McDonald’s Fun Football Festival & Happy Readers Book Tour

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Festival Square on Lothian Road will host the McDonald’s Fun Football Festival and the Happy Readers Book Tour on 3rd & 4th September.

About McDonald’s Fun Football Festival & Happy Readers Book Tour

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MCDONALD’S BRINGS FREE FAMILY FUN TO EDINBURGH NEXT WEEKEND

McDonald’s is committed to supporting families across the UK and regularly provides community activities in the areas surrounding its restaurants. Next weekend is no different with two free activities specifically for local children, arriving at Festival Square in Edinburgh.

In a bid to provide more children across the UK with access to the joy of reading, McDonald’s has launched the Happy Readers Book Tour, which will help distribute free books to children at 16 locations across the UK and Ireland. The tour will arrive at Festival Square in Edinburgh on Saturday 3rd September.

Inside the bus, free books will be handed out, with different titles catering to children from age 4-11. As well as the books, there will be activity sheets, digital animation screens, ‘read-a-longs’, bubble machines and free Happy Readers bookmarks designed specifically to help children with dyslexia.

The second free event is the Fun Football Festival, which will celebrate the summer of sport in style, with more kids than ever feeling inspired to take up football after watching the Home Nations compete on the European stage. The Fun Football Festival will be open on Saturday 3rd September and Sunday 4th September, between 11.30am and 6pm, giving hundreds of 5–11-year-olds the opportunity to enjoy football for free!

Families will be able to take part in the introductory coaching sessions under the guidance of top football coaches and a series of inflatable* Fun Football experiences, including a Dribble Tunnel and Speed of Shot, aimed at inspiring children of all backgrounds and abilities to give football a go.

The festivals are just one part of the McDonald’s Fun Football programme that will deliver over 10.5 million hours of Fun Football over the course of the next four years making it the largest grassroots participation programme in the UK. The programme will be delivered in collaboration with the Irish FA, Scottish FA, The Football Association of Wales and a network of national coaching providers with regular sessions taking place throughout the year across the UK.

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