CHARITIES POLICY

The Club receives charity requests daily from many organizations and individuals.

Such is the demand for signed material and support for charitable causes it is, regrettably, impossible to fulfill every request. The Club has a central policy so as to provide clarity and ensure fairness.
 
The Club has two nominated charities, SOS Children’s Villages and Kidsout – these receive year-round support. We also continue to support charities with which we have a long-term relationship and those causes based in close proximity to the stadium and the training ground receive priority. Additionally, the Club resources the community work carried out by the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation.
 
Please note that in order for your charitable request to be considered, we must receive it at least two weeks prior to your event.
 
Details of our chosen charities can been seen on our website. Should you wish to make a donation, please contact charities@tottenhamhotspur.com

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR FOUNDATION
 
In early 2007, the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation – an independent charity to oversee the Club’s work in the community – was launched.
 
The excellent work of our community scheme over the past eight years resulted in the achievement of charitable status, and the Foundation’s aim of delivering 500,000 sporting opportunities to children and young people in and around north London underlined the extend of the department’s ambition.
 
Launched with significant funding from the Club itself and with the high-profile backing of the then Prime Minister Tony Blair MP, the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation has already established itself as one of the most ambitious football community projects in the country.
 
For more information on Tottenham Hotspur Foundation, please visit www.tottenhamhotspur.com/foundation/foundation_aboutus.html

SOS CHILDREN’S VILLAGES
 
The Club’s long-term international charity commitment is a partnership with SOS Children’s Villages International, the world's largest orphan and abandoned children charity. SOS’ main role is to help children whose parents are not there for them.
 
In early 2007, the Club announced a novel four-year partnership with the charity. Using monies received from players’ fines, the Club funded the construction of a house in Rustenberg South Africa. The Club will continue to fund the house as well as supporting SOS’ community development projects around the world.
 
The Rustenburg project represents a new approach in creating an ideal environment in which orphaned and abandoned children can be cared for.
 
Using the philosophy, Solid, Modest and Integrated, the children are housed in a regular community, with an appointed mother, a home in a regular street, and attend local schools.
 
The huge benefit of this approach is that the children are not separately identified as orphans and do not require re-integration when they are old enough to leave the care of SOS. They enjoy a normal childhood in a loving, supportive environment made possible by this extraordinary organisation with which your Club is proud to be associated.
 
For more information on SOS Children’s Villages, visit www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk

NATIONAL CHARITY – KIDSOUT
 
Kidsout believe that fun and happiness is an essential part of childhood. For most children this is something they experience every day of their lives, for others it’s a very different story. Kidsout and Spurs joined forces at the beginning of the 2006/07 season.
 
Last year, Kidsout helped to bring fun, laughter, and life-enriching experiences to thousands of disadvantaged and special needs children across the UK. Many of the children they help have physical, health, social or learning difficulties, while others face less obvious challenges — such as coming from turbulent or financially deprived backgrounds.
 
Whatever their circumstances, the children Kidsout support need fun and happiness in their lives. In 2006 they helped over 55,000 children and young people in the UK. In 2007 they want to increase this number to over 70,000.
 
For more information, visit www.kidsout.org.uk 

LET’S KICK RACISM OUT OF FOOTBALL

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club does not tolerate discrimination in any form at the Club, on the pitch or in the stands. As such, we take part in a number of anti-racism initiatives each season. Together with the rest of the football community, we proudly participate in a week of action in partnership with Kick Racism out of Football, aimed at eliminating racism from the game permanently. This is particularly important to the Club as the Tottenham area is one of the most ethnically diverse in Europe.
 
The Let’s Kick Racism Out of Football campaign was started by the Commission for Racial Equality and the Professional Footballers’ Association in 1993. It is supported by all the game’s governing bodies, supporters’ organisations and local authorities, and works to challenge racism at all levels of the game. The initiative is also part of the wider Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) network. The aim of the campaign is to challenge and eradicate racism from all areas and at all levels of the game.
 
For more information, visit www.kickitout.org  

SHOW RACISM THE RED CARD
 
Show Racism the Red Card, part of the FARE (Football Against Racism in Europe) network, is an anti-racist charity established in January 1996 with the aim of using Professional footballers as anti-racist role models.
 
Although racism is on the decline in professional football, it is unfortunately on the increase in British and European society. The aim of the campaign is to combat racism through anti-racist education, and professional footballers are showing the way in terms of making a stand and fighting racism.
 
The campaign has been able to involve hundreds of top footballers and managers, and has harnessed the high profile of these role models to combat racism.
 
For more information, visit www.srtrc.org