It's an absolute pleasure to say that so far (more donations are still coming in), with the support of partnership organisations KickOff@3 has raised over £5,000 for The ACLT Charity! We finished RunOff@3 on our final leg from West Hampstead station to Hyde Park, where we met with fellow RunOff@3 completers. You can see all the brilliant photos from the amazing day we had as we finished RunOff@3 on Sunday 2nd August here.

KickOff@3 are excited to announce that we are in the process of collaborating with Kit Out London to enable you to purchase KickOff@3's branding merchandise. The line is will start start out with clothing items but has the potential to expand. 

Following a second productive meeting on Thursday 23rd July, Michael and Ashley are proud to announce a partnership with Street Mic (Wendell Daniel).

Street Mic is a videographer and will be helping KickOff@3 to capture their journey on film. Street Mic has plenty of experience capturing the story behind community causes as a regular filmer of the BLM movement.

We're so pleased that we're ever increasing our team and finding likeminded people to collaborate with. KickOff@3 film productions coming to a channel near you soon.

Check out his work here

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Unityify is a platform to inspire, motivate and empower all! It's all about the journey ✨Unity in diversity 🤝

The interview is described as a "Brilliant chat with Michael who is very much involved with the community and runs a non-profitable organisation called kick-off at 3 - a 2019 Premiere League Black Writers Grassroots Award Winners who empower young people using Football, Music, & Art to bring all together Nationally.

He has truly dedicated his time and effort to give back to the community and has such a great and positive approach." You can listen to the full interview here.

Check out there YouTube Channel here and their Instagram here.

Morrisons Peckham hass generously agreed to support KickOff@3's newest initiative by donating £200 of Morrisons vouchers. The vouchers will be used as rewards for those that take part in RunOff@3 and raise money for The ACLT Charity. 

Community champion Rose, store manager Matt and people manager Brandon said: "We at Morrisons Packham are so happy to support KickOff@3 and ACLT with a donation of £200. Keep up the good work you're doing for our community. We salute your outstanding efforts during these testing times. Your zeal and efforts are even stronger. Well done.".

Runoff@3 is a fundraising event organised by KickOff@3, a Hertfordshire CIC, in aid of ACLT (African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust).

From Saturday 4th July – Saturday 4th August 2020, we invite everyone to participate in our new fundraising initiative, ‘Runoff@3’ in support of leading blood cancer charity ACLT.

Founded in 1996, ACLT, work near to 365 days a year to improve the odds of finding stem cell, blood and organ donor matches by registering potential donors en masse from all ethnicities, with a focus on donors from the African and Caribbean communities. This is due to an extreme shortage of potential African and Caribbean donors.

Runoff@3 is an open invitation for ALL to participate in a fundraising raising initiative which will bring households together to either run, walk or wheel any distance of their choosing any time, between the Saturday 4th July to the Saturday 4th August, whilst raising much needed funds for the lifesaving work carried out by ACLT. The fundraiser is a direct response to assist in raising funds for ACLT, a much loved charity in the community, as a result of the challenging times the current Covid-19 pandemic has presented to many.

Once participants have completed the Runoff@3 challenge, they are asked to make a donation (an amount of their choice) here on the official fundraising page for Runoff@3.

Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, a significant number of fundraising events, such as The London Marathon have been cancelled and resulted in a decline of income for the charity. It is our hope that with the Runoff@3 challenge, we can assist in providing ACLT with the financial means to continue providing their lifesaving work to support the families affected by blood cancer and other illnesses where blood transfusions, a stem cell or organ transplant are required.

ACLT recently launched their #BlackBlood Challenge, encouraging as many people as possible to donate blood, to assist the 15,000 sickle cell sufferers, cancer patients and anyone in urgent need of blood transfusions in getting the best matched blood to aid their treatment. You can find out more about the #BlackBloodMatters challenge here.

If you would like to be featured on our social media, please send photos of yourself completing RunOff@3 to connect@kickoffat3.co.uk

Big love & respect to Adam Wallace & Vancouver FC ⚽️ for believing in our #Kickoff@3 vision. Thank you for taking our new charity initiative of #Spinoff@3 cycling challenge 🚴🏽‍♀️🚴 to Vancouver Canada to raise key awareness for St Albans Action for Homeless (and those in need). Non Profit Organisation

Thank you guys

SpinOff@3 has been featured in long-term KickOff@3 supporter The VOICE (online). THE VOICE, founded in 1982, is the only British national black weekly newspaper operating in the United Kingdom. It is owned by GV Media Group Limited, and is aimed at the British African-Caribbean community. The paper is based in London and is published every Thursday.

In a joint statement, the founders of KickOff@3 said: “As the proud co founders of Kickoff@3 we are excited at launching our new national initiative of Spinoff@3 in good support of S.W.I.M and YouWeMe. We hope lots of money will be raised whilst working all together for vital causes.”.

Read the full article here.

KickOff@3 are proud to announce Kevin Lema as a KickOff@3 Ambassador. Kevin, as a Development Coach and Communities Engagement Officer not only shares KickOff@3's passion for football, but also for young people. He's dedicated to improving outcomes and futures for young people and we can't think of many people who are a greater fit as a KickOff@3 Ambassador.

The Irish FA Foundation has delivered its first-ever online workshop as part of the Stay Onside community programme. Working in partnership with The Bytes Project, Irish FA Foundation Community Relations Officer Chris Wright delivered the video conference on Friday (May 1).

The Bytes Project is an organisation which seeks to help young people in their personal development. They are supporting the Irish FA to offer a range of workshops such as football coaching, refereeing and mental health. 

The topic was Racism Awareness and Equality, part of a new workshop called ‘Everybody’s Game’. The aim of the course is to inform and challenge attendees, ahead of their KickOff@3 BAME focussed UK wide tournament, organised and held by the police service in Britain. There are different regional tournaments with the Northern Ireland heat planned for 30 August, with the winner travelling to London for the finals on the 13 September.

You can read the full article here.

Sportside partnered up with our co-founder Ashley Levien to look at community messages and how teamwork and focus is the key to winning this game.

Lockdown is bringing a variety of new challenges for virtually everyone and this thoughtful and forward thinking article looks at the ways in which we can help get each other through these turbulent times.

You can read the full article here.

Michael Wallace made his debut on Channel 4 on April 2020. Taking part in a MET Police recruitment advert "Do The Job".

Do the job that helps keep nearly nine million Londoners safe.

The challenges of policing London are unlike anywhere else and so are the opportunities and rewards.

You’ll be encouraged to be the best you can be, and rewarded with the satisfaction that you are making a real difference to our great city.

Do the job that’s like no other. Do something real. Become a police officer today ➡️ www.metpolicecareers.co.uk/new...

Michael took part in this recruitment advert because he's passionate about the MET Police being an inclusive and diverse organisation and wanted to utilise his role to inspire and encourage other BAME individuals to consider the MET Police as a viable option and something that anyone regardless or race or ethnicity can be part of. Watch the full video here.