UEFA FOUNDATION ANNOUNCE GRANTS TO 22 ORGANIZATIONS

June 7, 2019

Last week, the Board of Trustees of the UEFA Foundation for Children announced the 2019 UEFA Foundation for Children award winners - a total of 22 organisations that will each receive a  €45,500 grant for a total donation of €1m.

Since 2015, this Fund has supported the great work of charity foundations or associations safeguarding the rights of vulnerable children. The 55 UEFA member national associations nominated charity organisations from their own country in accordance with the following criteria:

• All award recipients must be based in the country of a UEFA member association.
• Potential recipients must accept and comply with the foundation charter and ethics code.
• Potential recipients must have been registered with the relevant national authorities for at least three years and comply with national legal obligations.
• The activities carried out by recipients must be aimed at helping vulnerable, deprived or socially excluded children, and must never involve the promotion of talented young footballers.
• UEFA member associations whose nominated charity received funding as part of the 2018 Foundation for Children Awards will not be given priority in 2019.

After the selection, Urs Kluser, the Foundation’s general secretary said: “We are very pleased to use the UEFA Foundation for Children awards to support great European charity organisations put forward by our member associations. We have awarded grants to 22 organisations that help vulnerable children live a better life. A total of €3 million has been granted over the last three years.”