KCL Women’s and Men’s Football were spotted on Strand Campus this week undertaking a rather unconventional fundraising strategy. For a £2 donation, students could take aim and ‘pie’ a player in the face.
They started the fundraiser for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to support their upcoming charity match against Queen Mary’s University of London on Saturday.
The match will see the committees of both universities go head to head, and is joint with the women’s and men’s teams.
UNHCR, otherwise known as the the UN Refugee Agency, works to ensure that everybody has the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge, having fled violence, persecution or war at home.
All of the proceeds from the tickets go directly to the UNHCR to support their work with refugees in the UK.
Last year they raised over £8000 for the charity, and aim is to surpass this on Saturday. The societies have held the fundraiser for the last 2 years and say “they are making it bigger each year to raise more money.”
Martha, Co-President of Women’s Football, said:
“It’s a cause we, as a club, really support, and we love doing the charity match as a way to raise awareness and money for the charity”
You can buy tickets for Saturday’s match here.
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