Football Charity CEO

Katie leads Pledgeball, an organisation that unleashes the power of sports fans – taking small individual actions and uniting them to make a big difference in tackling the climate crisis.

Katie invites sports fans to take actions by making simple, eco-friendly promises, like using reusable water bottles.

Did you know that 1 Wembley’s worth of fans simply reducing their shower time to 5 minutes saves the same amount of emissions as taking over 500 cars off the road?

Pledgeball teams up with sports clubs to support fans to do this, and showcases the power of collective action at fun events and online activities.

“Our goal is to help the sports community become more environmentally friendly and lead the way in tackling climate change.”

Job insight

Official job title: Chief Executive Officer

Earning: £45,000 – £65,000

Workplace: Katie primarily works from her laptop to remotely connect with her team, volunteers and a whole range of football associations. She also visits football clubs and often interviews for television and podcasts.

Katie’s Career Path

Katie’s top career tip: “Celebrate failure – because what we learn from failure is far more important than what we learn from success, and without it we cannot succeed.”

To get a job being a Charity Director, after school you could try:

OR perhaps you like the sound of….

Working in Sport

You could:

  • find an apprenticeship as a community sport and health officer
  • do a college or university course in Sports Industry or Sports development
  • get a job or start volunteering at your local sports club

Volunteering

To build your skills whilst giving back to the community. You can find volunteer opportunities on Do It, My Community and The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO).

Build your skills

Green skills are your skills put into action in a Green job that helps reduce carbon emissions & protects the planet.

Want to build your speaking and problem solving skills to get a Green job like Katie’s? Head to Skills Builder to start your journey!

Parent’s/Carers – you can help your young person build their skills at home.

Discover your top strengths

Go to WISE “My Skills My Life” and take the personality quiz.

It’s just 15 quick questions and you can see how you match up to Katie’s strength’s below.

Katie’s personality strengths:

Innovator

Campaigner

Manager

Build your career

If you’re 11 years old and up, you can start to build your Career Profile on Career Pilot – explore your skills, interests and potential job options here!

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