North East Fife MP Sir Menzies Campbell joined Gary Lineker and his wife Danielle this week in Parliament to pledge his support for the ‘1 Goal’ campaign. Gary Lineker is an Ambassador for the campaign which aims to mobilise support for education for all through football.
Commenting, Sir Menzies said:
“Mobilising the passion millions of people feel for football is a brilliant way of raising support for a campaign which seeks to increase access to education for some of the world’s poorest children.
“Providing children in developing countries with an education is a goal which has the power to combat poverty in the long-term. I hope every football supporter will join me in supporting this campaign.â€
Gary Lineker said:
“Delivering education for the 72 million children that are currently denied access to education is an achievable dream. We know that the world has the resources to deliver it. Now it’s time for world leaders to make it happen – for rich countries to deliver the funding needed, and for governments of developing countries to ensure that education is the top priority in their country.”
David Archer, International Board Member for the Global Campaign for Education said:
“This year 1 million pupils, in 9000 schools across the UK, joined the Global Campaign for Education’s 1GOAL Send My Friend to School campaign, linked to the World Cup, which focused on getting every child in the world into school. Pupils and teachers understand the importance of this issue. The UK government has already committed to keep up overall spending on aid but we need them to become a real champion by recommitting to the target of £1 billion in aid to education each year and by calling on other world leaders to put their hands up for education at the UN Summit next weekâ€.
