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Volunteer with

THE
BIG GOAL

Turn your company’s support into personal impact.

BECOME A VOLUNTEER

The Big Goal is a national award-winning campaign delivered by the Street Soccer Foundation, uniting forward-thinking businesses around a shared purpose: changing lives through football.

Through our growing network of corporate members, The Big Goal has something incredibly powerful at its heart – thousands of skilled, passionate people working across our member organisations. This page invites those individuals to go one step further.

Volunteering with The Big Goal allows you to use your time, skills and energy to directly support life-changing opportunities for young people, while strengthening your own professional development and connection to your company’s social purpose.

Whether you want to be pitchside at a football tournament, amplify impact through marketing and social media, or mentor a young person towards a brighter future, there is a role for you.

Why Volunteer

With the big goal
and the street soccer foundation?

Volunteering isn’t just about giving back – it’s about growing, connecting and creating meaningful impact.

By volunteering, you will:

  • Be part of a national award winning social impact campaign
  • Support young people who have experienced homelessness, exclusion or disadvantage
  • Strengthen your connection to your employer’s CSR and ESG commitments
  • Develop new skills and experiences outside your day to day role
  • Network with professionals from across The Big Goal member community
  • Experience the positive, unifying power of football first hand

All volunteering opportunities are designed to be flexible, purposeful and rewarding, fitting around working professionals who want to make a difference.

Our Volunteering Opportunities

Be part of the action. Help us deliver unforgettable events.

Events Champions

Events Champions are hands on volunteers who support the delivery of The Big Goal’s flagship events throughout the year – particularly our 5-a-side football tournaments.

You’ll work alongside the Street Soccer Foundation team to ensure events run smoothly, participants feel welcomed, and every detail contributes to a brilliant experience.

Key events in 2026 include:

Regional Finals the big goal

23 April | 30 April | 7 May
All Day

National Street Soccer Cup

28 May
All Day

The Big Goal National Finals

11 June
All Day

The Big Goal Gala Dinner

11 June | 6pm to Midnight
Evening

Typical responsibilities may include:

  • Event setup and registration support
  • Team liaison and participant welcome
  • Match coordination and on the day logistics
  • Supporting guest experience and awards moments
  • Assisting with evening Gala Dinner delivery

This role is ideal for energetic, organised people who enjoy being part of live events and working as part of a team.

Help amplify the impact. Share the story.

Social Media Champions

Social Media Champions support The Big Goal by helping to raise awareness, spark engagement and share stories of impact across digital platforms.

This role can be delivered flexibly alongside your day job and can involve supporting activity both within your own company and, where appropriate, alongside the Foundation’s channels.

You could help by:

  • Sharing and promoting The Big Goal content within your organisation
  • Suggesting creative social media ideas and campaigns
  • Supporting live event content (photos, short videos, posts)
  • Helping amplify key milestones, announcements and fundraising moments

This opportunity is perfect for individuals who enjoy storytelling, content creation and digital engagement, and want to use those skills for social good.

Use your voice, network and creativity to grow the movement.

Marketing Champions

Marketing Champions help spread the word about The Big Goal to new audiences, businesses and stakeholders – helping the campaign grow and reach even more young people.

You’ll support awarenessraising activity across professional networks and help position The Big Goal as a powerful, credible social impact partnership for businesses.

Marketing Champions may:

  • Promote The Big Goal to partners, customers and suppliers
  • Help create blogs, articles or case studies
  • Contribute ideas for campaigns and engagement activity
  • Support promotion of key events, including the Gala Dinner
  • Help encourage other businesses to join the campaign

This role suits individuals with marketing, communications, sales or relationship building experience – or anyone who enjoys championing a great cause.

Change a life. One relationship at a time.

Mentoring Champions

Mentoring Champions volunteer their time to become trained mentors, supporting a young person who has come through the Street Soccer Academy programme.

Mentors play a vital role in helping young people build confidence, develop life skills and navigate next steps towards employment, education or stability.

As a Mentoring Champion, you will:

  • Receive training and ongoing support from the Foundation
  • Be matched with a young person based on interests and goals
  • Commit to regular mentoring sessions over an agreed period
  • Provide encouragement, guidance and positive role modelling

This role is deeply rewarding and ideal for individuals who want to make a lasting, personal impact beyond a single event.

HOW TO
GET INVOLVED

All volunteering opportunities through The Big Goal
are offered in partnership with our corporate members.

To take part:

One

Speak with your employer about volunteering through your company involvement in The Big Goal

TWO

Let your employer know which volunteering opportunity interests you. What type of Champion will you be?

THREE

Ask your company volunteering representative to click the button 'Become a Volunteer' to sign you up!

BECOME A VOLUNTEER

TOGETHER,
WE CAN DO MORE

The Big Goal is about collective action – businesses, people and communities coming together to change lives through football.

By volunteering your time and skills, you become part of something bigger: a national movement using sport as a force for good.

Join us. Champion change. Be part of The Big Goal.

The Big Goal Gala

Event Terms & Conditions

These Terms & Conditions apply to all ticket holders, table hosts, sponsors and attendees (“Guests”) of The Big Goal Gala (the “Event”), organised and delivered by the Street Soccer Foundation (“the Organiser”, “we”, “us”, “our”), a registered charity in England and Wales.

By purchasing a ticket, reserving a table, or entering into a sponsorship agreement for the Event, you agree to be bound by these Terms & Conditions.

 

1. Event Details

The Organiser reserves the right to amend the Event date, venue, format, content, speakers, entertainment or programme where reasonably necessary.

