The Swindonian is hosting a raffle in an effort to raise funds for the 2024 Kick4Life Allstars Tour.
The top prizes will be a stack of board games and puzzles donated by a local company who do not want any publicity. The maximum stack for this prize will be 6ft
Tickets cost £2 each and are available in person at The Tuppenny and The Clifton.
They can also be bought by emailing getintouch@theswindonian.co.uk with RAFFLE TICKETS in the subject.
The draw will be made in early December with some amazing prizes on offer including:
- Win Your Height In Board Games & Puzzles
- Family ticket for the 2022 Wyvern Panto
- £60 Kenzo 72 Voucher
- £60 Kenzo 72 Voucher
- £60 Siam Thai Voucher
- Voucher for desserts at Kaspa’s Desserts
- £50 Now Lets Travel Swindon Voucher
About Kick4Life
Kick4Life F.C. is a unique football club based in Lesotho in Southern Africa. As a charity and a social enterprise, their mission is to change the lives and long-term prospects of vulnerable young people in Lesotho, through a wide range of social development activities focused on health, education and support towards sustainable livelihoods.
As a football club committed to social change they bring together the football industry and the Sport for Development sector. This model enables the charity to change lives off the pitch as well as leading systemic change in the industry, and in 2020 they became the first top flight club in the world to commit to gender equal budgets.
Good Health & Wellbeing through Football
Young people in Lesotho face severe, multiple and overlapping health challenges that can have a wide range of impacts on their development and future prospects. The Good Health & Wellbeing through Football Curriculum aims to fill this gap in provision, providing targeted health education specifically designed to engage and motivate youth around the most pressing challenges in Lesotho, including, HIV/AIDS, hygiene & sanitation, nutrition, drug, alcohol and substance misuse and mental health.
Many of these health needs and challenges are linked to the underlying societal issue of HIV/AIDS, and our integrated approach to this project addresses wellbeing in a holistic way. We believe this is essential to improving the overall long-term health chances of young people in Lesotho. The curriculum also includes significant components of gender equality and life-skills development, which are critical in supporting the adoption of healthily attitudes and behaviours.
As well as promoting behaviour change to improve health chances and prevent poor health, improving access to services is a key factor in addressing existing health conditions and needs. The project addresses this need through individual referrals to specialist health services dependent on the specific needs of participants. Notably this includes referrals to HIV testing, counselling and medical follow-up.
Girls United
Lesotho is a patriarchal society that normalises gender inequality. In 2014 33% of women and 40% of men expressed a belief that a husband is justified in beating his wife in certain circumstances (LDHS). 86% of women have experienced some form of Gender Based Violence (GBV) at least once in their lifetime, including partner and non-partner violence. With many women unaware of their rights or how to uphold them, Gender Links research also indicates that GBV remains a primary driver of HIV infection in Lesotho.
Girls United aims to empower girls & young women with sexual & reproductive health education, knowledge of their rights, preventing and responding to gender-based violence, and life-skills development notably self-confidence.
Delivered by young female leaders, the project includes:
– A 14 session sports-based curriculum covering gender rights, sexual & reproductive health education and life-skills development.
– Mixed-gender football tournaments that integrates activities to engage boys as activists against gender-based violence.
– Referrals to health, legal, protection and psychosocial services.
– A young leaders network for female empowerment and support on an ongoing basis. Young leaders identified through the curriculum have the opportunity to join a young leaders network and become leaders in promoting social change in their communities on an ongoing basis.
Monitoring & Evaluation includes pre and post course assessments, focus groups and coach observation. Follow up focus groups are conducted at intervals after the course to assess on-going impact, including the impact of the young women as advocates of healthy behaviour in their families and communities.
