<p>It might sound strange, but Football Changes Lives (for the better)....</p> <p>In the last 5 years Hub Athletic has&nbsp;worked with over 100 young people in Waterloo, using football as a means to engage, mentor and develop our players into future leaders, workers, coaches and parents. &nbsp;</p> <p>In 2008 &nbsp;and 2009 we took young people to work in some of the poorest and most deprived communities - in India and South Africa. They were there to coach football for children who literally had nothing, and along the way we changed a few lives - included theirs. Check out the films we made of our work;</p> <p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWvE3jbtRRA</p> <p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-pGVksa19Q</p> <p>This year we plan to return to South Africa with another group of young people. &nbsp;We hope to support the work of Oasis and local project youth football project 'Ikage' (meaning Build Yourself), based in Cosmo City, Johannesburg. &nbsp;We'll be giving our time, money and coaching skills for two weeks in September 2011.</p> <p>So....to raise money for the project, I will be cycling from Lands End to John O Groats. &nbsp;In ten days.</p> <p>1000 MILES IN TEN DAYS. &nbsp;</p> <p>The training is killing me, but I hope to raise enough money to take a huge step towards developing young people - here and in South Africa.</p> <p>So take pity on my legs and please support Hub Athletic. &nbsp;All of your money will go directly to the project and not towards any of my trip costs.</p>