In times of austerity funding across the board gets cut. One of the areas hit are local community projects, with sport programmes being a key one for young people. These projects not only help in the physical and mental well being of those participating, but it also helps reduce anti social behaviour, provides a root for self development and brings communities together.
We work in partnership with grass roots sport projects to ensure they have the kit they need to enable them to continue to run initiatives that not only help keep young people off the streets, but also provide them with a root out of their current situation using sport as the ladder.
items of kit given to over 60 nations
items supplied to London community projects
pieces of kit supplied to London 2017 World Para Championships
pieces of kit supplied to 2016 Rio Olympics
sport tops donated
shorts and bottoms delivered
sport shoes donated
sport bras donated
A community project that stands out for Kit Us Out took place in Argentina, where we worked with the fantastic United Through Sport project. Although last minute, our Founder was attending a business conference in Buenos Aires and just before leaving, he decided to look for a project the charity could support locally with kit.
After a quick online search, United Through Sport appeared. The body does amazing work on the ground in Buenos Aires, delivering structured sports projects to disadvantaged communities. And so Alex reached out to the organisation and heard back almost immediately...
With kit packed up shortly thereafter and ready to donate (over 100kgs - huge thanks to British Airways!), Alex set off for Argentina. On the ground there, he spent a day observing the amazing work United Through Sport does first hand. As a result, the donated kit (ranging from rugby balls and footballs to sport tops and running shorts) have been distributed across three amazing community projects.
We’re lucky to be supported by some incredible athletes and organisations. Our Patrons include one of UK’s most celebrated Paralympians, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson and former president of the International Paralympic Committee, Sir Philip Craven.
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