# Vodafone Group Foundation to support Special Olympics

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/02/22/vodafone-group-foundation-support-special-olympics/
- Published: 2008-02-22T08:56:45+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The Vodafone Group Foundation has announced that Special Olympics Unified Sports
will receive £500,000 to fund a European sports project that will help young people
with disabilities.**

The grant will be made over a three-year period to fund Unified Football projects
for young people between 14 and 25. The funds will be allocated to six countries:
Belgium, France, Hungary, Romania, Turkey and the United Kingdom. The aim of Special
Olympics Unified Sports is to break down social barriers between individuals with
and without intellectual disabilities by bringing them together on teams for sports
training and competition.

This Special Olympics project forms part of The Vodafone Group Foundation’s commitment
to use sports and music to communicate with disadvantaged young people.

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The Foundation has invested over £100 million in projects since its creation in 
2002, concentrating on disaster relief, helping disadvantaged children via sport
and music initiatives and specific projects across Vodafone’s 24 local Foundations
worldwide.

www.vodafonefoundation.org

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