In late 2023, Statom Group joined us as a long-term partner to help provide opportunities for young people within the building and construction industries across London.

Selected as the lead charity for the Statom Group's Celebrity Ball in late 2023 and 2024, the incredible events saw a stunning £400,000 raised to help the Foundation continue to reach and power the potential of more young people.

From Black History Month in October 2021, the Foundation has been working with Warner Music UK to build a grassroots anti-racism and equality movement that will raise awareness of racism and use music and its associated industries to bring communities together around shared passions and interests.

In late 2025, The Rio Ferdinand Foundation announced a new collaborative partnership with Lyle & Scott, the renowned British heritage fashion brand.

The partnership united two organisations with a shared commitment to tackling inequality and creating meaningful pathways for young people from underrepresented communities to achieve their full potential.

KISS partners with the Rio Ferdinand Foundation on new campaign #notboxed. In April 2022 KISS Breakfast's Jordan & Perri announced a new KISS partnership with the Rio Ferdinand Foundation to raise awareness and drive change in the way young people are supported in building their futures.

An exciting new partnership between the International Fund for Ireland (IFI) and Rio Ferdinand Foundation (RFF), working across the southern border counties and Northern Ireland, will unite young people together through their love of the ‘beautiful game’.

Working collaboratively with UEFA Foundation for Children, Youth in Action is a programme of opportunity developed in consultation with young people and communities. The programme works with minority groups and under resourced communities to promote inclusion, and tackle racism.

The Rio Ferdinand Foundation (the Foundation) is now the European beneficiary of Ralph Lauren’s Pin of Solidarity—a timeless, tangible symbol of solidarity. This partnership recognises the Foundation’s ambition to create a more equal and inclusive society and empower more young people to realise their full potential.

The partnership aims to help young people from some of the UK’s most disadvantaged communities learn more about the sport as a pastime and an industry they can work in. The collaboration will launch across the three Jockey Club racecourses closest to London - Sandown Park, Epsom Downs and Kempton Park - with the Foundation working with hundreds of young people in the capital every year.

The skills development programme aims to inspire, connect and equip young people with the essential networks and skills for life. The Rio Ferdinand Foundation is proud to be working with The Guinness Partnership to offer resilience building, skills, training and employability support to marginalised young people living in Guinness housing across Oldham and London that will improve their employability and life skills.

Greater Manchester-based Findel, one of the UK's leading suppliers of resources for schools, sports clubs, and other education establishments, has teamed up via their Findel Foundation with the Rio Ferdinand Foundation, a national charity for youth and community development, to launch a new 'Communities' programme.

Providing opportunities & pathways into the music, sport, media and creative industries. The Rio Ferdinand Foundations newest partnership with Laureus and Footlocker will over the next 12-months bring together iconic and aspirational street brands with local partners. In and around Brixton we will deliver a programme that echoes the blend of sport, music, and fashion, we see more and more in street culture in Brixton and beyond.

Choice Housing has become the first housing association in Northern Ireland to partner with the well-established Rio Ferdinand Foundation to support young people through a range of personal and professional development programmes.