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PUBLISHER: Luath Press
FORMAT: Hardback
ISBN: 9781912147199
RRP: £16.99
PAGES: 224
PUBLICATION DATE:
August 31, 2017
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Home Game: The story of the Homeless World Cup
Mel Young
Peter Barr
Home Game is the story behind the Homeless World Cup. Founded by two football-loving journalists, the games have transformed into a world-wide phenomenon but this book contains the stories that lie beneath. It shares the accounts of millions of homeless men and women seen through the eyes of co-author and co-founder Mel Young.
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Mel Young
Mel YoungPresident and co-founder of the Homeless World Cup, Mel Young is now recognised as one of the world’s leading entrepreneurs. He is author of GOAL! The Story of the Homeless World Cup and previously worked as a journalist and editor; recognised as former President and Honorary President of the International Network of Street Papers. As Chairman of Sportscotland and lifelong Hibernian F.C. supporter, Young has transformed his passions into a way to help, often giving speeches around the world, focusing on homelessness, social entrepreneurship and the Homeless World Cup.Peter BarrJournalist and writer Peter Barr is Trustee of the Homeless World Cup Foundation, his experience with the Cup going back to 2005 when he was Communications Director in Mexico City. Recently, Barr has been editor of several magazines as well as writing reports for the Scottish Government and working on television documentaries for the BBC.