Soccer Rebooted launched in Might 2021 after findings from a Utilita-commissioned report into the mixed affect of the pandemic and the cost-of-living-crisis on grassroots soccer.
The response from followers was speedy and throughout the first few weeks, 1000’s of pre-loved soccer boot donations had flooded in, not solely decreasing potential landfill but additionally making a distinction to the lives of kids and adults within the UK.
MAN v FAT, the UK’s main males’s weight reduction programme, guides over 8,000 males each week on their wellbeing journey. Having joined forces with Soccer Rebooted, the scheme won’t solely be saving households just a few quid however will likely be reinforcing the significance of upcycling and reusing gadgets that also have a whole lot of life left in them.
Professional-pocket, pro-planet
Sam Cook dinner, Utilita’s Partnerships Advertising Supervisor, commented on the environmental affect of rehoming boots: “Since its launch in 2021, the Soccer Rebooted marketing campaign has collected and reallocated 1000’s of high quality soccer boots, saving hard-pressed households a small fortune and serving to to scale back landfill and carbon emissions.
“To place the environmental advantages into context, our intention is to forestall no less than 1,000,000 pairs of trainers from ending up in landfill and saving 136,000 tonnes of carbon – the identical as taking 7,000 automobiles off the street for a 12 months.”
Chris Hawkins, Utilita’s West Bromwich Power Hub Supervisor, helped to instigate the partnership, having lately joined the MAN v FAT Dudley League in Might 2025.
Chris stated: “Given the monetary hardship that households are dealing with, we perceive that it might be difficult for folks to have the ability to participate in crew sports activities. The 2025 MAN v FAT Nationwide Soccer Event, held on the Lilleshall Nationwide Centre, supplied an ideal stage to launch the partnership and I used to be delighted to take alongside the Soccer Rebooted assortment bins.
“As a daily MAN v FAT Soccer competitor, I take into account the partnership to be a pure match as we share so many objectives to assist adults and kids be lively, take part and benefit from the bodily and psychological well being advantages of crew sport.”
Matt Hudson, Affiliate Director of Advertising and Partnerships at MAN v FAT Soccer, commented on the why the weight-loss initiative is supporting the marketing campaign: “The Soccer Rebooted scheme delivers an especially enjoyable and distinctive declare system that avoids any household needing to really feel embarrassed at taking second-hand gadgets. When you’ve got any spare or unused soccer boots, please take into account donating and serving to us make soccer accessible to everybody in the area people!
“We’d wish to thank our gamers and their supporters for getting behind the Soccer Rebooted scheme, which performs an important function in giving each youngsters and adults the chance to make the most of the bodily, psychological, and social advantages of enjoying a sport.”
How will you become involved?
Anybody with a spare pair of soccer boots (or astro turf boots) ought to merely give them a clear and drop them off at their native Soccer Rebooted assortment level.
Boots can be donated at any of the Utilita Power Hubs – positioned in West Bromwich, Gosport, Southampton, Newport (Isle of Wight), Luton, Derby, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Leicester, Blackburn, Huddersfield and Hartlepool – conserving them within the native eco-system to make sure they’re re-used.
Anybody requiring soccer boots, together with people and households, can merely attain out to their native assortment level to verify what sizes can be found earlier than coming to gather them. Colleges and golf equipment in want of soccer boots can even submit their equipment necessities through the Soccer Rebooted web site.
To get a FREE Soccer Rebooted field and begin accumulating and redistributing boots inside your membership, faculty or area people, please contact advertising and marketing@manvfat.com or go to www.footballrebooted.co.uk.
