Europe
Grassroot Soccer has partnered with numerous European organizations who help support the work of GRS in the field.
GRS Wins British Airways Business Opportunity Grant
Grassroot Soccer was recently selected by British Airways to receive one of 100 Business Opportunities Grants. The following is an excerpt from British Airways about the grant:
For its Business Opportunity Grant program, British Airways hand selected the winning companies primarily based on how a year’s worth of business travel and face to face meetings, along [...]
Tommy Clark featured in the Scottish Daily Record
Seeing teammates die of AIDS convinced me to do something to stop spread of HIV, says goalie Tommy Clark
Nov 16 2009 By Brian McIver
WITH 30,000 chanting Africans cheering him on,Tommy Clark stepped off the bench and took to the field at the Babourfields Stadium in Buloweyo, Zimbabwe.
The young Scots-born footballer, son of legendary Aberdeen goalie [...]
Football Partnerships Network Names Grassroot Soccer As Official Responsibility Partner
Grassroot Soccer has formed a partnership with Football Partnerships Network (FPN), a leading business-to-business network for the soccer industry. Recently named the Official Responsibility Partner of FPN, Grassroot Soccer will benefit from the diverse networking opportunities provided by FPN’s web-community and events, with the goal of improving existing GRS programs and discovering new partnerships.
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The English Premier League forms partnership with Grassroot Soccer
The English Premier League has supported the crucial expansion of the combined initiative of Grassroot Soccer and the Baylor Children’s Foundation in Malawi to improve the identification of HIV-infected children and to ensure that they receive appropriate follow-up care, education, treatment and support.
The GRS-Baylor partnership engages local communities in activities designed to raise awareness, promote [...]
Barclays, GRS Join Forces in Zambia
Barclays Supports GRS Zambia to Deliver its Biggest Programme to Date.
Grassroot Soccer and Barclays have embarked on a new three-year partnership to fight HIV and AIDS in Zambia.
Barclays, through their Spaces for Sports programme, has long been active in the use of sports as a means to bettering lives. In Zambia, Barclays’s dedication has taken [...]