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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Danielle Desouza

Deaf footballer celebrates reaching World Cup team fundraising target

PA Media

A player on the England Deaf Women’s Football Team described a weight being lifted off her shoulders after the team reached its fundraising target to attend the World Cup in Malaysia.

The team needed to raise £50,000 by the end of June across a fundraiser they had set up and a GoFundMe organised by Simon Harris, a social media manager from Essex, for expenses including hotel deposits, to secure rooms for the event in September.

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