Common Goal

ROOF X COMMON GROUND X KICKFAIR 🤝 Football is a powerful tool for bringing people together and creating shared memories. That's why we are delighted to have been part of the most recent Common Goal event, the Common Ground #24 Festival in Munich. Under the headline ‘Play Lead Create: Democracy Happens Here’, 50 young people from six secondary schools came together and organized a street football tournament for more than 140 students from Munich. ⚽️ It was a pleasure to meet fellow supporters such as KICKFAIR e.V., Stiftung Kick ins Leben as well as our partner Common Goal. Together we were able to experience how communication on and off the football pitch creates unity, how decision-making is supported through active negotiation and how diversity can be beneficial, be it cultural, linguistic or through different perspectives. It was also refreshing to see how children and young people live the values of fair play, teamwork and respect. 💯 ROOF would like to thank Common Goal and Kickfair for their hospitality and organization of the event. We learnt, laughed and witnessed first-hand what people can achieve with motivation, empathy and commitment. 💪 #commongoal #kickfair #bettertogether

"As players, we have a responsibility to draw attention to those problems." Common Goal member Jessie Fleming has been talking to The Athletic's Jessy Parker Humphreys about why she is passionate about environmental action. It was revealed on Tuesday that Jessie will be taking responsibility for her carbon costs built up over the 2023/24 season. We're proud to have Jessie as a part of the movement 👏 Read the full interview on The Athletic 👇 https://bit.ly/3y76Bmt

🎥 We're proud to announce the launch of the 'Every Child Is A Champion' project in collaboration with The LEGO Foundation and AMANDLA Social Enterprises. Together, we've teamed up to produce an initiative that provides an environment for young people to develop within a safe space with the opportunity to play football. Allowing young people the opportunity and freedom to play is vital to their early stages development. The pilot phase is underway at multiple Safe-Hub Global sites across South Africa and will provide safe environments for children to play, learn, and ultimately thrive. #EveryChildIsAChampion

👏 Canada captain and Common Goal member Jessie Fleming is taking environmental responsbility for the costs of her carbon emissions. The Portland Thorns star has teamed up with Football For Future and pledged to compensate for her travel across the entire 2023/24 season by directly supporting Zero Foodprint, a community regenarative farming initiative. Find out more 📲 https://bit.ly/3WzlBTC

Speaking at the Football for Sustainability Summit last week, Rio Ferdinand offered his insight into how the football industry can come together to impact the world around them for good: "Footballers want to help, they know they have the power and platform to do so. "But we've always approached these things as individuals in the past, and it's the complete opposite way to what you should do. "You need to be collaborative, I think that is becoming more apparent to players in understanding that. "Unless we all align, you cannot make impact, you cannot make a real cut-through to the heart of what these issues are." 📸 act.3 #fss2024 #footballforsustainability

The power of football in full flow ❤️ Last week, Common Goal brought together hundreds of people working to use the sport to make a positive and sustainable impact on the world around them. From community organisations that have been collaborating with Common Goal for years to new friends looking to help create transformative impact, we were truly inspired by a week that reinforced our belief that football can deliver positive society-wide change. Thank you to everyone who participated in The Berlin Forum and the Football for Sustainability Summit. This is the story of a week of collaboration and a small glimpse of the potential that exists in the Beautiful Game. Now it’s time to turn words in action.

Really great to see this from Common Goal members Fortuna Düsseldorf 👏 Their 'Fortuna für Alle' initiative was rolled out during the 2023/24 season, allowing supporters free entry to the MERKUR SPIEL-ARENA for three games during the campaign. That trial has been a huge success and will continue into the 2024/25 season with access to four games now being made available for free. In a time where extorinate ticket prices make football less and less accessible to the majority of fans, to see a project like this where supporters are being put front and centre should be applauded. Power to Fortuna and we hope that their efforts inspire other clubs to follow suit.

As UEFA EURO 2024 and Copa América close the 2023-24 season, the last month has been a perfect illustration of how football can amplify, advance and empower 📣📈💪 A special month for Common Goal and Football-for-Good featuring: ⚽ Alongside Juan Mata García and Gonzalo Calvo Ranson, hosting some of the biggest brands and football sponsors in the world, including adidas, PepsiCo, The Coca-Cola Company, Lidl in Germany, Hisense Group and Zalando, to promote the role purpose can play not only in increasing social impact but also brand and commercial performance at Common Goal’s Partner Reception 🤝 ⚽ Hundreds of Common Goal community organisations from around the world coming together to share best practice and advance agendas on topics such as gender equity, social inclusion and climate action at the #BerlinForum ⚽ 300 stakeholders from across football and sustainability joining forces at the #FootballSustainabilitySummit to drive forward the need for urgent action and collaboration across industries, sectors and organisations ⚽ Time to soak in the atmosphere and cultural force of football both at Common Goal’s team day out to see Austria face Netherlands as well as the Euro 2024 Final (good practice, England Football, for when we lift the trophy on home soil in 2028 😉!) ⚽ So many other activities across the month including seeing teams of young people take part in the adidas #BreakingBarriers tournament at the Home of adidas Football in front of the Reichstag Building! Incredibly inspired by everyone at Common Goal, our community partners and the whole network of brands, governing bodies, players and members who are driving the world towards a better future for people and planet ⚽🌍🙌

 Juan Mata García shared his views on the future of football and how collaboration within the sport and beyond can have a huge societal impact.  Speaking at the Football For Sustainability Summit last week, Mata said: "Clubs can be massive rivals on the pitch, but can show society that they can join forces for good. "That mindset also comes with rival brands. Why can't we all be together for a cause? "The most important thing is everyone has that mutual relation of what can we do? What can we contribute? "Thinking about how can I make an impact professionally and personally?" What do you think football can do better to have a positive impact on the society and communities around it? 👇 📸 act.3 #fss2024 #footballforsustainability

It was great to participate last weekend in Berlin, during the final week of the UEFA EURO 2024 in the #FootballSustainabilitySummit curated by Common Goal, in which I had the opportunity to share my view on the future of football together with Rio Ferdinand among others! Such a great initiative, so much positive energy, and like Rio said: “There’s a real opportunity here…if we can come together we can make real change”. We keep going! ⚽️❤️🌍 #BerlinForum