Kit Aid - Charity Football Strips

KitAid is a charity set up by, Derrick Williams MBE, who visited Tanzania on a WaterAid supporters’ trip in 1998. Derrick, being a mad footie fan, was amazed at the reception he received from children and adults in remote villages just because he wearing his favourite football shirt (Watford, Chesham Utd, Liverpool FC to name a few).

After two weeks in Tanzania, a flame was lit in Derrick’s heart and he was on a mission to provide kit and equipment to the bare-footed children playing with footballs made of tied string and plastic bags. Twenty one years on, KitAid has lots of volunteers and to date we’ve sent out 800,000+ kits to children and adults in 55 different countries across the world.

More details to follow so keep your eyes peeled.

Visit the KitAid Website by clicking here for more details and information on their amazing charity.

How we’re helping out at Keyworth United Community Football Club?

KitAid is a charity that finds a new home for your unwanted kit in areas of the developing world where football is loved, but participation is held back by a lack of access to kit and equipment.

We have two collection bags at Platt Lane and we’re pleading with Parents, Coaches and Players to bring down any unwanted football equipment from any club, not just Keyworth united. Whether that be Shirts, Socks, Boots, Kits, Bibs etc, bring them to the club and help a worthy cause.

We do ask that people could bag up their donations and write the size on the bag so that we can organise any donations more effectively.