The Old students’ Associations of Nigerian Secondary Schools in the United Kingdom under the umbrella of the Nigerian Schools Foundation (NSF) UK will hold the 6th Annual Sports & Family Fun Day on Bank Holiday, Sunday 27th August 2017.
The venue for this year’s Sports & Family Fun Day is the ultra-modern, weatherproof, home to the world famous Saracens Rugby Club, Allianz Park Sports Arena, Greenlands Lane, Hendon, London NW4 1RL.
NSF (UK) was established in April 2012, the Nigerian Schools Foundation (NSF) UK is a collaboration of UK-based Alumni Associations of Nigerian Schools. Its primary purpose is to establish a global platform for social interaction, through sporting and educational activities, of ‘Old Boys and Old Girls’ who studied in Nigerian Secondary Schools. It seeks to promote the need to maintain the previous high educational standards of Nigerian Secondary Schools. In summary, it works to Connect Nigerians, Promote Awareness and Develop Communities. NSF (UK) currently comprises of 30+ UK-based Alumni Associations of Nigerian Schools. The inaugural annual NSF Sports & Family Fun took place in London at the end of the Olympics in 2012.
The event has grown to become a firm favourite in the Summer calendar of most Nigerians in the UK, getting bigger and better every year. Last year’s event was attended by over 1500 people of different nationalities, ages and backgrounds. Various representatives of Nigerian ‘Old School Students Associations’ participated and competed in the different athletic and family fun events ranging from Relay Race, Tug of War, 100m, 200, Long Jump, amongst others. The event had live music entertainment, food and drink, exhibitions of variety of businesses and charities. In 2014 it won the coveted NEA ‘Outstanding Event of the Year’ Award. This year’s event promises to be yet another huge success and will be opened by the Worshipful Mayor of Barnet.
Interested parties can place advertisements in the NSF Event Brochure 2017. Sponsorships are encouraged from Nigeria-based organisations that wish to attract investments from Nigerians in the Diaspora. Also, there is an opportunity for businesses/ organisations to display at Exhibition Stalls on the day. Other Nigerian School Alumni Associations are encouraged to join NSF (UK). The event will be streamed live to a global audience.
For NSF (UK) membership, Sponsorship, Advert Space and Exhibition Stalls contact Dele Dada (Public Relations Officer) on 07956 852 581 email: info@nssff.co.uk
Further information is available on the website: www.nssff.co.uk or on the blog: http://nssff.blogspot.co.uk/
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