The Inflatable Football matches will take place Friday 6th March at MMU’s Sugden Sports Centre – Register your team now by emailing kick4life.football@gmail.com
By Cosmin Albu
As an international student, one of the main reasons shaping my decision to attend university in the UK was the multitude of doors I have the chance to open. Not only do I have the possibility to academically enrich myself, but also the practical environment in which to hone key, transferrable skills for the career I am wishing to further pursue. For instance, along with my six-member team, as part of our first year of study we are requested to plan and deliver a sport-related event. In other words, we are given the opportunity to take entire responsibility for creating an event from cellar to rafter.
In this regard, we are organising, for students, an Inflatable Football Tournament for charity which will be held at Sugden Sport Centre, on Friday 6th March 2015, from 12PM to 3PM. The aim of the competition is to raise money for Kick4Life, a charity and social enterprise that is engaging in international projects helping to support the people from Lesotho infected with the HIV virus. The Southern African country is ranked 2nd in terms of the inhabitants suffering from this infection, with one in four people being diagnosed with HIV.
From one perspective, the university is investing in us, its students. Yet, from another angle, we are striving to give back as much as we can to the community as a whole. We do believe that each human should be seen equal and be entitled to the same rights and privileges to enjoy a healthy, happy existence. Nonetheless, there are people whose hopes to pursue their lives, dreams and goals are sadly being cut short.
So, MMU, let’s bring together our positive feelings and intentions! Let’s also have fun, network, socialise and play an entertaining variant of football for this cause. Gather your team of three males or females, contribute with £4 to the charity and book your place either by emailing kick4life.football@gmail.com or by visiting our Facebook Page MMU – Inflatable Football.
Cosmin Albu is a first year international student studying Sport Marketing Management at MMU.
In each print issue, aAh! Magazine interrogates one word which runs as a theme throughout our creative submissions. We’re excited to introduce The FRESHERS Issue 24/25 and launch our new Featured Artist brief: “Authentically Manchester“ This special mini issue of aAh! features a guide to everything Manchester has to offer – for students and everyone else! We’re…
Featured image: Flow4Equality Manchester Met student Hannah Smith is launching Flow4Equality, a new social enterprise dedicated to fighting period poverty in the city. Their first event is a pop-up festival called ‘Painting Manchester Red’, which aims to support and empower women, with a focus on feminism and menstruation. The project was created as part of…
Featured image: Matt Crockett Coming-of-age musical & Juliet hits Manchester to kick off its UK tour, after a remarkable run in London’s West End (picking up three Oliviers along the way). This modern adaptation of a Shakespearean tragedy brings the female to the forefront, showcasing that when it comes to love, there is life after…
Featured image and gallery: Gracie Hall Glasgow’s Deadpony enter to ‘VooDoo People’ by The Prodigy. Lead singer Anna Shields brings the energy from the get-go, despite the band being one man down due to a broken arm and a last minute replacement by Shields’ friend – you’d have never guessed. Anna’s theatrical stage presence captivates…
Leave a reply