Football sustainability news & views
Football For Future @ UK Gov DCMS Volunteering Fair
Barney Weston (FFF Co-Director) and Ed Shepherd (FFF Policy Officer) were recently invited to take part in a Volunteering Fair at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Nike Football Community Summit, Paris, September 2022
Last month Football For Future was invited to attend the inaugural summit of Nike FC in Paris.
Football For Future x Generation Amazing
We are partnering with Generation Amazing to deliver our education workshops to young people in Qatar, the week before the FIFA World Cup 2022 begins.
#GAMEOFF trends on Twitter as heavy rainfall cancels matches across the country
So many matches were cancelled this past weekend that #GameOff was trending on Twitter. To give you an idea of the scale, here is just an initial overview of the senior fixtures which were cancelled due to waterlogged pitches:
How can football fans talk to their clubs about tackling climate change?
FFF have partnered with football x climate charity Pledgeball, delivering a workshop that encourages football fans to ask their clubs what they are doing to tackle climate change, and to pledge to reduce their personal carbon emissions.
Delivering our first workshops to Academy players at Chelsea FC
FFF delivered our workshops to the players in Chelsea Academy’s Under-13 to Under-16 age groups. The sessions were the first of their kind delivered to Academy players, as part of a new extension of our Champions programme.
FFF deliver workshops at Bloomsbury Football Summer Camps
A huge thanks to Bloomsbury Football for letting us run some workshops at their summer camps, focusing on the relationship between climate change and football.
Football For Future shortlisted for BBC Green Sport Awards
FFF have been nominated for the Teamwork Award in the inaugural BBC Green Sport Awards. The awards celebrate individuals and organisations from across the globe who are actively contributing to a more environmentally sustainable future through their sporting profile and practices.
Grow2Know and Football For Future hold educational workshops at Nike event
Football For Future delivered their first educational workshops at a Nike Members event, run by London guerrilla gardeners Grow2Know. The event also saw Team FFF line up against Grenfell Athletic FC for the ‘Game for Good’, which finished 3-3.
FFF publish new Climate Champion Handbook for Nike athletes: Lotte Wubben-Moy becomes Climate Champion
Environmental football non-profit, Football For Future, have launched a new handbook for Nike athletes, supporting them to become Climate Champions.
Supporting footballers to raise awareness of climate change: Football For Future and The Dixon Foundation
Football For Future (FFF) are partnering with The Dixon Foundation to support football personalities to become ‘Climate Champions’, as part of the foundation’s ‘Reaching Outside Our Echo Chamber’ challenge.
Do Football Fans Support Players Speaking Out On Climate Change?
We went to the Amex before England’s first Euro 2022 group game to talk to the Three Lions’ faithful about the beautiful game🏴🦁
Mexican waves to heatwaves: How hot is too hot to play football?
With temperatures in the UK soaring to record levels and the Met Office issuing its first ever red warning for extreme heat, what effect will these extreme weather events have on the beautiful game?
Play On: Football's Climate Story
Today we’re proud to release a powerful short film called Play On: Football's Climate Story, with two key stories from Tadcaster Albion AFC and Brighton And Hove Albion FC, showing how climate change is affecting the beautiful game, and what football is doing about it.
Climate Education with Spirit of Football: LIVE
Sunday 10th July - the Football For Future team travelled to Battersea Park in South West London, to attend The Kick Off with Spirit of Football. The location was chosen to honour the spot where the first ever official game of FA Rules football was played in the year 1864.
World Environment Day 2022: Wolves staff participate in new football & environment training
Football For Future were delighted to launch our industry-leading training for club staff in April, delivering our training course at Wolves to educate and empower staff at the club to engage with sustainability in their personal and professional lives.
FFF at the University of Oxford: who is responsible for English football’s sustainable transition?
Football For Future was invited to chair a panel discussion at the University of Oxford on sustainability in English football, bringing together a variety of voices from across the sport to think about leading on sustainability in the sector.
Football For Future partners with Wolves on club’s environmental sustainability journey
The partnership will help fulfil the club’s ambition to become industry leaders in environmental sustainability, and Football For Future’s mission to build a more environmentally sustainable culture in football.
New group asks government to build environmental sustainability into English football
Football For Future is leading a group of organisations including Forest Green Rovers FC, Pledgeball and BASIS.
Rain Stops Play - How Storm Eunice Affected Grassroots Football
Football in the UK was devastated in the past fortnight as three extreme weather events struck in the space of just six days. We look at how grassroots football institutions suffered widespread damage.