While every effort will be made to deliver the Event as advertised, the Organiser does not guarantee the appearance of any particular guest speaker, performer or personality.

 

2. Bookings & Payment

2.1 Tickets & Tables

  • All ticket and table bookings must be paid in full by the stated payment deadline unless otherwise agreed in writing.
  • A booking is confirmed only once payment has been received or a written agreement has been signed.

2.2 Sponsorship Packages

  • Sponsorship agreements must be confirmed in writing.
  • Payment schedules (if staged payments are agreed) will be clearly set out in the sponsorship agreement.
  • All sponsorship fees must be paid by the agreed dates.

Failure to meet payment deadlines may result in cancellation of the booking or sponsorship benefits at the Organiser’s discretion.

 

3. Cancellations & Refunds

3.1 Guest or Sponsor Cancellation

All cancellations must be made in writing.

  • Cancellations received more than 60 days prior to the Event may be eligible for a partial refund (less reasonable administrative costs), at the Organiser’s discretion.
  • Cancellations within 60 days of the Event are non-refundable.
  • Tickets and tables may be transferred to another named guest with prior written notice to the Organiser.

Sponsorship fees are non-refundable once marketing, promotional or production benefits have commenced.

As this is a fundraising event in support of the Street Soccer Foundation’s charitable work, many costs are committed in advance and refunds cannot generally be provided.

 

4. Event Changes, Postponement or Force Majeure

The Organiser reserves the right to postpone, relocate or reasonably alter the format of the Event due to circumstances beyond its control, including but not limited to:

  • Acts of God
  • Government restrictions
  • National mourning
  • Public health emergencies
  • Venue unavailability
  • Security risks
  • Industrial disputes
  • Insufficient participation

If the Event is postponed, tickets and sponsorships will be transferred to the rescheduled date.

If the Event is cancelled and cannot be rescheduled, the Organiser will determine an appropriate refund policy, taking into account costs already incurred in good faith.

The Organiser shall not be liable for any consequential losses, including travel or accommodation costs.

 

5. Sponsorship Benefits & Branding

Sponsors grant the Organiser a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use their company name and logo for the purposes of promoting and delivering the Event.

The Organiser will use reasonable endeavours to deliver the agreed sponsorship benefits but reserves the right to make minor changes where operationally necessary.

Sponsors may not:

  • Sub-license or resell their sponsorship package
  • Share branding benefits without prior written consent
  • Promote unrelated events or causes during the Event without approval

All branding materials must comply with UK law and must not be offensive, discriminatory or inappropriate.

 

6. Guest Conduct

The Big Goal Gala is a professional fundraising event aligned with the values of the Street Soccer Foundation.

The Organiser reserves the right to refuse entry or remove any Guest who:

  • Engages in abusive, threatening, discriminatory or inappropriate behaviour
  • Is intoxicated to the point of causing disruption
  • Acts unlawfully or unsafely

No refund will be provided in such circumstances.

 

7. Health & Safety

Guests must comply with:

  • Venue health & safety requirements
  • Fire and evacuation procedures
  • Any instructions issued by Event staff

The Organiser reserves the right to implement additional health or security measures where required.

 

8. Liability

Nothing in these Terms excludes liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence or for fraud.

Subject to the above:

  • The Organiser shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental or consequential loss.
  • The Organiser’s total aggregate liability shall not exceed the amount paid by the Guest or Sponsor for the Event.
  • Guests attend at their own risk and are responsible for personal belongings.

 

9. Insurance (Sponsors)

Sponsors are responsible for ensuring they hold appropriate public liability and other relevant insurance for any materials, branding installations or promotional activity they bring to the Event.

The Organiser may request proof of insurance where applicable.

 

10. Photography & Filming

The Event may be photographed and filmed for promotional and marketing purposes.

By attending, Guests consent to:

  • Being photographed, filmed or recorded
  • The use of such materials by the Organiser for promotional, marketing and fundraising purposes across digital, print and broadcast media

If a Guest does not wish to appear in media coverage, they must notify the Organiser in writing prior to the Event.

 

11. Data Protection

Personal data will be processed in accordance with UK data protection legislation and the Street Soccer Foundation’s Privacy Policy.

Information provided may be used for:

  • Event administration
  • Fundraising communications
  • Charity impact reporting

Guests may opt out of communications at any time.

 

12. Fundraising Activities on the Night

The Gala may include fundraising activities such as:

  • Live or silent auctions
  • Prize draws or raffles
  • Donation pledges

All bids and pledges made during the Event are legally binding commitments to donate and must be settled before departure or within the timeframe specified by the Organiser.

 

13. Force Majeure

The Organiser shall not be deemed in breach of these Terms if it is prevented from performing its obligations due to circumstances beyond its reasonable control.

 

14. Governing Law

These Terms & Conditions are governed by the laws of England and Wales.

Any disputes arising shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

 

15. Entire Agreement

These Terms & Conditions, together with any written booking confirmation or sponsorship agreement, constitute the entire agreement between the parties relating to the Event.

Size Guide

The Big Goal Kit Bundle Playing Socks

SIZE
MEASUREMENT
M
1-5
L
6-11
XL
12-13

Size Guide

The Big Goal Kit Bundle Playing Shorts

SIZE
MEASUREMENT
S
30”
M
32”
L
34”
XL
36”
2XL
38”

Size Guide

The Big Goal Kit Bundle Playing Shirt

SIZE
MEASUREMENT
XS
35/37″
S
37/39″
M
39/41″
L
41/43″
XL
43/45″
2XL
45/48″
3XL
48/50″