The Foundation

Manchester United is aware that its status as one of the leading sports organisations in the world brings with it significant responsibilities.

Its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) work is organised in three main tiers: work with the local community around its sites, work with national organisations in the UK and work with our global charity partner UNICEF.

Football in the Community

Manchester United continues to fund its Football in the Community scheme which has a particular focus on coaching local young people. Over one million local people have benefited from the scheme since it was set up in 1992. Its aim is to coach all people, adults and children alike, from grass roots level to excellence. The scheme encourages all sectors of the community to become involved and last year alone saw over 220,000 local people taking part in the programme

Educational Support

The Club has close involvement with Local Education Authorities through its in-house Education Department and the Club’s Study Support Centre. This ensures that imaginative curriculum-based learning programmes and mentoring programmes are devised to encourage learning in the local school community

Charities News

The Club has annual agreements with 10 national charities who have strong regional fund-raising. They each receive a large consignment of signed items for them to auction to raise funds. Each year this list is reviewed before the start of the season and the views of the players and staff are sought before the charities are selected.

United for UNICEF

Manchester United was the first football Club to approach UNICEF with the express aim of developing an active partnership between UNICEF and the world of football. Over the past 6 years, United for UNICEF has been instrumental in showing how the power of football can be used to change children's lives around the world