{"product_id":"marcus-rashford-world-of-football-9781035088492","title":"Marcus Rashford World of Football","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarcus Rashford\u003c\/b\u003e MBE is Manchester United's iconic number 10 and an England International footballer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring 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. Marcus successfully lobbied the British Government to u-turn policy around the free food voucher programme  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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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 twelve months.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn October 2020, he was appointed MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours. Marcus has committed himself to combating child food poverty in the UK and his book \u003ci\u003eYou Are a Champion\u003c\/i\u003e is an inspiring guide for children about reaching their full potential.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarl Anka\u003c\/b\u003e is a London-born journalist and broadcaster who likes his tea with milk and one sugar. He has written for the \u003ci\u003eBBC\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVICE\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNME\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGQ \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed \u003c\/i\u003eamong other publications online and in print and specializes in writing about pop culture, video games, films and football. Currently a reporter for sports media group \u003ci\u003eThe Athletic\u003c\/i\u003e, covering Manchester United, he is the host of the \u003ci\u003eTalk of the Devils podcast\u003c\/i\u003e and is scared of talking on the phone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlong with Marcus Rashford, Carl is the co-writer of \u003ci\u003eYou Are a Champion, You Can Do It, Heroes \u003c\/i\u003eand Marcus's\u003ci\u003e World of Football.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53733957796183,"sku":"9781035088492","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781035088492.jpg?v=1782121632","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/marcus-rashford-world-of-football-9781035088492","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}