High quality football kit and equipment is being made available to primary schools across England and Wales, as the Premier League Primary Stars Kit and Equipment Scheme is opening for applications on Monday 19 February.
Delivered by the Football Foundation and run in partnership with Nike and Kitlocker, the Kit and Equipment scheme enables schools who sign up to the Premier League Primary Stars programme to apply for free football kits and equipment. This gives school kids access to new, Premier League quality football kit, encouraging them to get involved in sport, whilst also giving teachers access to a host of resources applicable to a number of classroom subjects.
What kit and equipment is available?
Available in a variety of styles and colours, this year’s kit package includes: 14 Nike football shirts and 1 Nike goalkeeper shirt numbered, 15 pairs of shorts and 15 pairs of socks. As well as one Nike tracksuit for the teacher.
The equipment package includes: a Nike trolley bag, 12 Nike match balls (6x size 3 and 6x size 4), 16 Nike training bibs, 4 pop-up goals, two sets of throw down floor spots (one marked A-Z and the other 1-30), a set of 9” cones marked 0-9, a set of 8x 6″ training cones, five large foam dice, a captain’s armband, 30 bean bags, a ball carrier net, 4 balloon balls, 5 hula hoops, and one Nike tracksuit for the teacher.
This year’s application window, open to schools that have not already received resources from the 2017 programme, will run from Monday 19 February to Friday 6 April. Successful applicants will receive their kit / equipment from September 2018.
Schools should visit https://plprimarystars.com/kit-scheme for details of how to apply for the kit and equipment – and how to access the other exciting Premier League Primary Stars resources that are available to them.
What are the timings?
This year’s application window runs from Monday 19 February 2018 until Friday 6 April 2018. Successful applicants will be notified by Monday 16 April 2018 and provided with a redemption code to claim their kit or equipment by Friday 11 May 2018. Kit or equipment will be delivered to schools between September and October 2018.
