PARTNERS
Creating Opportunities
We invest in young people, providing support, mentoring, workshops and pathways that boost young people’s resilience, and enhance their employability. Through our interventions, young people develop their interpersonal and soft skills, which help to set them apart in today’s job market.
Connecting Communities
We work in the heart of the UK and Ireland’s most deprived communities. By partnering with Rio Ferdinand Foundation, you will be investing in young people. As a corporate partner you will also be demonstrating your organisation’s commitment to tackle inequality and drive social change. With your help we can create more safe spaces for young people. We can deliver more community sessions, we can mentor more young people, deliver more workshops, and we can invest in more skills and qualifications that help young people to achieve meaningful careers.
What can we offer you?
We have proven experience in managing innovative and successful corporate partnerships. Not only will you be rewarded by the knowledge that you are investing in young people, but you will also benefit from:
Access to new markets and audiences who share your brand values
Association with a vibrant, cutting edge brand, and a young talent pool
Positive PR, and a tailored PR strategy, to ensure appropriate exposure and recognition
Opportunities to attend Rio Ferdinand Foundation events, and networking opportunities
A channel in which to demonstrate your commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
“The work of the Rio Ferdinand Foundation aligns closely with the values of the International Fund For Ireland, facilitating opportunities to put young people at the heart of their communities and their future prosperity.”
- International Fund For Ireland Chairman Paddy Harte
Existing Partners
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Warner Music
From Black History Month in October 2021, the Foundation has been working with Warner Music UK to build a grassroots anti-racism and equality movement that will raise awareness of racism and use music and its associated industries to bring communities together around shared passions and interests.
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KISS FM/Bauer Media
KISS partners with the Rio Ferdinand Foundation on new campaign #notboxed. In April 2022 KISS Breakfast's Jordan & Perri announced a new KISS partnership with the Rio Ferdinand Foundation to raise awareness and drive change in the way young people are supported in building their futures.
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International Fund for Ireland
An exciting new partnership between the International Fund for Ireland (IFI) and Rio Ferdinand Foundation (RFF), working across the southern border counties and Northern Ireland, will unite young people together through their love of the ‘beautiful game’.
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UEFA Foundation
Working collaboratively with UEFA Foundation for Children, Youth in Action is a programme of opportunity developed in consultation with young people and communities. The programme works with minority groups and under resourced communities to promote inclusion, and tackle racism.
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Ralph Lauren
The Rio Ferdinand Foundation (the Foundation) is now the European beneficiary of Ralph Lauren’s Pin of Solidarity—a timeless, tangible symbol of solidarity. This partnership recognises the Foundation’s ambition to create a more equal and inclusive society and empower more young people to realise their full potential.
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The Jockey Club
The partnership aims to help young people from some of the UK’s most disadvantaged communities learn more about the sport as a pastime and an industry they can work in. The collaboration will launch across the three Jockey Club racecourses closest to London - Sandown Park, Epsom Downs and Kempton Park - with the Foundation working with hundreds of young people in the capital every year.
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The Guinness Partnership
The skills development programme aims to inspire, connect and equip young people with the essential networks and skills for life. The Rio Ferdinand Foundation is proud to be working with The Guinness Partnership to offer resilience building, skills, training and employability support to marginalised young people living in Guinness housing across Oldham and London that will improve their employability and life skills.
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The Findel Foundation
Greater Manchester-based Findel, one of the UK's leading suppliers of resources for schools, sports clubs, and other education establishments, has teamed up via their Findel Foundation with the Rio Ferdinand Foundation, a national charity for youth and community development, to launch a new 'Communities' programme.
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Laureus/Footlocker
Providing opportunities & pathways into the music, sport, media and creative industries. The Rio Ferdinand Foundations newest partnership with Laureus and Footlocker will over the next 12-months bring together iconic and aspirational street brands with local partners. In and around Brixton we will deliver a programme that echoes the blend of sport, music, and fashion, we see more and more in street culture in Brixton and beyond.
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Choice Housing
Choice Housing has become the first housing association in Northern Ireland to partner with the well-established Rio Ferdinand Foundation to support young people through a range of personal and professional development programmes.
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Statom Group
In late 2023, Statom Group joined us as a long-term partner to help provide opportunities for young people within the building and construction industries across London.
