Homeless World Cup Foundation - 100 women from 8 nations at the Homeless World Cup

Address

Homeless World Cup Foundation Logo

Homeless World Cup Foundation
Easter Road Stadium 63 Albion Road
Edinburgh, . EH7 5QY
United Kingdom
+44 (0)131 652 8190
http://www.homelessworldcup.org

Mission

The Homeless World Cup uses football to energise people who are homeless to change their own lives. We achieve this with an annual, international football tournament and local grass roots football programmes working with people who are homeless all year round. We aim to be the most reputable organisation in the world using sports for social inclusion, involving one million players in 75 nations by 2012.

Programs

Homeless World Cup: An annual international football tournament uniting national teams of players who are homeless to represent their country and change their lives forever Local Grass Roots Football Programmes: Run in over 60 nations these include street soccer leagues, regional and national soccer championships and trials.

Personnel Overview

Mel Young - President
Mel is one of the world''s leading social entrepreneurs. He founded the Homeless World Cup in 2001; The Big Issue Scotland in 1993 and International Network of Street Papers in 1995.

Kat Byles - Communications and Media Director
Kat has over 12 years experience in PR, with a passion and strength for pioneering positive social innovation into the mainstream. She is the founder of Authentic PR established in 2000 to raise awareness of business with a positive social and environmental purpose.

Personnel Statistics

Katherine Byles, Communications & Media Director
Founded in 2005
Employees: 10
Volunteers: 250

Financial Statistics

Budget (2008): 700,000
Budget (2007): 200,000
Maximum Budget: 140,000
Other funding sources: Vodafone Group Foundation, Moffat Trust, Private Donations
Religious Affiliation: none