Tinie Tempah shared his ‘big respect’ for Trent Alexander-Arnold and Jamie Carragher after being confirmed as the latest big-name act at Football for Change in November.
Multi-BRIT Award winner Tempah, 34, has sold over five million records and shaped the British hip-hop industry since his breakthrough with platinum album Disc-Overy in 2010.
Football for Change, launched by football stars Alexander-Arnold, Carragher and Conor Coady in 2021, alongside leading PR firm ThisGeneration Communications, aims to lift young people from disadvantaged backgrounds out of poverty with life-changing opportunities in education and employment.
Other ambassadors include Real Madrid star Jude Bellingham, Arsenal and Lioness hero Beth Mead, Everton midfielder Jack Harrison and Manchester United legend turned Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville.
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The social mobility charity has since raised more than £700,000, with funds used to send over 100 disadvantaged children to the United States of America on sporting and educational retreats, supported the build of an education centre in Liverpool, housed homeless teenagers in Glasgow and delivered more than £100,000 of grants to organisations supporting youngsters in the most deprived areas of the country.
Tempah will be joined at the latest celebrity fundraising gala by headline act Olly Murs and host and TV legend Vernon Kay. Football for Change chairman Carragher will also deliver a key-note speech on the night.
Sir Rod Stewart headlined the inaugural Football for Change gala in 2021, followed by Oasis rock legend Noel
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