Savage Teams Up To 'Transform Your Patch'
Former professional footballer and football pundit Robbie Savage has teamed up to launch Transform Your Patch - a campaign that aims to regenerate around 165 outdoor spaces across the UK with the support of the public.
Transform Your Patch is one of the most ambitious community-led regeneration schemes to take place in the UK and will create great outdoor spaces for people to enjoy through a series of projects. The campaign, a partnership between leading environmental regeneration charity Groundwork and favourite soft drink brands from Britvic and PepsiCo, will see Robbie and three other famous faces championing outdoor projects including playgrounds, picnic areas and parks, 5 a side football pitches and skate parks.
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Robbie is representing 5 a side football pitches and is battling it out against other celebrities to win a prize fund of £100,000 for pitches across the UK. He will be drumming up public support and encouraging people to vote for a 5 a side football pitch in their region and support his team by visiting www.transformyourpatch.com. If Robbie s team gets the winning amount of votes then 5 a side football pitches will benefit from the £100,000 prize fund.
Robbie says, I grew up playing on 5 a side football pitches with my mates. Being involved in Transform Your Patch means that I can help ensure that the next generation of footballers have clean, all weather facilities to play on, just like I did when I was younger. 5 a side football pitches are such an important part of the community because they give footballers of all ages a place to practice their skills and have fun when they compete. For anyone who is as passionate about football as me, get online and vote for 5 a side football pitches and my team on www.transformyourpatch.com .
Transform Your Patch will run for nine months (February to October 2012) and the aim of the campaign is to regenerate around 165 outdoor spaces across the UK. Are you keen to improve your local 5 a side pitch? Have your say and share your opinions online, on Twitter and on Facebook.
