Category: Football


  • Curtis Davies, one of the Saving Lives Avengers, features in a new video for our new campaign:   You can read more about the Saving Lives Avengers and their message here. The campaign will be launching in Birmingham during National HIV Testing Week at the end of November, and featuring on buses, billboards and at bus…

  • To coincide with our forthcoming Saving Lives Avengers campaigns – keep an eye on billboards and buses near you towards the end of this month! – we’ve launched a new booklet. Answering common questions, and calming common fears, about HIV, the booklet attempts to demystify the virus and testing for it – with just a little help…

  • Over on the Clubs page, you can now navigate to brand new images of Sunderland football stars Steven Fletcher and Craig Gardner. In their new kits for this season, these players have added their names to our ever-growing list of Premiership footballers supporting our charity and its message. Craig has been an advocate for us…

  • Thanks to Karen for agreeing to appearing as part of a feature on BBC Radio WM about Saving Lives, and our work promoting HIV testing through football and sport. And congratulations to her and the team for yesterday’s victory, too! [audio:http://www.savinglivesuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/BBCWM%20Football%20SL%20Kaz%20Carney%20.mp3|titles=Karen Carney on BBC WM]  

  • 1st Time women’s football is an Olympic event 1st Event of the Olympics 2012 1st New HIV Awareness videos by Women’s Footballers (Great Britain’s women’s football team will play New Zealand in the opening event of the Olympic Games at the Millennium Stadium on Wednesday the 25th July). To view videos of the Team GB advocates, click…

  • Our list of footballing advocates has just got longer, with Team GB Olympics women’s football stars making videos for us. Thanks, ladies! Rachel Brown Eniola Aluko Karen Carney Kerys Harrop Rachel Williams Jill Scott & Farra Williamsn

  • Fantastic news from Team GB – the women’s football squad has been announced, and our advocate Karen Carney is included! Congratulations, Karen – much deserved! You can read her Q&A with us here.

  • Many congratulations to Chris Hughton, one of our managerial Football Saving Lives advocates, who has been appointed as the new manager at Norwich. Moving from Birmingham to the Premiership side is an exciting step for Chris, who last managed a top-flight team during his brief stint at Newcastle United. We’re really pleased for Chris –…

  • Everyone at Saving Lives is sending huge congratulations to our founding footballing advocate, Roberto di Matteo, following his victory with Chelsea at the Champions League final last night. Playing against a superb Bayern Munich side, Chelsea kept us on the edges of our seats all night – but pulled through on penalties. In his post-match…

  •   Very big Saving Lives congratulations are due to Warwick Juniors under 11s Football team. The team, which is sponsored by Football Saving Lives, beat five teams yesterday to win the Kenilworth Juniors tournament.   The team performed brilliantly throughout the contest. They topped the group stage with 11 points out of a possible 15, and a…