Our Partners

We are so delighted and honoured to have partnered with HCL Foundation for engaging, educating, and empowering girls in rural communities of Nagpur through Shakti girls program. With the theme of gender transformative approach, we are ensuring that girls are provided equal opportunities to play, learn and feel included in the community in all spheres of life. This partnership is vital for us as it has encouraged us to turn our attention to rural communities as well and contributes to the development of rural India. Read more...  

We are thankful to the “Football for hope Movement” for encouraging our community development and thus helping children to get their live changed favourably.

UEFA is funding the "Footsteps of Hope" project to empower participants from orphanages, schools, and communities. This initiative will engage 200 boys and 150 girls, working collaboratively to foster development and inclusion. Trained coaches from Slum Soccer will conduct sessions three times a week, focusing on football and life skills. Additionally, workshops and training sessions will be organised for coaches and fellows to further develop these skills. The project aims to promote social inclusion and create a diverse community across India. Read more...  

We are HWC's only affiliated partner in India. SS is put in charge of selection and training of representatives each year. The team is hosted at our Nagpur facility for about 2 months each year- undergoing extensive preparation for their travel abroad.

The project with the collaboration of Persistent aims to empower underprivileged children in Nagpur, Pune and surrounding urban slum communities by catalysing grassroots football and other sports. Through structured training programs and professional coaching, the project aims to develop teams and individual athletes capable of competing at local, school, district, state, and national levels. By providing access to sports infrastructure, equipment, and opportunities for competitive exposure, the initiative not only aims to enhance sporting skills but also to foster values like teamwork and resilience. It seeks to create platforms for participants to showcase their talents, thereby promoting their visibility and recognition within the sports community. The ultimate goal is to empower these children, offering pathways to personal growth and future opportunities through sports, while addressing the socioeconomic challenges they face. Read more...  

Laureus is a global movement that celebrates the power of sport to bring people together as a force for good. 

The first Patron of Laureus was Nelson Mandela.  At the inaugural Laureus World Sports Awards in 2000, President Mandela said: “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand.  Sport can create hope where once there was only despair.  It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers.” Read more...

Collaborating with the philanthropic “Reliance Foundation” is an honour for Slum Soccer. Based on the mutual interest in increasing education, Reliance Foundation is promoting the Edu-Kick program in Nagpur and Kamptee, which helped 1000 children from 20 different primary schools to increase their mathematic-skills and basic knowledge. With a remarkable growth of the children’s performance after the first 6 month from an average of 3,57/10 marks to an average of over  7/10 marks, which constitutes a growth of almost 100%, displayed Edu-Kick to be a great success. Read more...

We are the only collaboration of Rexona in India. Rexona Breaking Limits Programme 2024 aims to empower disadvantaged youth across multiple Indian cities including Nagpur, Mumbai, Delhi, and others. The organisation annually engages over 18,000 young people aged 12-24, focusing on gender inclusivity and socio-economic diversity.?Slum Soccer plans to train 120 coaches who will conduct football sessions twice weekly for 32 weeks. This initiative aims to reach 12,000 participants from underrepresented communities, emphasizing inclusion and promoting physical activity and confidence among youth. The programme includes national events to showcase participants' achievements.?This initiative underscores Slum Soccer's dedication to empowering youth through sport, fostering leadership, and enhancing social inclusion across diverse communities in India. Read more...  

Slum soccer in collaboration with M3M Foundation the main objective of this collaboration is to work for the betterment of under privileged children by using football as a tool. Also this collaboration is desirous to nurture young talents in sports, especially amongst the marginalised sections of the society. Encourage the deaf you to complete graduation and undergo vocational courses. Inculcate basic life skills in deaf youth which will help them adapt.  Read more...  

Teach For India's growth model and we believe that One day all children will attain an excellent education. Our agenda is to reach the last child in the country by supporting Entrepreneurs in rural, remote and tribal geographies to cater to children from the most marginalised and vulnerable communities. ?Towards this, we incubate Educational Entrepreneurs to launch and sustain a high-impact Teaching Fellowship in their region.?With slum soccer, we are aspiring to build leadership and make education equitable, inclusive and accessible for children who are differently abled by using sports as a medium. Our idea is to develop people in regions through various support structures like personalised mentorship, learning circles, site visits, webinars, peer learning and access to experts for various functions to create a high impact Teaching Fellowship Model.  Read more...  

Slum Soccer are proud partners of the pledge-based charitable movement “Common Goal”. Uniting trough football is their goal, wherefore they are supporting the MHM program.

Crowdera is the world’s #1 leader in truly free crowdfunding and online fundraising . We empower fundraisers to rally support for their causes, emergencies and dreams, be it a personal or medical emergency, or film or music dreams, or any of the charitable causes

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Each year CAC visits our centres to help upskill new and existing coaches and our management staff.

Comic Relief is one of our partners and funders supporting us with various programs like DeafKidz Goal & other programs in different cities. Comic Relief is a major charity based in the UK, with a vision of a just world, free from poverty. Its mission is to drive positive change through the power of entertainment. Comic Relief works as grant-maker, fundraiser, partner, advocate and creative agency. From this uniquely versatile position, Comic Relief evokes a sense of responsibility and compassion towards people in the UK and around the world.

Sony Pictures Networks India has been supporting Slum Soccer for the past 2 years with the theme of Ek India Happywala. With their support we are emphasising on empowering and improving the quality of education especially from underprivileged and marginalised sections as well as providing a platform for these youngsters to showcase their talent through programs such as EduKick, GameChangers and Inclusion Cup.  Read more...

DeafKidz International is the UK’s leading organisation working to respond to the protection, health and wellbeing needs of Deaf, hard of hearing, deafened and DeafBlind (D/Deaf) children and young people in low resource and complex humanitarian settings. We work to ensure that D/deaf children and young people are able to live safely and without fear of stigma, discrimination and abuse in the communication mode of choice; sign language, sign supported spoken language, community ethnic sign, aural method and DeafBlind manual.

Accounting for International Development (AfID) supports a broad range of non-profit organisations globally through the provision of volunteer accountants. Assignments from 2 weeks to 12 months form part of our ongoing commitment to build the financial management capacity of non-profit partners globally. AfID and their volunteers have supported more than 500 non-profit partners in 57 countries. Read more...

The Football Players Association of India (FPAI) is our Official Kit Partner for Homeless World Cup 2017, Oslo. While the Indian teams wear their high quality home and away kits with grins and gusto, we hope that this partnership with FPAI grows and deepens in the future.

Gamesa is one of our corporate social responsibility partners. We benefit across the board with their patronage.