Premier League Inspire’s Participant Interviewed at Wembley Stadium
Wednesday 23rd April, Bolton Wanderers in the Community Premier League Inspires Lead, Gabriella Danby, and a group of students from Sharples High School made the journey down to Wembley Stadium to take part in the Premier League Inspires Challenge. Read about the event HERE
During the event Tom, a student from Sharples High School was interviewed by the Premier League to find out what the Premier League Inspires programme means to them.
Reflecting on the event and the Premier League Inspires programme, Tom said “We came up with the idea of a walk and talk for men. It’s an opportunity to make friends and open up. Men feel they have to be strong but it’s OK not to be OK. It’s important to me because a lot of men go through a lot of things. You need to check on people.
“Being at Wembley Stadium at this event is a blessing. Not a lot of people get opportunities like this. I get to represent the club I support and I’m surrounded by good people who I like. We’ve done so well as a team as well and I feel proud we’ve come so far.
“At school we talked about gender inequality and how we can address it. It is bad that some people think one gender is more superior than another because actually we’re all the same, we are all human beings. It doesn’t really make a difference what gender you are.
“Before the Premier League Inspires Challenge I was quieter and didn’t really care much about people. But now that I’ve got to communicate with others, I’ve made many more friends and become nicer. I am much more confident speaking with people now.”
You can read the full article from the Premier League Here
Premier League Inspires uses the appeal of football to help children and young people aged 11-to-18 to develop the personal skills and positive attitude to succeed in life. More than 30,000 young people have received more than 130,000 hours of targeted support across 1000+ schools and educational facilities since the programme’s launch in 2019.
The programme is delivered by 45 professional football club community organisations and is supported by the Professional Footballers’ Association and the Premier League. More than £14.5m has been invested into the programme, via the Premier League Charitable Fund.