ABOUT US:
Sports for Sustainable Development Foundation is a registered charity in the United Kingdom, using sports (football) as a platform to promote, the development, and well-being of children and young disadvantaged people, and as a civic entry point to actively engage young people in their community activities, through leadership acquisition, aimed at addressing socio-economic inequalities, and promoting the relevance of the Sustainable Development Goals and the role of young people and their communities achieving these goals.
SDGs: Sustainable Development Goals relevant to our project objectives: Goal 1: Eradicate Extreme Poverty, Goal 2: Quality Education, Goal 3: Promote Equality and Empower Women, Goal 5: Improve Mental Health, Goal 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability, and Goal 8: Develop Global Partnership.
WHATS WE DO:
Sports for Sustainable Development Foundation has identified football as a fundamental instrument for engaging local communities in development, which we consider an innovative and practical form of social change. These social changes do not simply include improvement in material well-being but also progress concerning equity, social cohesion, human development, and tackling many of the other major problems experienced by children, and disadvantaged young people and their communities. We are committed to leading a concrete and positive contribution to sustainable development.
We engage in research and capacity-building of children and disadvantaged young people, to enhance their personal development and, use football as a platform to promote their well-being, with extracurricular activities and workshops, empowering youth leadership, business enterprise development, including social enterprise, and raising awareness on mental health, and understanding of the effect of drug abuse, online and offline violence, with specific attention to gender-based violence, and using Social Prescribing to support mental wellbeing, and promoting the relevancies of the Sustainable Development Goals, and the role of young people achieving these goals.
AREA OF FOCUS:
Sports: Football Academy/extracurricular activities with practical football training, equipping local community teams with football equipment, and promoting well-being. Capacity Building: Youth Leadership, Business Entrepreneurship, environmental, employability, skills training, career development, ICT training, relevant workshops/seminars, coaching and mentoring, and research.
ADVOCACY:
advancing the collective goal of a fair and just society.