Get your kicks at charity football match at Oldham Academy North

Teams from the Royal Oldham Hospital and Yorkshire FC will go head-to-head in a charity football game at Oldham Academy North

Teams from the Royal Oldham Hospital and Yorkshire FC will go head-to-head in a charity football game on April 22, in a bid to raise money for the National Parkinson Foundation and the Motor Neuron Disease Association.

The money raised from the game - which is taking take place at the Oldham Academy North - will aid the two charities, and their ongoing goals to help people who suffer with life changing diseases.

The charities need donations to keep up their work in helping people have the same quality of life as everybody else, and to help fund ground-breaking research to eventually find a cure to the diseases that affect so many people.

The opportunity to help these causes with the nation's most loved sport is a great one.

It’s an event that can be enjoyed by all the family.

If you would like the chance to be a part of changing someone’s life while having fun with friends and family in the community, then get down to Oldham Academy North on April 22.

The charity match kicks-off at 2pm.

A minimum of £5 donation is required, and if you wish to donate more to the National Parkinson Foundation and the Motor Neuron Disease Association, then you can at: www.justgiving.com/fundraising/oldhamrecordscharitymatch.