Marcus has committed himself to combating child poverty in the UK and his book You Are a Champion is an inspiring guide for children about reaching their full potential.I want to show you how you can be a champion in almost anything you put your mind to. In October 2020, he was appointed MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours. In response to Marcus's End Child Food Poverty campaign, the British Government committed £400 million to support vulnerable children across the UK, supporting 1.7 million children for the next 12 months.
Marcus successfully lobbied the British Government to u-turn policy around the free food voucher program – a campaign that has been deemed the quickest turnaround of Government policy in the history of British politics – so that 1.3 million vulnerable children continued to have access to food supplies whilst schools were closed during the pandemic. Marcus Rashford MBE is Manchester United's iconic number 10 and an England International footballer.ĭuring the lockdown imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Marcus teamed up with the food distribution charity FareShare to cover the free school meal deficit for vulnerable children across the UK, raising in excess of 20 million pounds. 'Hates reading but bought his first book today.' Read more 'My 8 year old decided to finally read a book that wasn't school related.' Grover, trainer and mentor to Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan. Get out of your comfort zone and learn from your mistakes Be comfortable with who you are – you can't be a champion until you're happy being you! It will show you how to be the very BEST that you can be. Written with journalist Carl Anka, You Are a Champion is packed full of stories from Marcus’s own life, brilliant advice and top-tips from performance psychologist Katie Warriner. Now the nation's favourite footballer wants to show YOU how to achieve your dreams, in this positive and inspiring guide for life.
Marcus Rashford MBE is famous worldwide for his skills both on and off the pitch – but before he was a Manchester United and England footballer, and long before he started his inspiring campaign to end child food poverty, he was just an ordinary kid from Wythenshawe, South Manchester.
I want to show you how you can be a champion in almost anything you put your mind to.
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