Sexual Health through Football Coaching
The International AIDS Society (IAS) convenes, educates, and advocates for a world in which HIV no longer presents a threat to public health and individual well-being. As part of its convening efforts, the IAS hosts the world’s most prestigious HIV conferences: The International AIDS Conference, the IAS Conference on HIV Science, and the HIV Research […]
What happens when the passion and power behind music meets the power and popularity of football?! Well, you get a very excited TackleAfrica thrilled to announce new funding from the Mercury Phoenix Trust (MPT)! The MPT was founded in 1992 by Brian May, Roger Taylor, and their manager Jim Beach in memory of rock band […]
We are delighted to announce the third edition of the Lancashire Corporate Tournament! We are looking for teams to play in our charity corporate tournament in Lancashire on 15th September 2022, sponsored by Digitap. When: Thursday 15th September 2022 from 18:00 – 21:00 Where: 3G pitches, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ What: Football, fundraising, food […]
At TackleAfrica, young people are at the heart of everything we do. So, providing safe (and fun!) environments where they can learn and engage in conversations about sexual and reproductive health is a huge priority. The success of these efforts is heavily reliant upon the social environment we operate in; our programmes do not exist […]
The lessons taught on the pitch during TackleAfrica programmes are designed to stay with players even after the last ball has been kicked. Leon Sam, a former TackleAfrica coach and Project Officer in Kenya, has seen his journey take him from TackleAfrica coaching to the national football setup, and the lessons he learnt as a […]
TackleAfrica is full of brilliant staff members with wonderful stories to tell and they all deserve to be celebrated for their invaluable work providing sexual and reproductive health education to the communities and individuals who need it most. None of our staff do their jobs to be the focus of attention, and while this helps […]
The commitment to gender equality is a fundamental principle here at TackleAfrica. We see the power that simultaneously engaging adolescent boys and girls can bring across our programmes around education and conversations about sexual and reproductive health. This is why we are immensely proud to be able to say that half of the young people […]
It has been 10 years in the making. It has been over five thousand volunteer hours. It has been blood, sweat and tears. But mainly, it has been incredibly fun and engaging. We are delighted to announce that Salesforce has now raised £100,000 for TackleAfrica programmes over through their World AIDS Day Charity Corporate Tournaments, […]
With the COP26 Climate Change Conference currently underway in Glasgow, now is the perfect time to reflect on the environmental impact of our organisation and to celebrate the great changes we have already implemented, doing our part to ensure that the future of our planet is guaranteed by environmentally sustainable and equitable practices of benefit […]
Even after a brilliantly successful summer of events there is no time to rest, as the end of the year promises to deliver just as much in the way of fun as fundraising! With the 33rd World AIDS Day fast approaching on December 1st we have put together an exciting series of events to add […]
