Foundation News

AN ANTHOLOGY of short stories by some of the world’s best-selling authors has been launched today, Thursday 2 July, to raise awareness of the Homeless World Cup Foundation. Edited by Val [...]

THE FIRST MINISTER OF SCOTLAND NICOLA STURGEON will join a panel alongside Hollywood actor Michael Sheen where they will talk about bringing together leadership to put an end to homelessness. The [...]

FOOTBALL LEGENDS JOIN SUPPORT FOR HOMELESS WORLD CUP DAY FOOTBALL legends have given their backing to the Homeless World Cup Foundation’s first ever virtual World Cup Day. The star-studded line [...]

For this new in-depth series, we speak to the photographers that have covered the annual Homeless World Cup. We look at some of their work, their highlights from the events, and find out more [...]

HOMELESS WORLD CUP FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES PROGRAMME AND HOST FOR FIRST EVER VIRTUAL HOMELESS WORLD CUP DAY  Introducing Homeless World Cup: REWIND  The first ever Homeless World Cup Day is set to [...]

Update: The auction has now ended, with a massive final bid of £5,420! A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH? KILL OR BE KILLED? Val McDermid is the internationally bestselling multi-award winning thriller [...]

HOMELESS WORLD CUP FOUNDATION PLANS VIRTUAL GLOBAL EVENT TO RAISE AWARENESS OF HOMELESSNESS   ORGANISERS of the Homeless World Cup have unveiled plans to host a virtual global event this [...]

Tampere 2020 Homeless World Cup Cancelled Due to Covid-19 Outbreak Friday, March 20, 2020 We are extremely sad to announce that the Tampere 2020 Homeless World Cup is cancelled. Unfortunately, [...]

Ahead of this year’s Homeless World Cup in Tampere, we take a look at the programme of Housing First and the fight against homelessness in Finland. What is Housing First? Housing First is a [...]

There are many ways and places you meet new people at the Homeless World Cup: on the training pitch, in the food hall, walking to or from the accommodation or venue, or even, it seems, while [...]