Posts Tagged ‘katie owen’
Katie Owen on Radio New Zealand
On Monday the 31st of January the wonderful Katie Owen was interviewed by Kathryn Ryan on the Nine to Noon show. Katie talked about the history and work of Street Football Aotearoa since its formation in early 2008 as well as our plans for the future. To listen to the interview in full click here or on [...]
Football Volunteer Streets Ahead
Great news that Katie Owen, a Trustee of the Street Football Aotearoa, has been awarded this month’s Wellington Community Champions Award. The award is part of an initative by local MPs and The Wellingtonian newspaper and Katie was presented with her award by the MP for Central Wellington Grant Robertson. Read Rebecca Thompson’s article by [...]
New Zealand Homeless World Cup Team on the Road to Rio
Street Football Aotearoa is delighted to announce that a team will represent Aotearoa/New Zealand at the Homeless World Cup in Rio de Janeiro in September. It is not known how many people are homeless in Aotearoa/New Zealand, but Street Football Aotearoa does know that its football projects help many homeless and marginalised people to participate [...]
World Cup heroes help get homeless team on its way
Awesome news. New Zealand Football has been instrumental in helping Street Football Aotearoa raise funds to take a Kiwi team to this year’s Homeless World Cup. Amanda Fisher writes in the Dominion Post about the help we’ve received as All White Andy Barron meets Fabian and the rest of the Wellington players. Click on the [...]
Volunteers raising funds for homeless footballers
June 23 Press Release – Downtown Community Ministry This week, not only are we celebrating the All Whites’ achievements at the football World Cup, but it is also Volunteer Awareness Week. New Zealand has a lesser-known football team fundraising to go to a different World Cup and this team is supported entirely by volunteers. The [...]
Highly Commended Volunteer of the Year
Street Football Aotearoa Chairperson, Katie Owen, was awarded 2010 Highly Commended Volunteer of the Year in early June. No, Katie doesn’t look like this! That’s Steve McLuckie accepting the award on her behalf, (on the left). To learn more about the Intrepid Travel Volunteer of the Year Awards read this story over at Good Magazine.
