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Foyer Reporters

Foyer Match Reporters Chosen


Kate Wilson and Lee Dixon will be the lead live match reporters from the pitch side for the official Homeless World Cup website and BBC Online.  They were selected from over 50 applicants from Foyers across the UK.

Lee Dixon, aged 26, from Market Rasen Foyer in Lincolnshire, said:

“It is an unbelievable achievement to have been shortlisted, let alone chosen to represent the Foyer for this project.   I am so happy to do any work which involves sports, especially football.

"It is just a fantastic bonus that it is in Cape Town which means I get to travel and experience another culture, which would be nearly impossible without this opportunity.”

Lee recently took part in a placement with Lincoln City Football Club and is chair of his Foyer Residents Committee:

“I hope that by doing this that it will give me the experience I need to get a full time job in the media aspect of football, everything and anything from writing a column to commentating.”

22-year-old Kate Wilson, from Torbay Foyer, said:

“I took part in the Homeless World Cup trials and got quite far. I was proud of myself and could see that the better people were in the team, however obviously I was disappointed not to be part of the Homeless World Cup.

"Then the opportunity occurred to apply to report on it, and when I got picked I was delighted. I feel like I have been a part of it from the start and I will get to see it through to the finish.”

Kate is a part time coach with Exeter City Football Club and has organised a football side at the Torbay Foyer. She hopes to pursue a career in football. “I haven't even had a holiday for 8 years and although this will be hard work I am amazed that I will actually be going to South Africa.”

Kate and Lee will be helping to fund their trip to South Africa with their own fundraising activities over the next two months.

Launched in 1992, the UK Foyer network now stretches to 130 local Foyers supporting more than 10,000 homeless 16 to 25 year-olds each year, giving them a chance to realise their full potential.

They enable young people at risk to escape the ‘no home-no job-no home’ cycle by delivering a holistic service that integrates accommodation with training, job search, personal support and motivation.