DADs international year...
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January
Media focus with DADs featuring on Radio Humberside, Radio Viking and KCFM to discuss drugs crisis and young people.
Support given to partners in Nairobi, Capital Area Soccer League, whom are in the middle of violent scenes following the Kenyan Presidential Elections.
February
New Football & Freedom website launches, the indepenedent social enterprise in part has been set up to support DADs and other good footballing causes.
March
DADs VIP invite to run Sports Relief Mile in Hull with beneficiaries and volunteers.
Through the membership of the Berlin based streetfootballworld network, DADs invited to travel to Bosnia & Herzegovina for Foca 08. The team of beneficiaries that will travel will be selected from the NRF outreach programme.
April
West Area Committee and the British Red Cross commission DADs for Summer Outreach programme.
Team England Footballers Charity with messages sent from England Players select DADs to deliver outreach in 2008/09, one of only eleven organisations to be selected.
Running with DADs club started by new Trustee.
Team selected for Foca 08 and fundraising campaign for additional funding started, ultimately raising £3,500, big donation from Hull City Council.
Unique Hairstylists work with Football & Freedom to create Eleven characters for education programme.
May
DADs invited to attend a Sports & Development Symposium in Bern, Switzerland in conjuction with UEFA Football Championships.
Eight beneficiaries in the DADs team travels to Bosnia & Herzegovina to participate in a 24 European Country Fair Play football tournament, two DADs workers network with all other organisations to create a European streetfootballworld network.
DADs celebrate Hull City promotion to the Premiership at the top of a mountain Pass on a bus with teams from Turkey, Germany, Poland and Ireland, all join in the celebrations.
Bus breaks down on route to airport, additional night spent in Sarajevo, that turned out to be a humbling experience, 10 years after the Yugoslav Wars.
DADs in the national Sun newspaper.
June
DADs team versus Wigga XI at Fair Play Football (no referees), ex Lincoln City player states that it is the best game of football he had played in - DADs adopts the Fair Play methods and networks with new partners KicK Fair and Street Football for Tolerance in Germany who created the concept.
Steve Pritchard former DADs beneficiary celebrates success of Ugandan Project that has created employment and engages 000's of local people. Celtic Football Club send kit for his team.
DADs Rob Broomfield presents talk in Bern, Switzerland alongside notable speakers and also the inspiration behind the film "Bend it like Beckham".
DADs invited by streetfootballworld network to find a school from England, Ireland and Scotland for 54 nations EUROSCHOOLS events in Switzerland and Lichtenstein as part of the European Football Championships. Endeavour High School in Hull selected.
July
DADs beneficiaries meet the Lord Mayor of Hull at a Guildhall reception.
Summer football outreach kicks forward with sessions daily.
DADs feature in the international press in numerous journals, including FIFA magazine, Serbian, German and many other foreign publications following Foca 08.
August
DADs beneficaries feature in a film for England footballers.
Football & Freedom celebrate first sales of the elevenforfreedom clothing range.
Football outreach sessions daily throughout summer period in Parks and Greenfield sites - over 300 attend all sessions.
September
Endeavour High Schools travels to Switzeraland and Lichtenstein for EUROSCHOOLS 2008.
October
DADs team of beneficiaries travel to Liverpool for the inaugural Liverpool Cup with UK streetfootballworld partners. A dynamic fair play football tournament and networking event was deemed a huge success for all, and was enhanced with the appearence of former England footballers.
DADs starts plans with partners for a UK networking event in 2009.
November
DADs calculates that it has delivered over £1m of football, skills and education programmes since the launch in 2001.
DADs Kenyan partners strengthen links with Football & Freedom for the Mrembo 200 Project, targeting 200 women and girls in both Nairobi and Hull.
Inspiring Haute Couture dress design on target for launch of 2009 clothing range for Football & Freedom, first viewing at a Salsa Night in February 2009 - many tickets already sold.
December
Reflection on 2008 International Year and continuing football outreach success locally, with new targets and plans for 2009 and beyond.
A Big Thanks You for all the genuine support particularly the investment in our beneficiaries and for the parents who genuinely care and particularly our partners who are right behind what we do.
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