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The idea of the Free Kicks Foundation was born one evening during the summer of 2006. Friends Steve Thorpe and Leigh Porter, both from Peterborough, were watching the World Cup and decided to try and combine their mutual passion of football with fundraising, resulting in the concept of setting up their very own charity. The aim of Free Kicks is to provide football-related activities for ill, bereaved and disadvantaged children, to give them a day to remember with their favourite football club.

The days out, which we call 'kicks', could involve being a team mascot, meeting a favourite player, tour of their chosen stadium, receiving a special gift or anything football related we can organise to make it a day they will never forget. The initial step was to set up a Myspace page ( www.myspace.com/freekicksfoundation ) to try and spread the word of Free Kicks to those who could possibly help in some way. Footballers, sportsmen, bands, venues and record labels in the music business, Posh fans, football fans across the country…in the space of just one month 1000 ‘friends’ had been made, ready to be called upon for help in the future.

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