This campaign is closed

Kickstart Change: Canada's Homeless World Cup team

Help send Street Soccer Canada's team to Amsterdam in 2015!

You may also be interested in

Closed
Closed
Closed
Closed
Closed

Kickstart Change: Canada's Homeless World Cup team

Kickstart Change: Canada's Homeless World Cup team

Kickstart Change: Canada's Homeless World Cup team

Kickstart Change: Canada's Homeless World Cup team

Kickstart Change: Canada's Homeless World Cup team

Help send Street Soccer Canada's team to Amsterdam in 2015!

Help send Street Soccer Canada's team to Amsterdam in 2015!

Help send Street Soccer Canada's team to Amsterdam in 2015!

Help send Street Soccer Canada's team to Amsterdam in 2015!

Paul Gregory
Paul Gregory
Paul Gregory
Paul Gregory
1 Campaign |
Toronto, Canada
$4,815 USD $4,815 USD 59 backers
46% of $10,367 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
Choose your Perk

A cheer!

Currency Conversion $7 USD
$10 CAD
0 claimed

Your name on the Wall of Fame

Currency Conversion $14 USD
$20 CAD
0 claimed

Homeless World Cup All-Stars

Currency Conversion $21 USD
$30 CAD
0 out of 25 of claimed

All-Star cards + HWC portrait

Currency Conversion $28 USD
$40 CAD
0 out of 10 of claimed

Street Soccer Canada t-shirt

Currency Conversion $35 USD
$50 CAD
5 claimed

T-shirt, cards + HWC portrait

Currency Conversion $52 USD
$75 CAD
1 out of 10 of claimed

All items below + a poster!

Currency Conversion $104 USD
$150 CAD
1 out of 10 of claimed

Signed Team England jersey

Currency Conversion $173 USD
$250 CAD
0 out of 1 of claimed

2 jerseys & 2 TFC tix

Currency Conversion $691 USD
$1,000 CAD
0 out of 1 of claimed

Host a street soccer game

Currency Conversion $1,382 USD
$2,000 CAD
0 out of 1 of claimed

Host a street soccer tourney

Currency Conversion $3,456 USD
$5,000 CAD
0 out of 1 of claimed

Trip to HWC in Amsterdam

Currency Conversion $10,367 USD
$15,000 CAD
0 out of 1 of claimed
sold out

Signed Team Canada jersey

Currency Conversion $173 USD
$250 CAD
1 out of 1 of claimed
* This campaign has expired (thanks to all who donated!), but you can still help Kickstart Change for those who are homeless:

Donate to Street Soccer Canada here: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/street...

The Road to Amsterdam in 2015

On September 12th, the Homeless World Cup will kick off in Amsterdam. Bringing together participants from 70 countries, the annual event puts a spotlight on global issues of poverty and homelessness.

Street Soccer Canada, a non-profit that runs a network of over 20 soccer programs at shelters in a dozen cities across the country, has sent a team to the tournament each year since 2004.

For the sheltered and homeless individuals who play, it’s a chance to be part of a team. And sometimes that small step is all it takes to get the ball rolling.


Help us field a team

Each year, Street Soccer Canada must raise the funds needed to take our team to the Homeless World Cup. The $15,000 we hope to raise through this campaign will cover the cost of flights and local travel for our team and support squad to take part in Amsterdam in 2015. Once there, the Homeless World Cup covers our accommodation. If we raise more than the $15,000, those funds will be used to continue to run our year-round programming. As well as the soccer games, affiliates of Street Soccer Canada across the country offer indoor recreation activities, peer mentorship, and a social enterprise laundry service that gives participants work experience while providing clean linen to shelters.

So pin up your Homeless World Cup poster ($150 contribution) with pride, knowing you’ve brought the positive influences of physical exercise and community to those who need it most. Or, check out the rest of the items you’ll receive in exchange for your donation—they are tokens of our appreciation and ways to mark your honorary membership to the support squad for Street Soccer Canada and Canada’s Homeless World Cup team.

The impact off the field

Over the last decade, Street Soccer Canada has given hundreds of marginalized individuals living in shelters or on the street a chance to move past life’s most difficult circumstances to make a play for new goals. Since a Homeless World Cup spot is earned through commitment to the Street Soccer Canada community, the possibility of making the team represents extra motivation to stay involved.

Follow-up research conducted by the Homeless World Cup has found that 80% of those who come to the tournament end up finding housing, landing jobs, and leading more healthy lifestyles.

One of those is:

Ed Kiwanuka-Quinlan

After a personal loss, Ed fell into a deep depression that was exacerbated by war traumas suffered as a young teen in Uganda. Unemployed and suicidal, he eventually landed at a shelter where he began playing with Street Soccer Canada. In 2012, he was part of Canada’s Homeless World Cup team in Mexico. Revitalized by his involvement, he now manages Street Soccer Canada’s social enterprise laundry service, and is invaluable as a leader and peer mentor.

“Now I have a purpose,” says Ed. “When I wake up in the morning, I am happy that I am going to contribute. Not just to my own life, but to somebody else’s life.”

Ongoing contributions

* This campaign has expired (thanks to all who donated!), but you can still help Kickstart Change for those who are homeless at this link: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/street-soccer-canada/

And while we can use your financial support, you can also help Street Soccer Canada field this year’s Homeless World Cup team by spreading the word. Visit our social media to share the stories and pictures that help put a face to the usually anonymous issue of homelessness. 


The Perks!

Homeless World Cup All-Star playing cards

The full set. Each with portrait on front and story on back of how Street Soccer Canada kickstarted change in their lives.


Street Soccer Canada t-shirt

Wear your Street Soccer Canada t-shirt with pride, knowing you’ve brought the positive influences of physical exercise and community to those who need it most.


Homeless World Cup portraits /  Homeless World Cup poster

We followed the 2014 team to Chile and captured portraits of our Canadian players and those from 40 of the countries that participated. Each 5 x 7 portraits are signed by photographer Jim Ryce.

Meanwhile, the 25" x 20" poster features all of the portraits together, along with Street Soccer Canada's logo.


Signed jerseys 

We have one Women's Team Canada jersey signed by #5 Robyn Gayle. And also, one signed by the entire Women's England team!


Host a Street Soccer game or a tournament

Street soccer, played on a smaller pitch (15m x 10m), is fun to watch but even more fun to play. Street Soccer Canada will set up our pitch for you and referee!


Trip to the 2015 Homeless World Cup in Amsterdam
You'll get to see Street Soccer (see above photo), and also this:


To learn more about Street Soccer Canada, watch "Kickstart," a documentary that followed Street Soccer Canada's Homeless World Cup team to Santiago, Chile in 2014:


Looking for more information? Check the project FAQ
Need more information
Let us know if you think this campaign contains prohibited content.
Tags for this project

You may also be interested in

Up Caret