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Connecting the FIFA World Cup 2026 with Communities Through Lay’s RePlay
Lay’s RePlay is a global initiative launched in 2021 by Lay’s, a PepsiCo brand, in partnership with UEFA Foundation and Common Goal. By transforming recycled chip packets into sustainable community pitches and supporting local programmes, the initiative has helped create safe, inclusive spaces where young people can play, learn and belong. This FIFA World Cup 2026™, Lay’s is bringing the spirit of the tournament to communities around the world through the Lay’s RePlay World C
Jun 233 min read


Common Goal x Elevate Prize Foundation
We're excited to partner with our friends at Elevate Prize Foundation for the June Get Loud Award: Soccer for Good. The Get Loud Award is a monthly initiative that shines a spotlight on organizations driving meaningful social change. Each award provides $25,000 in unrestricted funding and visibility to help amplify the impact of a nonprofit tackling some of the world's most pressing challenges. For this June edition, focused on Soccer for Good, the award celebrates organizati
Jun 181 min read


Football for good goes to checkout with adidas and Adyen
photo by news.adidas.com Common Goal to feature across 180 adidas stores in 22 countries in Europe during the FIFA World Cup 2026 through Adyen Giving integration. The FIFA World Cup generates attention at a scale few things on earth can match. The question is how that attention can be turned into something bigger than the tournament itself. This summer, Common Goal, adidas and Adyen are bringing football for good directly into that moment — inviting millions of fans to conne
Jun 92 min read


Equal Play Effect Brazil Launches Ahead of FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027™
The initiative contributes to the wider social legacy ambitions of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Brazil, contributing to advance gender equity across the country. Common Goal and FIFA Women’s Football have teamed up to bring the global Equal Play Effect initiative to Brazil, with an aim of accelerating gender equity from the ground up in the lead up to and beyond the FIFA Women's World Cup 2027 in Brazil. Collaboration and contextualisation have always been at the heart of th
Jun 84 min read


World Football Giving Day – May 26
A collective global moment to give back through football Communities have always been at the centre of everything we do. Since our early days in 2002, community leaders have shaped our mission, our movement, and our belief in what football can become when it shows up for people. It’s no coincidence that there is a heart at the centre of the Common Goal logo. For years, we’ve worked to help football reconnect with that heart. To shine a light on the organisations and peop
May 262 min read
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