McDonald’s Fun Football ambassador and Lionesses superstar, Beth Mead, hosted a special McDonald’s Fun Football session to celebrate World Book Day and mark 150 million books distributed by McDonald’s over the last 10 years. It comes as McDonald’s pledges to ensure even more children from across the UK will benefit from access to free books and free football coaching.
McDonald’s has committed to supporting families by providing access to over 10million free books and over 2million hours of free football coaching a year, to kids aged 5-11 across the UK - as both its Happy Readers and Fun Football programmes continue to show up in communities where the need is greatest.
Children in the local area were invited to attend the event dressed as their favourite story characters and have an action-packed afternoon of interactive and educational fun. The Arsenal and England ace kept the aspiring youngsters entertained by helping them hone their footballing skills during the training session and hosted a special reading of Paddington Out and About. The story of the beloved bear and his marmalade sandwiches is one of two books that families across the UK can get their hands on for free until March 2 – the other being fan favourite, Rocket Rules. Alongside the free books, families will also find a £1 book token on their Happy Meal boxes so families can bolster their reading collections at home.
