Football4Impact

We are happy to announce that phase 2 of Football4Impact is officially in the works! The main aim is to provide young people in London and Switzerland a chance to connect and learn about topics through their involvement in sport. Grab your passports guys, we’ll see you in🇨🇭✈️

@crochetjenny @Football4Impact @WickersThe @ChazzzaCr @MetBPA @andygeorgeni @TheGunnersPub @EddieNestorMBE @EllaCotton_ @farzana_chaudry @MayorofLondon @EdwardAdoo There are so many untold stories on this journey Jen, where this is only the beginning 🙏🏾❤️. Our young people will we reveal all as the legacy continues in cohesion.#WeBelieve #Football4Impact

Few words needed. Watch and see for yourself 🎥 . This is why we love what we do as a team ,whilst giving young people wonderful opportunities. From love not for love ❤️ 🙏🏾⚽️. .#Football4Impact #Kickoff@3 #WickersCharity #Bsix6thFormCollege #YouthUnity #UEFA #EcoLintSchool

‘It’s not easy to engage young people for 2-3 hours when they have ultimately come here to play football. But the educational/wellbeing side has shown that they are well versed, and understand the importance of mental health’

It’s been an incredible journey with @Football4Impact and all young people involved from London and Switzerland 🇨🇭🇬🇧 . This is just beginning of a great partnership ⚽️. Can not wait for Phase 3 with talented grassroots female football players 👍🏽. #WeBelieve #Unity

Totally blown away by Mecky McNeil’s Mental Health Workshop delivered to young people, as part of the successful @Football4Impact educational programme and football project hosted at International School of Geneva 🇨🇭.Mecky’s delivery was truly inspirational. #WeBelieve

An amazing recap of our first day in Geneva. A special thank you to Paul McKenzie for capturing the essence of what Football4Impact is all about. It was great to come together and unite everyone through the love of football 🙌🏽 #videography #film #documentary #football

@KickOffAt3 @Football4Impact @TheGunnersPub @EcolintGeneva @catrina_lewis12 @kimberleyVERU @shazsadiq @ChazzzaCr @MetBPA @LBliss8 @andygeorgeni @Marriott This is what great collaboration looks like. We are very proud to be part of this.

The high energy was followed through into the evening, with some of the boys experiencing cheese fondue for the first time! Not to mention a mini photo shoot with an amazing view 🙌🏽…definitely some models in the making!

Day 3- Yesterday we took part in an 11-aside tournament at @uefa_official followed by a tournament at La Chataigneraie in the afternoon. It was a great day filled with lots of laughter, and the ultimate winners were team Switzerland with a 2-1 win against the London boys ⚽️ 🥇

Humbled to be here in Geneva 🇨🇭 in partnership with @Football4Impact @WickersThe & BSIXCollege. An amazing project! Proud to be involved along with all the young people. #WeBelieve

Day 2- Today the boys took part in some ⚽️ training with coaches from Ecolint followed by a mental health first aid course lead by Mecky McNeil. This insightful course sparked a discussion within the room. We then ended the day with some pizza and bowling 🍕 🎳

Day 1- For the second half of the day we were invited to attend the @UEFA Youth League Semi Finals at The Stade de Genève. What an amazing experience, Hajduk Split vs AC Milan 3-1. The boys loved it 🙌🏽⚽️ #Football #footballstadium #uefachampionsleague #footballmatch

Home for the next few days. Thank you for the sponsorship @marriotthotels, when an organisation believes in your dream and offers to help with accommodation, that’s when you know your vision makes total sense. The boys are so excited to stay in such beautiful rooms!

Amazing memories from 2022 as we pay our tribute and respects once again @sldayfdn as we mark Stephen Lawrence’s 30th Anniversary 🙏🏾🧡. A humble thank you to young Sammy 777 for writing this song Doreen’s Heart 🧡, especially for Stephen Lawrence Day.#BecauseOfStephen

And we’re off! Day 1-let’s go!! ⚽️✈️

Looking good! We’re excited to have you onboard with us this week 🙌🏽😊

The countdown is on, with only 4 days to go until we head to Geneva we wanted to share some highlights from phase 1

Our initiative aims to establish a bond between various socio-economic backgrounds aswell as enhancing leadership qualities. Stay tuned as we bring you the latest news for the weeks ahead ✨

We would like to say a big thank you to all of our supporters that made this project happen. Forum Finance, Rio Ferdinand Foundation, Paul canoville, Kickoff@3, Wickers charity, Shannon punter, Radman and his team, Paul mckenzie and Shirley Jackson @ youth unity. 🙌