Around U Soccer Skills Day 2010: Aston Villa

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Tuesday, August 31 2010 saw over 100 children with diabetes visit Aston Villa in order to take part in Around U Soccer Skills Day 2010.

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Aston Villa training

After 2 successful Around U Dance events at Pineapple Dance Studios, Aston Villa is the venue for the third Around U event for the summer.

The event was organised by Bayer Diabetes Care and Diabetes.co.uk to promote Bayer’s Around U programme which was launched in July 2008 to support children and young people living with diabetes.

More than 70 football mad youngsters were given the thrill of their young lives when they had the chance to test out their football skills at the home of Aston Villa Football Club accompanied by 50 siblings and 140 proud parents.

The youngsters, all of whom have diabetes, went to the famous football academy at Villa Park as part of a special soccer skills day staged by Aston Villa FC Academy, sponsored by Bayer Diabetes Care and leading community website Diabetes.co.uk, and supported by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

It was a day designed to demonstrate that even though they have diabetes, it doesn’t mean they can’t enjoy exactly the same sports and activities as others. The ‘Around U’ Sports Soccer Skills Day provides soccer training and gives young people with diabetes (and their parents) the chance to meet each other and share knowledge. Around U is the programme of activities used by Bayer Diabetes Care to provide advice and materials to help children and adults manage their diabetes.