Coaches Across Continents

Coaches Across Continents is a UK and US based non-governmental organization aimed at improving the quality of life in low-income countries through soccer for social development.

History

Coaches Across Continents was launched in June 2008 based on first-hand research in 60 countries. In its first year, the organization implemented programs at a site in Tanzania. In 2009, it expanded its program to sites in Malawi and Zambia. Since then it has expanded. According to the 2021 Annual Report^[1] it was by then working with 131 organisations in 113 countries and had three main brands: creating legacies, choice for women and coaching.

According to the 2022 Annual Report submitted to the Charity Commission for England and Wales^[2] - the organisation comprises two sister organisations: Coaches Across Continents Ltd (UK based) and Coaches Across Continents Inc (US based).

Awards

2010 Featured Finalist Global Sports Forum Football for Education in Barcelona.^[usurped]

2009, the project won the Best New Project for Sport and Development at the inaugural Beyond Sport Awards in London.

Finalist for the 2009 SCORE4africa Football for Diversity Award