Jermaine Eluemunor Youth Camp

London Born New York Giants’ Star Jermaine Eluemunor Gives Back to North London Community with Second Annual Youth Football Camp 

British NFL star Jermaine Eluemunor, in partnership with NFL Foundation UK – the NFL’s charitable arm of the NFL in the UK, returned home to North London and hosted his second annual youth camp on Thursday 4th July in Coles Park Stadium, home of Haringey Borough FC.  

The youth camp designed and led by Eluemunor saw 124 children participate in team building exercises plus flag football training drills and an NFL Flag football game. The participants comprised of local school children and NFL Foundation UK beneficiaries from North London. NFL Foundation UK provided flag football equipment and coaching. 

The current New York Giants player born in Chalk Farm, first became interested in the sport after watching the Giants play the Miami Dolphins at Wembley Stadium in 2007 on TV, in the first ever NFL regular season game played outside the U.S. Achieving his own dreams of signing for the NFL team he supports, he hopes to set other youngsters on the same path by engaging them in the sport for the first time. 

The NFL Foundation UK launched in 2021 as part of the NFL’s international charitable endeavours and in partnership with the Mayor of London’s ‘Sport Unites’ fund that saw the duo commit a combined £1 million to deliver NFL Foundation UK’s work in the capital. The organisation aims to tackle inequality faced by young people aged 11-20 through providing grants, training and equipment to local community organisations to help young people understand and realise their potential with access to positive pathways to develop their skills.  

Flag football is fun, exciting, and accessible for all, with women and girls driving some of the fastest growth in the sport. Currently 60,000 young people from over 650 schools play the sport in the UK with more than 20 million people in more than 100 countries from all ages and gender demonstrating the popularity of the sport globally.  

The game provides a structured opportunity for youth to play the non-contact version of American football while discovering the importance of sportsmanship, teamwork, and friendship both on and off the field.  

The growth of the game follows flag football’s inclusion in the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games — driven by the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) and supported by the league.