The Inflexion Foundation is pleased to announce that it has extended its partnership with the Kinetic Foundation, a London-based football and education charity, with a grant of £100,000 per year for the next three years.

The Kinetic Foundation supports young people who reside in the most deprived areas of London, are from low-income households and/or from historically marginalised ethnic backgrounds by delivering a wide range of educational opportunities for them to learn new skills and improve their employment potential. Initial engagement with young people is through free weekly football sessions often run at evening hours of high crime and antisocial behaviour. 12,000 young people have been engaged by Kinetic since it was founded, with 88% of those participants coming from underrepresented ethnic backgrounds.

In 2022 The Inflexion Foundation granted £50,000 per annum to the Kinetic Foundation for three years. The grant from Inflexion supported Kinetic’s ambitious plans including the establishment of a girls’ academy, new academy sites across London and surrounding counties, and an extracurricular programme concentrating on contact with employers, life skills, employability skills and mentoring to improve career prospects.

The increased commitment to The Kinetic Foundation will help to grow participation and reach more young Londoners with a focus on lower academic entry programmes, improve the ‘Kinetic Futures’ curriculum and increase the fundraising capacity with improved impact and marketing reach.