Former Walsall goalkeeper Jimmy Walker opens football school for free
Walsall favourite Jimmy Walker has opened up his football coaching school for free, as he aims to raise £10,000 for charity.
The former goalkeeper, who spent 14 years at the Saddlers over two spells, runs Football DNA, a membership-run website that offers videos on football drills, sports science and fitness regimes.
Now, with the coronavirus pandemic keeping everyone at home, the 46-year-old has is offering 30 days of free membership, and a £5 a month offer afterwards, where all proceeds will go the NHS and United Nations Foundation.
Running alongside this is a Just Giving page that encourages everyone, whether they’re using the free videos or not, to raise £10,000 for the two causes.
“We’ve been inspired by everyone on the front line during this crisis and how everyone around the world has gone to extraordinary lengths to help each other,” Walker said.
“So we’ve decided to run our own campaign to try and help. We’re opening up our site for free for 30 days during this lockdown.
“After that, you’ll have the opportunity to remain as a member for a special discounted price of £5, where 100 per cent will be donated to our chosen causes. On top of that, throughout this period we will also donate all our existing membership fees to these fantastic causes.
“Whether you want to use the site to stay fit and active in general, or to a top level standard, or keep the kids entertained with our skills programme.
“Whilst we appreciate that not everyone may wish to join up to our site at the minute, you may still wish to donate, which you can do without signing up.
“We’ll be running lots of different challenges to make it as fun an interactive as possible.”
Anyone interested can sign up by visiting www.footballdna.co.uk and donate by visiting www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/footballdnalockdown.
