Awards and recognition

As our success stories highlight, Street League’s unique sports for employment programme has a proven track record and is making a real impact across the UK.

As our delivery increases and our reputation grows, we have received recognition for our work in tackling youth unemployment.

Some of the awards we’ve won or been shortlisted for are listed below:

2016 Winner Social Impact Award – Social Enterprise UK

2015 Winner Best Youth Employment Initiative – Football for Good Awards

2012 Winner of the P&G UK Impact Award in association with the Daily Telegraph

2010 Winner of Best Social Enterprise – Lambeth Business Awards

Other awards we have been shortlisted for:

2016 Shortlisted for the Scottish Social Enterprise of the Year

2016 Shortlisted for the Social Enterprise UK Awards for:

Social Impact Award
Education, Training and Jobs Award

2015 Shortlisted for the Barclays Sport For Employability And Enterprise Award

We're also very proud to have a talented and passionate team at Street League who have been nominated or won awards in their own right.

Matt Stevenson-Dodd

Nottingham University Business School MBA

2016 and 2015 Social CEOs - Top Charity Chief Executives On Social Media

The Guardian - Top 5 People To Follow On Twitter

Lindsey MacDonald, Scholarship at CASS Business School

Lesley Caron, Shortlisted for Financial Director of the Year

Business Finance Awards 2016, Public and Voluntary Sector Shortlist

Sara McCraight, Top 30 Accelerating Entrepreneurs

Ernst & Young Global Entrepreneur Awards 2015

Marketing Academy Scholarship 2015-16

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Moses had been out of work and education for almost a year and a half. He had heard about Street League through the Getmyfirstjob website and had been contacted by Jack, the North London Youth and Community coach, in October 2016. He did not respond well to our first phone call as he was keen to go straight into a construction course or apprenticeship. He then went to the job centre to apply for a construction course but was frustrated at the lack of progress.
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Street League CEO elected to Guardian Public Leaders Advisory Board 2017

We are delighted to announce that Matt Stevenson-Dodd, CEO of Street League, has been elected to the Editorial Advisory Board for the Guardian Public Leaders Network.

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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!).
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