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:

2017 Winner Third Sector Excellence Awards – Best Annual Report

2016 Winner - Removing Barriers- SURF Scotland

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, Chief Executive

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, Managing Director

Nominated for Women of the Future Awards - read more

Scholarship at CASS Business School

Lesley Caron, Shortlisted for Financial Director of the Year

Business Finance Awards 2016, Public and Voluntary Sector Shortlist

Latest

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.
Treks & Challenges - Sign up today

TAKE ON THE CHALLENGE OF A LIFETIME AND RAISE VITAL FUNDS FOR STREET LEAGUE We have a selection of incredible adventures for you to take part in. Explore a new part of the world and push yourself out of your comfort zone.
Taskeen finds her voice through Street League

Taskeen first came to Street League in July 2018 and was struggling with anxiety, depression and anger. She would struggle to take part in sessions and communicate with others in the class. Even just being in a session made Taskeen feel anxious. Taskeen was also unsure of what she wanted to do with her future. She started taking part in dance sessions but slowly started to show interest in football.
Vitality Big Half 2019 - Sign up today

This is a fantastic half marathon route, created by the organisers of The London Marathon, taking you 13.1 miles through the closed roads of London. Starting at Tower Bridge, the route goes through Canary Wharf and Southwark before a big finish at the Cutty Sark in Greenwich.

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.