Football Camp in Belfast again

We also sponsored projects in Lesotho, Kenya and Zambia from the Charlie Fidler memorial donation

We were chosen as the charity partner for the Evo-Stik Northern Premier League season 2012/13

We entered into a charity partnership with the Hertfordshire FA
We hosted a KitAid conference for 80 delegates and charity partners

We have continued to receive great support from PUMA UK and other kit manufacturers such as Great Branding, Kitlocker and DPM sports

We have strengthened our volunteer partnership with University of Herts

We would like to thank our Patron, Graham Taylor OBE, and all of the clubs across the UK who have donated kit.



Happy Christmas from the KitAid team

Pete's 2012 Tonne Run Challenge

On Saturday 24th November 2012 Pete ran from Ballysillan in Belfast to his house in Carrickfergus, a distance of 13.5 miles. As a result of this he has run over 1000 miles on the road this year, completing the Tonne Run challenge. The reason for the challenge is to try and raise money for the charity ‘Stand By Me’, helping those with next to nothing in Ethiopia. The target is £1000.  If you fancy donating head on over to the following site.  Every penny makes a difference.

https://www.justgiving.com/PeterThompsonstonnerun

Well done to Pete from all at KitAid on an amazing achievement!

November Boxing Up Session

Saturday 24th Novemebr saw another boxing up session take place. It was really pleasing to end the year on a high note and 69 boxes left the building, destined for Gambia, Tanzania, Ghana, Kenya, Romania and Ukraine.

This brings our total for 2012 to a massive 757 boxes, which amounts to approx 26,500 individual items. We are now up 196,500 items since KitAid started in 1998!

Good Luck Chuks

Everyone at KitAid would like to wish Chuks all the best on his trip to Nigeria.

Please see the following link

http://www.fc-utd.co.uk/m_story.php?story_id=4555

Maybe we should change our name!

KitAid Super Saturday

Last Saturday was a great day for KitAid as we held our monthly boxing up session in the morning, quickly followed by a kit collection at Chesham Utd's Non League Day event.

Paul Canoville, the former Chelsea legend, dropped in to the boxing up to collect some more kit for his project in Dominica. We also had a lot of new helpers from the local Uni (of Herts) and 62 boxes were packed in record time. So far in 2012 we have sorted and sent out 686 boxes of kit, which is approximately 24,000 individual items. We are getting closer to our next big milestone of donating 200,000 items since KitAid began in 1998.

Thanks to Chesham Utd and to their fans who donated a bumper amount of kit at their match against Beford Town. CUFC have been a long time supporter and they were the first team to be made a KitAid Ambassador club. We wish them well in the Evo-stik Southern Premier League for the rest of the season.