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<\/p>\nAre you as keen as I am to get the whole family active as part of a healthier lifestyle? Is football on your radar?\u00a0Perhaps you already have a household of avid football fans or maybe like me you\u2019re fairly new to the game?<\/p>\n
To celebrate the fact that they\u2019ve championed a generation of football for the last 15 years, Barclays are giving away loads of amazing football prizes for the whole family to enjoy.<\/u>\u00a0You can win once in a lifetime football experiences like the chance to present the trophy to the champions, match tickets, becoming a match mascot and even a visit from the Barclays Premier League Trophy to your child\u2019s school! Hurry, there\u2019s only a few days left to enter!<\/p>\n
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As a girl growing up I wasn\u2019t given much access to football because back in the dark ages it was considered a \u201cboys game\u201d! Thankfully times have changed and for the last 15 years Barclays Bank have been driving amazing community initiatives to make football accessible to all, regardless of age, gender or ability.<\/p>\n
I was interested to hear that when Barclays became title sponsor for Premier League Football back in 2004 they made a commitment with the Football Foundation sports charity to bring sport into the lives of young people across the UK. \u00a0They have certainly lived up to their promise investing a massive \u00a340 million and setting up over 200 sports sites to give easy access to sport to\u00a0millions of young people. Perhaps you or your children have already seen or even been involved with some of their initiatives in your local community?<\/p>\n
What I love most about the work Barclays have been doing is that they don\u2019t see the benefits of football starting and ending on the pitch. We all know that being active and involving ourselves in Sport is an important part of a healthy lifestyle but Barclays takes this one step further recognising how sport can help young people develop important life skills too like self-confidence, determination and team work.<\/p>\n
Barclays is working with 17 Premier league and Football league clubs to use the power of football to engage young people and aims to support 5 million 10 to 35 year olds developing their life skills and investing in employability\u00a0programmes so that they can achieve their ambitions, reach their potential and become the next generation of achievers. Now that\u2019s what I call championing the true Spirit of the Game!<\/p>\n
Now you and your family can enjoy a Barclays football experience too. To celebrate 15 proud years of championing the generation of football Barclays is giving away lots of amazing\u00a0Barclays Premier League experiences\u00a0your whole family is going to love!<\/p>\n
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