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About Us

About Us

Created in 2002, the Athletic Club Foundation is a non-profitorganisation that works in the organisation, promotion anddevelopment of social, sporting and cultural activities related tofootball and sport.

The Foundation works from the parameters established by thehistorical values, philosophy and social and cultural dimension ofAthletic Club.

About Us

What we do

What we do

The main objective of the Athletic Club Foundation is to give whatsociety gives to Athletic Club back to society, through theimplementation of a CSR program that is deployed in sporting,social and cultural fields.

Main Objective

What we do

The Athletic Club Foundation carries out part of its work in thesocial field. Our initial idea is that football can and should be a toolfor inclusion in today's societies, not a reason for confrontationunder any circumstance.

Social Activities

What we do

Therefore, the Foundation carries out activities aimed at thepromoting the values linked to playing sport in general andfootball and Athletic Club in particular, focusing its work onhelping people at risk of social exclusion. The social activities thatthe Athletic Club Foundation launches share a single goal: to makeour society a better place.

Social Activities

What we do / Social Activities

Social activities meet these conditions:

They are aimed at improvingthe lives of a groupat risk of exclusion.

They are implemented in collaboration with a third party agent in the social field(NGO, Administration, Association...) with experience in working specifically withthis groupat risk of exclusion

We do not accept third party sponsorship. The Foundation will cover all expensesarising from the project.


Social activities meet these conditions:

They use footballand the image of Athletic Club to achieve defined objectives.

They are run by the Foundation and put into practice by the Athletic Club sportsstaff (coaches,players, physios,etc.) on a voluntarilybasis.


Projects and target audience

Basque Adapted Sport League and Cup Adults with intellectual disabilities

Genuine Team Adults with intellectual disabilities

Bakuva Football School Children at risk of social exclusion foreconomic reasons

Bizitegi, Homeless Team Homeless people living in Bilbao

Mental Health Network League Adults with mental illness

Futbola Buruan Football Cup Adults with mental illness



ADSIS Project Persons deprived of liberty (prisoners)

Hospitals Project Sick children

Utopía Project Women in vulnerable situations

Zabaloetxe Project Unaccompanied immigrant minors

Programme For People WithReduced Mobility Persons with reduced mobility (stadium)

SERSO Honduras Project Third world children education process

Ahalegina Project Children with intellectual disabilities

Basque Adapted Sport League and Cup

Genuine Team

Bakuva Football School

Bizitegi, Homeless Team

Mental Health Network League and Cup

ADSIS Project

Hospitals Project

Utopía Project

Zabaloetxe Project

Programme For People With Reduced Mobility

SERSO Honduras Project

Ahalegina Project

The Ahalegina Project (Ahalegina = Being able to do something), is aimed atchildren with intellectual disabilities in Biscay. It is a series of free weeklypsychomotor skills training sessions, developed by sports professionals fromAthletic Club. The aims are:

- To improve the psychomotor skills of children.- To acquire day to day skills (doing their own bag alone, showering alone...).- Help in the process of acquiring autonomy (parents out!)

The pedagogical advantage provided by the Athletic Club brand is key to theproject. Children will train with Athletic Club, not in psychomotor skillsworkshops! This means that there are practically no absentees. Children want togo and are willing to work for it.

They receive interim rewards depending on their behaviour, such as visits fromplayers. But they always have to have earned it through their efforts. At the endof the year, they are given a diploma certifying their (hard) work.

Ahalegina Project

What we do / Social-Sporting activities

The Athletic Club Foundation works to show sport in general andfootball in particular as areas of personal development, both interms of health and in terms of the values of sport and ourorganisation.

Social-Sporting activities


Social-sporting activities meet these conditions:

- They are aimed at children, seeking to foster a playful image ofsport.

- Showing Athletic Club and football as something familiar, close,not exclusively related to competition.

- Internal programmes: helping our children (players) to makefootball compatible with all other spheres of life.



FutbolKalean Childrenaged 6 to 14

Athletic Herriz Herri Childrenaged 4 to 10

Athletic Club Campus Childrenaged 6 to 14

Lezama scholarships for discarded players Former players from Lezamafootball school

FutbolKalean

Athletic Herriz Herri

Athletic Club Campus

Lezama scholarships for discarded players

Lezama Scholarships for Discarded Players

The Foundation offers a one-year scholarship to those players that AthleticClub has ruled out for sporting reasons or due to injuries, who havedemonstrated an extended effort over time making studies and sportscompatible. Scholarships are awarded by the Lezama sports management teamand in some cases include one year of studies abroad (Ireland, USA).

Lezama scholarships for discarded players

What We Do / Cultural Activities

Every year, the Athletic Club Foundation Fundazioa programmesa major set of activities in the cultural field related to sport andfootball. They have common link in that they try to enhance thecultural fabric of our society by attracting usual audiences atsporting events to football and Athletic-themed cultural activities,which, by maintaining the quality of the contents, are attractive toand educational for them.

Cultural Activities


In this way, we try to bring fans closer to the world of culturalreflection, showing them different ways of experiencing theirpassion for football, reflecting on the social, cultural andsentimental dimension of Athletic Club and promoting the valuesassociated with our organisation, such as respect, coexistence andfair play.

Cultural Activities


Culturalactivities meet these conditions:

- The main objective is to build bridges between the worlds of cultureand football.

- They were launched in collaboration with institutions in the culturalfield.

- Specific sponsorship is allowed.

- They must have a high level of discourse (we will not put on justanything)

-They serve as a joint reflection on where we are and where we aregoing.


Projectsand topics

Letters and football Literature, theatre, poetry andjournalism

BertsoDerbia Improvisedpoetry in Basque

Ibilaldiaand Korrika Promotionof Basque language

ThinkingFootballFilm Festival Football-themedcinema

Letters and football

BertsoDerbia

Ibilaldia and Korrika

Thinking Football Film Festival

The Thinking Football Film Festival is a film festival organised by the Foundation with the collaboration of Sala BBK. Between twelve and sixteen films are screened annually over six days of the festival. A common theme of the films is that they involve social stories, stories of overcoming or political stories, through football. We do not screen hagiographies of footballers. It is the social character of football that interests us.

Over the years, films have been screened from countries such as Nepal, Germany, USA, Argentina, Chile, Belgium, France, Sweden.... Every year there is an Audience Award, which comes from the votes of attendees. Admission is free of charge and at all of the major screenings, directors of and actors in the films are invited. Starting this year, there is also an award to a local production in Basque.

Thinking Football Film Festival

Eskerrik asko / Thank You

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