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#YesBallGames
Working in partnership with Aberdeen City Council
Join our national campaign to remove all ‘No Ball Games’ signs from local parks and green spaces and see the return of sports and games to your local community.
Denis Law Legacy Trust joined forces with Aberdeen Greenspace, Aberdeen Play Forum, the City Council and many other partners to launch a campaign that resulted in Aberdeen CC removing hundreds of No Ball Games signs from across the city in 2015.
Denis was assisted by former team mate Mike Summerbee to carry out the ceremonial removal of the first sign and help put the fun back into the city’s parks and community spaces.
Denis said: “This is a brilliant initiative and one that is long overdue. It will open up community spaces throughout Aberdeen enabling kids to kick a ball about freely with their friends, which is really important. The local authority should be commended for their work to remove these signs".
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Visit our YBG Streetwear store to get all of the latest #YesBallGames t-shirts and merchandise. All money raised goes directly into funding Denis Law Legacy Trust activities and positive destination programmes.
Yes Ball Games campaign gains national traction with Soccer AM coverage
The YBG campaign appeared on Soccer AM in February 2020 as a football was placed behind the famous studio sofa’s and crew members discussed the initiative on a Facebook live video which attracted over 150,000 views.
Communication Design students from Gray’s School of Art have been collaborating with DLLT to ‘upcycle’ many of the 2000+ No Ball Games signs removed by Aberdeen City Council.
Check out some of their ideas and concepts below…
Trust collaborate with Alive and Kicking
In 2021, Denis Law Legacy Trust collaborated with the world’s only not-for-profit ball manufacturer to produce its latest batch of ethical #YesBallGames footballs.
Alive and Kicking, headquartered in London with bases across Africa, has supplied the Trust with a batch of unique balls which have been individually hand-stitched in Kenya.
The balls will be used to play with, to be proudly displayed and also to raise funds for the charity and its Streetsport programme through their annual fundraising dinner auction.
Like Denis Law Legacy Trust, Alive and Kicking is a member of streetfootballworld which is what first alerted the Trust of their work and matching values.
Read and view more here.