Brief Description

The Sir Bobby Charlton Foundation is a conflict recovery NGO that believes everyone has the right to live, work and play freely, fairly and safely no matter where they are in the world. To achieve this we focus our support on addressing the direct long-term impact of conflict on civilian populations in developing countries where the legacy of war continues to fuel disadvantage and discrimination. We contribute in very practical ways to safeguarding conflict affected civilian populations and rebuilding war torn counties through economic, social, environmental and cultural interventions.

Vision & Mission

The Sir Bobby Charlton Foundation's vision is a world where every person affected by conflict, wherever they are, can enjoy a healthy, fulfilled and empowered life, safe and free from fear. As such our mission is to support, inspire and empower children, families, people and communities affected by past and present conflicts.

Aims & Activities

We are working to achieve our vision through three main forms of intervention:
1.	Humanitarian & Development Assistance - Our support includes the provision of prosthetics for those with debilitating blast and trauma injuries. From our growing network of conflict recover centres around the world we also provide trauma counselling, physical therapy and peer mentoring;
2.	Education and Training – We provide mine risk reduction education programmes that raise awareness of landmines and instil safe behaviours. We offer vocational and small business start-up training for people with a disability and those living in poverty. We also provide scholarships for people from conflict affected countries to become prosthetic technicians; and 
3.	Research and Innovation – We support innovative research into both medical and technological led solutions that will assist both the survivors of blast injuries and aid the clearance of landmines and unexploded ordnance where they remain after the war.

Facts & Figures

                            The Sir Bobby Charlton Foundation was founded in 2011 by football legend Sir Bobby Charlton. Today, it is a well respected member of the international development sector making a crucial contribution to the safety and well being of conflict affected people. The starting point in all of our interventions is conflict affected communities themselves. Our priorities and responses are defined and driven by those we aim to support. Through assessment, consultation, education and partnership working we enable them to recognise their needs, identify the right solutions, take the lead on delivery and ultimately decide if an intervention has succeeded or failed.  A key mechanisms for the grassroots delivery of services are our Sir Bobby Charlton conflict recovery centres in areas where there is high levels of need and low levels of existing support. The centres provide a local hub for conflict affected communities to access a range of services tailored to their specific needs.
                            

                            The work of The Sir Bobby Charlton Foundation is concentrated on areas where people have been affected by conflicts past and present. We target the most vulnerable within these conflict affected communities for support including: children & young people, people with a disability, women, landmine survivors, families and people living in extreme poverty. Over half of all our beneficiaries in any given year are children and young people but access to all our support services are open to everyone who needs them.
                            

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