"I know from personal experience just what power football can have to inspire and change young people’s lives, whatever their background or nationality. This is what the Street Child World Cup is all about and I give it my full support.”
- David Beckham
Entry deadline: 31 May 2016
Tournament: Sunday 25 September 12-5pm at The Møller Centre, Churchill College
La Playa writes:
We're proud to announce the return of La Playa's annual Suits in Boots football tournament in aid of Street Child United - and we want your team to enter!
Matthew Mullee, an Ambassador for Street Child United and Co-Founder of specialist insurance broker La Playa, is the driving force behind Suits in Boots. An avid footballer himself, Matt also coaches the Swavesey Spartans under-13s. He says: “We’ve been overwhelmed by the support for this event in previous years, and are looking forward to hosting another superb Suits in Boots event this autumn. The gauntlet’s down!”
Hosted by the generosity of Churchill College, this year the tournament will take place on Sunday 25 September from 12pm onwards at The Møller Centre.
The tournament builds on the success of Street Child World Cup events in Durban (2010) and Rio (2014), and comes hot off the heels of the first ever Street Child Games held in Rio this Spring ahead of the Olympics & Paralympics. Street Child United gives a voice to street children across the globe who have no shelter, no education, no healthcare and no rights. These kids aren’t even “a number” – no records exist for them, and abuse goes unnoticed. Since its inception in Cambridge in 2008, Street Child United has become a global campaign, receiving countless endorsements including from Gordon Brown, David Beckham and Gary Lineker.
“When people see us by the streets, they say that we are the street boys. But when they see us playing soccer, they say that we are not the street boys. They say that we are people like them. They are people like us.” Andile, 15, Durban
To enter your company’s team(s), email Julie Brooklyn Julie.brooklyn@laplayainsurance.com or call 01223 200650.
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Press information and photographs: Juliet Allan, Marketing Director
Tel: (01223) 200658 email: juliet.allan@laplayainsurance.com
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