Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford was once again honored with a special award for his role in the fight against child poverty.
Marcus Rashford was honored with a panel special Award during the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony on Sunday night.
The Manchester United star led a successful campaign to extend the provision of free school meals for vulnerable children during the spring lockdown. Since then, he has continued to work on projects to tackle child hunger.
Rashford missed out on the main award because it is given purely for ‘sporting achievement’, the judging panel unanimously agreed his work off the pitch should be commended.
Speaking during the ceremony, Rashford said as quoted by the United website: “Growing up as a kid I felt if it was a 100 metre race I started 50 metres behind everybody else.”
“It was more difficult for me to do the basic things like getting to training, eat the right things, it was a nightmare of a situation to be in, but in the end I got to where I needed to get to.”
“Once I got there I just had this thing that eats at me saying “make sure you make a difference for the next generation”.
“I think as a country we should protect them as much as we can and give them the best chance at life and become whatever it is they want to become.”
Rashford started a campaign in June to extend free meal vouchers that have led to the Government pledging to spend £400million to support families in need throughout 2021.
He was awarded an MBE in October for services to vulnerable children during Covid-19.
Just days ago, Rashford was also the recipient of The FIFA Foundation Award for similar exploits off the pitch.
It caps off a brilliant 2020 for the Englishman where he continues to impress on the pitch and off it as well.
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