News | Street League

Street League launches search for a new Chair

As we enter a new and exciting decade for the organisation, Street League’s Chairman Mike Parker will be stepping down this summer, after his final term as Chair and trustee. With the opportunity to lead and help shape Street League’s ambitious plans for the decade ahead, applications for the Chair position are now open. Read more

Street League celebrates the launch of new partnership with MUFG through Laureus Sport for Good

MUFG is working with Street League in 2020 and 2021 to support young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in North and East London. Read more

Incredible duo row the Atlantic Ocean to support Street League

Ann and Sara will take on the Talisker Whisky Challenge to raise funds for Street League and support young people across the UK. Read more

Co-leadership model announced at Street League

Street League’s board announce that Lindsey MacDonald and Dougie Stevenson have been appointed as co-leaders of Street League. Read more

Helping UK girls unlock their full potential

In partnership with Standard Chartered, Street League is launching the Goal programme in London and Liverpool. Helping UK girls unlock their full potential through Futuremakers. Read more

Street League takes next steps in its digital data strategy with support from Credit Suisse

Credit Suisse supports Street League to take its data strategy to the next level and improve support for young people. Read more

City leaders team up with Street League

Street League announces the launch of a new corporate advisory group with corporate volunteers from City-based firms working with the charity to increase its profile and raise funds. Read more

Matt Stevenson Dodd steps down as Street League CEO

After more than eight years of leading the charity, Matt Stevenson-Dodd will be stepping down as CEO to pursue new opportunities beyond Street League. During the time that Matt has led the organisation, with support from our funders and partners, Street League has grown significantly to help many thousands of young people change their lives through the power of sport. Read more

Street League receives £500,000 grant funding from London Marathon Charitable Trust

On Wednesday, 27th November 2018, The London Marathon Charitable Trust announced its first Strategic Partnerships Grants totalling £2.6million to six large-scale projects across the UK to get more people active. Street League was one amongst the six, receiving £500,000 grant funding to support young people in the London and Surrey area. Read more

Our programmes

We know that not everyone succeeds at school, but we also know that everyone can succeed outside of it. At Street League, you can play sport everyday, learn key skills and get the qualifications you need to get a job and get paid. It’s not about having mad football skills or dancing like Beyonce, it’s about having the determination to move into work (and having fun at the same time!).

London

Looking for job vacancies, work experience, apprenticeships or training in London? Looking to find a career that suits you? Whether you’re looking for full-time, part-time or temporary work, or gaining a place at college or a new qualification, Street League can help you achieve your goals. In the past twelve months, we’ve helped over 1,700 young people find work and training in retail, hospitality, warehousing, customer service and the sports industry.

Apprenticeships

Are you looking to find an apprenticeship or apply for an apprenticeship? Or are you an employer looking for support with training your newly hired apprentices? At Street League, we are committed to helping unemployed young people move into sustainable careers. The rise of traineeships, apprenticeships and modern apprenticeships has seen us adapt our employability programme to ensure we are supporting young people and employers to make the most of apprenticeships.

Birmingham

Looking for job vacancies, work experience, apprenticeships or training in Birmingham? Looking to find a career that suits you? Whether you’re looking for full-time, part-time or temporary work, or gaining a place at college or a new qualification, Street League can help you achieve your goals. In the past twelve months we’ve helped over 1,700 young people find work and training in retail, hospitality, warehousing, construction, customer service and the sports industry.

Manchester

Looking for job vacancies, work experience, apprenticeships or training in Manchester? Looking to find a career that suits you? Whether you’re looking for full-time, part-time or temporary work, or gaining a place at college or a new qualification, Street League can help you achieve your goals. In the past twelve months, we’ve helped over 1,700 young people find work and training in retail, hospitality, warehousing, construction, customer service and the sports industry.

Get an apprenticeship

At Street League we support unemployed 16-24 year olds to find a sustainable careers, including employment, apprenticeships, traineeships, college and other more specific training programmes. We believe apprenticeships are an excellent way to start your career given that they allow you to earn while you learn, combining on the job training with further study (usually one day per week).

About us

Street League is the UK’s leading sport for employment charity. Our mission is to see an end to youth unemployment in the UK, and our award-winning programmes have supported 5,851 young people into work since 2010.

Impact Dashboard

Welcome to our interactive impact dashboard. We are committed to transparency and have developed this online tool so you can see exactly how we’re doing throughout the year. You can see how many young people we have been able to support, as well as those we haven’t been able to help and why that is. We’ll upload new data every month.

Liverpool

Glasgow

Looking for job vacancies, work experience, apprenticeships or training in Glasgow? Looking to find a career that suits you? Whether you’re looking for full-time, part-time or temporary work, or gaining a place at college or a new qualification, Street League can help you achieve your goals. In the past twelve months, we’ve helped over 1,700 young people find work and training in retail, hospitality, warehousing, construction, customer service and the sports industry.