Some Championship clubs are taking part in Shelter’s No Home Kit campaign to raise awareness of the increasing number of rough sleepers and unsafe housing plights.
The charity is asking football clubs and fans in England to swap their home shirts for away or third strips this Boxing Day (and December 27) to highlight the housing emergency and help raise funds to tackle it.
With a full fixture list across the two days, Shelter hope the involvement from EFL clubs can help them deal with homelessness and unsafe housing this winter.
What is the idea behind the campaign?
Shelter has underlined its desire for the whole of the football community to join to fight what it calls a “housing emergency” this festive season.
The charity said it has chosen football as the vessel for its campaign due to the sport’s sense of identity and belonging, very much understanding the importance of home.
Shelter offers a number of services that aid those in need, including one-to-one help with housing issues, a 365-day free emergency hotline and free legal advice from its solicitors.
It also carries out important research on rough sleeping and unsafe housing cases so it can develop policies to try to solve these issues.
For every £1 that is donated, 79p is spent directly on helping people through advice, support and campaigning while 21p is spent on further fundraising.
Which Championship clubs are taking part?
Coventry City
What Shelter have said
Osama Bhutta, director of campaigns at Shelter, said: “We believe ‘home’ means everything.
“We want to use the positive power of football this Christmas, and our shared connection to we ‘home’, to raise awareness of homelessness and what we can all do to fight it.
“We want as many teams, players and fans as possible to join #NoHomeKit and work with us to help those experiencing the harsh realities of homelessness this winter.
“Everyone involved in #NoHomeKit can do something special by bringing the entire football community together to fight the housing emergency.”
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