Football Welcomes month is a chance to showcase initiatives to encourage and support asylum seekers and refugees – male and female – to settle into their local communities through the power of football.
The awareness campaign during April is supported by football clubs across the UK, who also come together to celebrate the contribution players from a refugee background make to the game.
LFC Foundation, Liverpool County FA and Amnesty International UK joined forces in 2019 to launch the three-year Football Welcomes Community Project.
The aim of the project is to create a more welcoming environment through football, with local organisations working together to help refugees and people seeking asylum to develop a sense of belonging and purpose.