Posts Tagged ‘street football aotearoa’
The Crowd Goes Wild Report
Hayley Holt from the Crowd Goes Wild came and interviewed some of the guys at the OFC training camp in the build up to the trip to Rio. Hayley was very popular with players… in fact they were queuing up to speak to her. The report was on the show Thursday evening, click on the [...]
Wellington Volunteer Success
Congratulations to the wonderful and hard working volunteers of Street Football Aotearoa in Wellington who picked up the Sport & Leisure award at the Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards on Tuesday evening. The awards are sponsored by Wellington International Airport in partnership with The Community Trust of Wellington. The award was given in recognition of [...]
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 [...]
Street Football on Breakfast
Check out coverage of our Road to Rio (2010 Rio Homeless World Cup) on TV1′s Breakfast show with Paul Henry. Paul Henry’s bafflement as to why people are homeless in New Zealand is one of the key reasons for Street Football Aotearoa’s existence – to raise awareness and understanding of this issue. Until we have [...]
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 [...]
Street Football and Spanky
Listen to Steve’s chat with Spanky about Street Football Aotearoa and our ‘Road to Rio’ on Chistchurch’s RDU by clicking on the image below:
Homeless find hope in global game
Charlie Gates of The Press newspaper in Christchurch talks about New Zealand’s second shot at international football glory this year. Christchurch training is run in partnership with Christchurch City Mission. To read the story, click on the link here. To donate to the trust and help get the team to the Homeless World Cup, click [...]
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.
Wellington is Streets ahead in Soccer
Kimberley Crayton-Brown of Newswire writes about the Street Soccer National Championships held in Wellington in November 2009. The tournament was held on the same day as the All Whites’ heroic victory over Bahrain that secured qualification for the 2010 World Cup. The Street Soccer competition, held earlier in the day on Queens Wharf and part [...]
