Scottish gamers invited to grassroots occasion

GLASGOW WARRIORS STARS JOIN TV AND SPORTS NAMES IN NATIONAL ‘SAVE OUR GRASSROOTS’ CAMPAIGN

JOIN KYLE ROWE AND ALLY MILLER FOR FUN FOOTBALL MATCH IN WELLIES ON SATURDAY 12 OCTOBER AT POLLOK UNITED NETHERCRAIGS 11.00am to 1.00pm

Enjoyable soccer match for nationwide marketing campaign highlights public want and affection for grassroots sport and nature-rich inexperienced areas in danger from local weather change

Organisers of the nationwide SAVE OUR GRASSROOTS marketing campaign are in search of extra gamers to hitch Scottish sport stars and native communities at Glasgow’s Pollok United Nethercraigs Advanced on Saturday 12 October 11am-1pm for a enjoyable soccer match performed in wellies, to spotlight that 1 in 4 grassroots areas are underneath quick risk from local weather change and nature loss.

The occasion is a part of a UK-wide marketing campaign which can see former Scotland Rugby Sevens captain Jamie Farndale, and soccer & Strictly star Paul Merson play in wellies at London’s Hackney Marshes, on Wednesday ninth October.

The stats are stark: one in 4 stadiums throughout the UK can anticipate partial or whole annual flooding by 2050; excessive climate has stopped 130,000 cricket overs within the final decade; 120,000 soccer video games at the moment are misplaced each season. For inexperienced areas, heatwaves and drought enhance the chance of wildfires and illness, whereas excessive rainfall additional threatens biodiversity, and its very important position to enhance air air pollution, psychological well being and wellbeing, cut back flooding and mitigate the impact of scorching temperatures.

The Save Our Grassroots occasions are a part of COMMON GROUNDS, a marketing campaign led by The Local weather Coalition, Rewriting Earth, Native Storytelling Alternate and Hope For The Future. Channelling a can-do Olympic spirit, the marketing campaign goals to create a groundswell of public noise round inexperienced areas, that urges MPs to champion motion that’s good for us, good for nature and good for local weather.

Commenting on the marketing campaign, ex-Rugby 7s Captain Jamie Farndale and BBC Inexperienced Sport Awards 2024 nominee says: ‘The science is evident – current groundbreaking reviews present that we’re going into a hotter and wetter world the place extra matches will likely be cancelled due to rain, flooding, drought and warmth. Unfairly, it’s grassroots sport that will likely be much less ready to deal with these modifications.

“COMMON GROUNDS highlights the nationwide affection for all the advantages related to native sport and inexperienced areas, whether or not that’s improved bodily psychological and wellbeing to broader social advantages like diminished crime and higher social integration.’