Our Impact

Community is our soul. Football is the spark that brings us together. The magic is our journey that brings friendship, love, support, understanding, growth & opportunity. Football is just the beginning… We are bigger than a game.

What HBUFC have created is very special. I’m a fan, I watch their games when I can. Because I live in Hout Bay, it means so much to me that the club is for the people. It works so hard for the community. What it stands for, how it operates reminds me of the big clubs in England & Italy.

– Eric Tinkler, Cape Town City Head Coach  

What we do

Activities

The club enables a variety of activities such as organised football sessions and life-skills training. It actively engages schools through education, fosters the development of a football community, and provides work readiness and employment programmes to support career development.

Outputs

The programme’s outputs include the establishment of competitive sports leagues and the creation of a safe space for students after school. It offers values camps and promotes the “Football for Good” initiative. Additionally, the programme supports satellite schools, facilitates the affiliation and education of partner members, and operates an employment hub to connect participants with job opportunities.

Organisational Facts

We have a child protection & a LGBTQ policy in place

Our coaches, staff and mentors all have police clearances

We have more than 1700 beneficiaries of our programs

We are scoring on 9 out of the 17 UN Sustainability goals

We are a NON-Profit organisation and our B-BEE status is Level 1

We have +/- 250 local people in full-time employment at all times

Our Goals

Short term

The club aims to upskill participants to compete against semi-professional and professional teams, ensuring they remain engaged in the teams and leagues. It helps beneficiaries discern between positive and negative influences within their communities. Additionally, it provides a physical education program for school children, garners the trust of the football community and stakeholders, and supports individuals in securing employment to sustain themselves and their families.

Medium term

The club aims to win competitive leagues and tournaments against high-performing teams, offering participants a space to access educational programs in safe environments. It teaches skills and tools to help them overcome negative influences and introduces physical fitness as a learning module from a young age. By encouraging school completion, it aims to increase matriculation rates within the community. The programme also focuses on organising leagues and empowering members to do the same, while providing practical, “in the workspace” skills that complement traditional educational programs.

Long term

The club aims to create a pathway to professional careers and employment, empowering participants to become upstanding citizens in the community. It assumes that by providing them with the necessary skills and tools, they will overcome their challenges and embody the “fit 4 life” concept, which encompasses both a healthy body and mind. The initiative seeks to foster a culture that values exercise and fitness, with a focus on achieving bachelor passes, particularly through the support of satellite schools that help improve academic performance. It emphasizes collaboration among all stakeholders in the football community, with the belief that they will participate and contribute. The ultimate goal is to produce employable, responsible citizens, based on the assumption that participants will be interested in learning and capable of gaining employment afterwards.