About the event
Do you eat, live and breathe football? Are you a gunning Grealish or a budding Bale in the making?
Just fancy showing off some fancy footwork? Having a kick about with your mates?
Entries are open for this year’s 2026 Charity Football Tournament – and this year is a special one as this much loved and popular annual event marks its 15th anniversary of making a difference!
By taking part this year you will be part of something extra special, by being amongst the elite few supporting this fantastic game-changing fundraiser in its 15th milestone and helping to raise lots of quids to support our work in changing, transforming and saving lives across Oxfordshire!
This year’s event is kindly sponsored by Wallingford Sports Park, Bubble Finance Hub – Oxfordshire, The Jones Robinson Group, Allums of Oxon and Blue Blood with our thanks to these supporters for making the event possible
Over the years over £60,000 in total for a range of causes notably Oxford Children’s Hospital funding specialist medical equipment, art installations, patient comforts and even a sponsored patient room on the teenage ward. Oxford Head Injury Services and Sobell House Hospice are amongst the other causes who benefit year on year from this thrilling and fun friendly contest. 2025’s event saw a record breaking £7,300 raised!
Entries are now open until June 29th to all adult teams aged 16 and over.
Entries cost £100 per team, and by taking part and by signing up we are encouraging teams to commit to raising at least £250 – whether raising the pounds through a simple Justgiving page or holding a bake sale, a raffle, or being daring and brave by taking the plunge as some players have over the past few years with sponsored head shaves or hair dyes.
There is a top fundraising team award presented to the team who raises the most money by the day – which for the past two years running has been awarded to ATA, a Didcot-based company who in 2025 raised with gift aid close to £2,500!
The tournament is also all to play for with The P2G Paediatric Eye Fund-sponsored Cup to be won by the 2026 champions, and a beautiful Plate given to the top 3rd or 4th placed team.
On the day there will also be pitch side fun and fundraising with a raffle, tombola, activities from Snap Fitness Didcot and the sports park with a barbecue, food and bar. John’s Whippy ice cream van will chime by around noon to keep everyone cool and refreshed.
To take part, and to register, please contact us or e-mail hello@play2give.org.uk or reach out on our social media platforms.