GOAL Miles to take place across Mayo over Christmas

PEOPLE across Mayo are invited to take park in their local GOAL Mile this Christmas to raise vital money for humanitarian work in the Middle East.

AIB, proud partner of the GOAL Mile, is calling on people all over Ireland to ‘Step Up Together’ and take part in the GOAL Mile this festive season with their friends and families.

This year, people who have registered for the GOAL Mile also have the opportunity to win one of ten prizes of €1,000 for their GAA club.

To win one of these ten €1,000 prizes, people can simply register for their GOAL Mile and then enter their details into the AIB GAA GOAL Mile competition at  www.goalmile.org/aibgaacompetition.

Since 1982, the GOAL Mile has seen thousands of people run or walk a mile (just 2,000 steps) to raise funds for GOAL. These funds support the charity’s work with vulnerable communities in 14 countries across Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and Europe, delivering a wide range of humanitarian and development programmes. Once again, this year AIB is encouraging communities from all over Ireland to ‘Step Up Together’ and help other communities by registering and taking part in this Christmas tradition with their friends and families.

The GAA community has always supported the GOAL Mile with so many clubs in towns and villages across the island of Ireland hosting a walk during December. This year the response has once again been fantastic from the clubs, as the GAA, one of the largest communities in Ireland continues to show its commitment to helping vulnerable communities abroad.

Supporting the GOAL Mile this year as AIB GOAL Ambassadors are Kilkenny hurling captain, Eoin Cody and former Tyrone footballer, Seán Cavanagh. Cody and Cavanagh are joined as AIB GOAL Ambassadors by Paralympian, Greta Streimikyte, Irish chef and bestselling author, Trisha Lewis and TV presenters Katja Mia and Judy Gilroy. 

AIB is committed to supporting sustainable communities, and by supporting the GOAL Mile this Christmas, AIB helps GOAL reach the world’s most vulnerable communities already suffering deeply from the impact of climate change, poverty, hunger, and conflict.

You can register for your nearest GOAL Mile event at  any of the following locations:

Belleek Woods Ballina, Christmas Day, 11.00am-12.30pm

Lough Lannagh’s Car Park, Castlebar, Christmas Day, 11.30am

Louisburgh GAA Pitch, Carrowcleggan, Louisburgh, St Stephen’s Day, 10.00am

Mayo Gaels GAA, Abbey Park, Mayo Parks, Mayo Abbey, St Stephen’s Day, 12.00pm

Ballinrobe, St Stephen’s Day, 11.30am-12:30pm