EFDN welcomes K. Beerschot VA to the network!

EFDN welcomes K. Beerschot VA to the network!

EFDN is happy to announce that K. Beerschot VA has joined the Network. At Beerschot they try to use football as a device to create as much social impact as possible. The club does this through cooperation, promotion of health and wellbeing, inclusion, education, employment, and environment. The main interest in joining EFDN is to grow in terms of knowledge and networking.

Beerschot tries to use a wide range of variety of themes per project in order to tap into the most common societal problems. Furthermore, they try to combine their strengths as a club (facilities, brand, support, knowledge) with the strengths of other projects and stakeholders.

Beerschot engages in multiple CSR programmes and activities, some of which you can see below.

YOUNITED BEERSCHOT

In January 2019, Beerschot founded a Homeless Team. All adults who are struggling in one way or another are welcome, not just the homeless. The team was therefore given the name Younited Beerschot. The players receive free training every week in the indoor football center Garrincha in Hoboken. Beerschot Younited regularly participates in tournaments. This project runs in collaboration with the city of Antwerp, the Pro League and Younited Belgium.

OPEN STADIUM

Beerschot literally opens its stadium. Various neighborhood groups and neighborhood activities of the Kiel have already been programmed to happen at their stadium. The district and the city of Antwerp are also increasingly using the Olympic Stadium for events and promotions.

Hubert Rovers, CEO of EFDN: “It’s a pleasure to see that Beerschot tries to use football as a tool to create as much social impact as possible. They encourage the use of their stadium as a hub for community work in their neighbourhood, which is very important in a big city like Antwerp. They focus on the promotion of health and wellbeing, inclusion, education, employment, and environment and we will be happy to support them with their work on these topics.”