The project combines language development and football in a single holistic learning experience. An important component of the project is the unique organisation of the teams and the assumption of responsibility by young people in the different areas of participation. For instance, in the intercultural street football league in the main location of Munich, children and young people between the ages of 7 and 22 play in teams split up into six categories: U11, U13, U15, U17, 17+ and Girls.

Fernsehjournalistin und Moderatorin Eurosport & ServusTV, vorher Sky Sport News HD, N24 und Welt aus Südtirol passion for sports Of particular note in these Learn Camps is the creation of new partnerships in neighbourhoods and the integration of different skills.Participating children and young people can also contribute to buntkickgut as referees Special talents and players from buntkicktgut may play for one of the intercultural street football league's representative teams – e.g. The training session is open to everyone.


Street Football Workers are active in their own city district and undertake responsibility for younger participants there.

The project stems from the principle that younger children can learn from older children.

Journalist - TV Presenter @WELT - Berlin 159 teams took part in the U11, U13, U15, U17, 17+ (Seniors) and Girls (U13-U17) across the whole city. The employees and the participating young people fulfil their organisational tasks and also provide an educational service.

to broaden their horizons and to make new contacts. 5.4K likes. Download premium images you can't get anywhere else. Street Football Workers are mostly young people who know the league inside out, play football and have themselves made the leap to overcome difficult social relationships.With the “Street Football Work” programme and the follow-on “School Football Work” programme, buntkicktgut offers open training sessions in recreational grounds and parks based in targeted districts of the city.

No matter what reason brings them there, the doors of the offices are always open to young people. Since 1997 over 40 000 children and young people from over 100 countries have taken part. It aims to prevent the early formation of a gap in individuals’ prospects compared to those of their native German counterparts and to improve children's chances of academic and extracurricular success. In addition to the location in Munich, there are now street football leagues following the model and accreditation of buntkicktgut in Dortmund, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Basel, Würzburg and a multi-city league in Niederbayern.

The leagues offer a place where conflicts are not shut out entirely, but occur in the controlled context of football where there are conflict resolution mechanisms in place, instead of elsewhere in more dangerous places.

Through active participation, buntkickgut's players learn the rules of football, how to be respectful, and how to manage and resolve conflict. FC Interculturale München. On top of that there are regular events, camps, and tournaments for special occasions. Furthermore, the concept and methods of buntkicktgut are being copied by other communities, foundations and clubs in other cities and regions. The teams take part in the city leagues, which span all city districts and run all year round in the form of a summer and a winter season. Currently buntkicktgut is active in Munich, Düsseldorf and Dortmund, The most strongly represented countries/regions continue to reflect the origins of the project: as well as former Through football, children come into contact with other young people from German and foreign backgrounds. Girls In Munich alone in the 2014 season there were over 200 match days with a total of 2524 matches played on the recreation grounds and parks of Munich. The match days are organised and coordinated by the buntkicktgut team and the host team.
buntkicktgut is an intercultural street football league for children and young people. Along with scoring goals and presence on the pitch, it is about taking responsibility for yourself, your team and the league.”, says Rüdiger Heid.In districts with points of social conflict, Street Football Workers train individual teams and spread the philosophy of buntkicktgut: fairplay, tolerance, participation and non-violence. buntkickgut was founded in 1996 as a wave of refugees entered Moulded according to the vision of cofounder and director Rüdiger Heid, the project expanded and, in Munich alone, it now includes over 2500 participants in over 200 teams from over 100 different countries of origin (correct as of 2015).

These excursions are also an irreplaceable sphere of learning for identification, team spirit and social responsibility. Sie ist eines der bekanntesten heimischen TV-Gesichter, er einer der erfolgreichsten Skifahrer, die Südtirol je hatte: Birgit Nössing und Peter Fill.

The buntkicktgut street football workers (SFW) organise and run training sessions for refugees.One aim which buntkicktgut has successfully met for 20 years (see Origins) is to give children and young people a space to play and to develop in the intercultural street football league. It is a place to have fun,Alongside the regular leagues, buntkicktgut organises different tournaments every year (called “buntkicktgut-opens”) which are open to teams from all age groups that don't take part in the regular leagues. Alongside the prevention of youth crime and violence, the objective of the project is to broaden perspectives and to laying educational foundations for young people The leagues are the central pillar of buntkicktgut's pedagogical programme. For instance, in Munich, the League Council is composed of the official buntkicktgut referees, who have successfully completed their training. They play to qualify for the “Champions League” which since April 2006 has run under the motto “Show us your stadium” – with varying locations for matches around the city. Every Street Football Worker offers regular training sessions at set times (minimum once a week) for groups/teams of 8-12 children or young people on their “home pitch”, be it the school playground, the rec around the corner, a patch of grass in the park or the courtyard of their block of flats.