Stadium: March Edition
Welcome to our International Women’s Day edition of the Stadium! In this edition of the Homeless World Cup newsletter, we celebrate female leaders who are showing that there is always a [...]
A view from Val
Val McDermid is an internationally best-selling writer, a broadcaster, an activist and the lead vocalist of the Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers. She lives in Edinburgh, home to the Homeless World Cup HQ [...]
“The universal language was always smiles and hugs”
Often people ask us the question, what are the players from the Homeless World Cup doing now? Proud Scots Billy Howe and John Jack represented their country at the Homeless World Cup in Cardiff. [...]
Louise: the light showing women in Dundee a way out of addiction
When we went to visit our partner Street Soccer Scotland’s new Change Centre in Dundee, I met Louise Fairweather briefly as she was running off to work. She’d finished her volunteer shift and was [...]
Trailblazing Sejal and the Shakti girls
At the Homeless World Cup, we believe that football is more than a game. In this series, we put a spotlight on our partners who are using football to create change in communities. “If you [...]
Nora’s football family
Lifelong football player Nora Pasheva was born in central Bulgarian city Stara Zagora and grew up in a small orphanage with seven other children. Without family support, life could be difficult [...]
