AIB is celebrating the second year of its partnership with the GOAL Mile at Christmas by calling on the people of Ireland to Step Up Together to re-establish the tradition of partaking with their friends and families or to create new ones.
Mayo senior football assistant manager, Stephen Rochford, is one of the event ambassadors, alongside Paralympian, Greta Streimikyte, former Irish rugby international player, Stephen Ferris, Kilmacud Crokes star, Craig Dias, and Irish chef and bestselling author, Trisha Lewis, who will all be taking part in a GOAL Mile this Christmas.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the event, which has seen tens of thousands of people run or walk a mile, just 2,000 steps, to raise funds and enable GOAL’s work supporting vulnerable communities in 14 countries across the globe.
People and communities across Ireland can Step Up Together to take part by visiting www.goalmile.org. They can register to take part in one of the hundreds of AIB GOAL Mile events taking place across the island of Ireland, sign-up to organise a new event, or pledge to take their 2,000 steps at any time throughout the month of December.
It is a special way to be part of the wider community at Christmas before settling back in with your own family for the rest of the day and it has always been an important tradition that got sidelined into the virtual realm by Covid but which is now back on a track, around a pitch or in a park near you.
Donations to GOAL can be made at www.goalglobal.org/donate.
