{"id":3974,"date":"2019-09-10T09:28:45","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T08:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3974"},"modified":"2022-06-13T09:51:50","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T08:51:50","slug":"another-day-volunteering-lfc-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/09\/another-day-volunteering-lfc-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"A(nother) Day Volunteering At The LFC Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You might remember our blog from last year<\/a> when TeamKinetic’s Ash went down to the LFC Foundation to volunteer for the day. Well, this year it was Alex (me!) and Milo’s turn to have a day out. It’s fair to say we had a good time! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The journey<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Our first business of the day was coffee. After a quick stop to Caff\u00e8 Nero, armed with caffeine, we made our way to Manchester Piccadilly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We arrived around 8:30 am with a comfortable amount of time to find our platform and get on the train. We then settled down to enjoy the hour-long trip to Liverpool Lime Street. Once in Liverpool, we had a bit of taxi trouble caused by my lack of geographical knowledge about the city! Eventually arriving at around 10 am, we were ready to get stuck in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally arrived!<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We were greeted by Dawn (the foundation’s volunteer manager) who filled us in on our duties for the day and gave us a lovely LFC Foundation t-shirt. Once kitted out, we threw ourselves in straight away with the warm-up game led by one of the LFC Foundation coaches. After embarrassing myself with a terrible dance move (it was part of the game I swear!), I was introduced to Rosie. She had attended the event the year before but seemed a bit shy – something I can relate to sometimes! I happily stuck with Rosie through the day’s activities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The activities… aka 30-minute examples of how unfit I am!<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The first activity on our schedule for the day was a mini-game of Boccia. I thought this would be a good, chilled start to the day… Well, I was wrong, the game is surprisingly competitive! I started out on the blue team, ready to ride or die for my teammates. Along the way, however, I was tossed between teams so much that my loyalties faded and I just wanted to win, regardless of the colour! After a highly enjoyable game, the team I was on won 7 – 6 in the end – which just so happened to be blue!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After this, we moved on to the big stuff – actual physical activity. One of the activities at this station was to dribble through cones with a football a few times each. As someone who hasn’t played football since the end of the uni year (April), I think my effort was respectable. Although, I have to admit it wasn’t my best work! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, don’t get me wrong, I did enjoy the activity. It made me seriously consider joining the gym, but then again, a session at the gym wouldn’t be as fun as this was. While I was having a good time, when I heard the word “lunch” being thrown around I was more excited than I should have been (I did miss breakfast to be fair).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time to chill…<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Sitting down for lunch, my new buddy Rosie and I got a chance to chat. She seemed to get a lot out of these events that the LFC Foundation host. By this time I think she was coming out of her shell a little bit more and it was great to see the positive impact of the day on her mood. She was there with her brother and mother who was also a volunteer with the foundation. This was just one example of how the event was inclusive for all the family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you to everyone for attending our Inclusive Sports Day at the LFC Academy and to all our staff, volunteers and Academy players for helping at the event ! A brilliant day for over 80 families with plenty of sport and fun on offer! Well done all! \ud83e\udd29\ud83d\udd34\ud83c\udf89\u26bd\ufe0f #Inclusion<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/tFT8Hh7exY<\/a><\/p>\u2014 LFC Foundation (@LFCFoundation) August 23, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>