Carmarthenshire’s Street Football project shortlisted for award

Carmarthenshire County Council is pleased to announce that its Street Football project has been shortlisted for an award at the 2025 Welsh Sports Association Sport Awards. 

The project, which has been shortlisted for the Best Social Impact Initiative, kickstarted in 2024 and is coordinated by Actif Sport and Leisure. The project was established to support individuals who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless by using the power of sport to improve their physical, mental and social wellbeing.

But sessions go beyond football by offering a safe and inclusive space where participants can not only be active but engage directly with partner organisations that attend sessions to offer help and support with housing, mental health and other services these individuals may need. The sessions enable weekly contact between housing advisors and participants to maintain consistent support. Each session also includes a cooked meal.

Carmarthenshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Leisure, Culture and Tourism, Cllr Hazel Evans commented:

"The Street Football initiative is not only about ensuring those who attend sessions can easily access frontline services but it is also about creating a safe, welcoming and consistent environment. To be shortlisted for the Wales Sport Association Sport Award is testament to the hard work of those involved in the project and I eagerly await the result".

Actif’s Street Football initiative received funding via the UK Government’s Shared Prosperity Fund Sustainable Communities project, in order to purchase equipment and resources to make the project successful.