Marcus Rashford

 

 

 

Marcus Rashford is one of the brightest talents known in world football. 1x Europa league winner, 1x EFL cup winner, FA community Shield winner, 1x FA Cup player and nominated 3rd for Golden boy. Rashford is not just a rising talent on the pitch but a remarkable person off the pitch. Rashford. Raised by his single mother with 4 other siblings has no-doubt been through his hardships. Using football as an escape throughout the hardships he endured as a child, Rashford in now placed in a position where he can use his power for good and he is doing so. During the Covid-19, pandemic many people have suffered due to their different circumstances seeing this Rashford spotted an opportunity to kick-start his campaign in-order to help disadvantaged kids. Rashford began to push the UK government to allow free school meals to be provided to the poorest families in England. The hashtag #sirmarcusrashford began trending on the internet and the opposition leader of the UK parliament Keir Starmer thanked Rashford for his efforts. After Marcus Rashford amazing efforts in raising awareness for this cause. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a $150 Million “Covid summer food fund”. Not only did Rashford begin the movement behind a multi million-dollar fundraiser but he has done countless other things over the time of the Covid-19 pandemic. Rashford helped raise millions in donations towards food charity Fare Share, launched a poetry completion for death people and even learned sign language.

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With a following of around 3 million on twitter, 8.4 million on Instagram and 3.3 million on Facebook. We can see that Rashford used his platform to his advantage, reaching out to his millions of followers with this powerful statement. “To all MPs, this was never about me or you, this was never about politics, this was about a cry for help for all vulnerable parents all over the country and I simply provided a platform for their voices to be heard. I stand proud today know we have listened, and we have done what is right. There is still a long way to go but I am thankful to you all that we have given these families just one less thing to worry about tonight the well being of our children should ALWAYS be a priority”.

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This moving and influential statement was seen by millions and no doubt influenced millions to go and even make the smallest change to see what they can do to make a change. Not only did the members of the public assist Rashford in his fantastic cause but also we saw footballer Jadon Sancho another young English talent respond with this tweet. “I stand by you all the way! Growing up in London a lot of the kids their parents struggled financially so having free school meals was a savior! This one is close to my heart”

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This is truly a great example of this platform that these professional sporting players can have and the not only mental but also financial influence that they can have. Not only did Marcus Rashford use his platform to raise awareness he also used it to push his campaign and raise millions of pounds. Having scored 64 goals all up for his Boyhood club, scoring on his debut in the Premier league and the Champions league, in the race for the 2019/2020 golden boot and representing his country in the World Cup and European Championship. However large his accomplishments may be on the football field none of these can compare to the impact that he has on his country and the millions of hungry children in the past couple of months.