Soccer and Faith Communities

• For soccer organizations looking to access critical resources such as pitches, facilities and transport. 
• When trying to expand your pool of volunteer coaches and administrators and mentors. 
• For faith organizations looking to support their local community.
• As a platform to increase cross-community understanding and collaboration. 

This 4-minute watch opens up a whole new way of working for community-based soccer organizations who might not have considered working with the faith community before. It’s inspiring and practical. And it’s a relatively underutilized approach that can help remove the financial barriers that we know prevent many from playing the beautiful game. 

• Sport at the Service of Humanity works with all faith communities.
• Do you have relationships with different faith communities in your area, and if not, can you reach them through the families of your players? 
• What are the resources that you currently pay for that feed directly into the costs that you charge to players?
• Faith communities are very diverse and you may not know what assets they can offer you. Go into conversations with faith communities with an open mind about what they might be able to provide. 

Sport for Humanity is an international movement and alliance of organizations dedicated to using sport as a driver of social change. By promoting values such as compassion, respect, love, balance, and joy, Sport for Humanity mobilizes athletes, teams, federations, and community organizations to create a more inclusive and humane world through sport. To learn more visit Sportforhumanity.com.