Beggars Arkive & War Child charity football shirts

Beggars Arkive charity football T shirts

Beggars Arkive are pleased to announce the release of two limited run football shirts. Hand-made in Portugal, the shirts are designed and produced in collaboration with Full Kit. All profits from the sale of the shirts are being donated to War Child, who also hosted the Independent Label Cup.

Speaking on the campaign, Beggars Arkive offer:

“We are incredibly grateful to Full Kit, our manufacturer, and our distributor, for waiving their fees so that 100% of the profits can support the amazing work of War Child.

This marks the first official piece of Beggars Arkive merchandise. After a deep dive into our catalogue of lyrics, we chose the iconic Gary Numan ”Down in the Park” lyric to be reimagined as the Beggars Banquet football anthem!”

The bespoke, breathable football shirts were designed in the aftermath of the Independent Label 5-a-side Tournament (London, July 2024).

Designed with a teal and black wave, sublimated print with embroidered Arkive badge and Beggars Banquet logos from across its history. Back neck embroidered with Gary Numan lyric “Down in the park” in mock Replicas font. The shirts are limited edition of 100 in each colour.

About War Child

War Child is driven by a single goal – ensuring a safe future for every child affected by war. War Child works in some of the hardest-to-reach places to support those who are hardest hit. It aims to reach children as quickly as possible when conflict breaks out and stays long after the cameras have gone to support them through their recovery. War Child works with local communities and governments to help protect and educate children, and support them to heal and learn, for a safer, brighter future. Because one child caught up in conflict is one child too many. War Child understands children’s needs, respects and stands up for their rights, and puts them at the centre of everything it does.

War Child boldly campaigns on the root causes of conflict and helps to amplify children’s voices, so that it can advocate for change on the issues that matter to them. Together with its partners, War Child delivers vital work in 14 countries across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. Every day, its local teams are in communities and refugee camps creating safe spaces for children to play, learn, and access psychological support. War Child also specialises in responding rapidly to emergency crisis situations as they happen, offering immediate and critical aid to keep children safe and help them through their trauma. War Child will never give up on children affected by conflict.

www.warchild.org.uk

About Beggars Arkive

Beggars Arkive is the catalogue and archive department for past and present Beggars Group labels and artists. Beggars labels include 4AD, Matador, Rough Trade, XL Recordings and Young, they also handle legacy labels including Beggars Banquet, too pure, Wiiija, Situation Two and more. Beggars began in 1977 and has over 40 years of catalogue to work with. The utmost care is given to sound quality, artwork and occasionally some very fancy packaging.

Over the last ten years, Beggars Arkive have reissued albums by Bauhaus, Gary Numan, The Cult, The Fall, Pixies, Cocteau Twins, The Mortal Coil, Freeez, Buffalo Tom, The Charlatans and many, many more. Beggars Arkive releases are done in full cooperation with the artists, oftentimes with them leading the charge. The Arkive itself is also a physical archive space, containing a wealth of Beggars Group musical and visual history. The Arkive as a label are continually working on maintaining, growing and cataloguing the archive, now a great source of materials and a perfect space for research.