{"id":1798,"date":"2023-03-06T11:26:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T11:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/?page_id=1798"},"modified":"2023-03-17T18:39:13","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T18:39:13","slug":"mission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Football, like any other aspect of our daily lives, is already being impacted by a changing climate and will be even more so in the near future unless we take action now.<\/h3>\n<p>Heavy rainfall, storms and extreme heat are just some examples of extreme weather events impacting our football experience &#8211; whether we are athletes or spectators. And climate change increases their frequency and intensity.<\/p>\n<p>In the last few years, we have increasingly noticed those changes not just on a global level but also closer to home. At the kick-off of The Ball in July 2022 we experienced the hottest temperatures ever recorded in the UK. For us, treating the planet and all its inhabitants with <strong>#respect<\/strong>, is a core principle under which we operate. Yet, this is the opposite of what we are experiencing and therefore we have decided to take action.<\/p>\n<h2>Ella Williams sings for The Ball<\/h2>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Still Running\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/41HjZQGoUwvdh3v6wIHy2D?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The good news is that we are not alone, people and organisations are taking action already. It is just not always visible. There are a lot of actions which each one of us can take. And let\u2019s not forget, we are in this together facing similar challenges. Like winning a football match, tackling the most pertinent challenge of our time requires <strong>#teamwork<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Are you too ready to join our global movement and commit to collective climate action under the motto of <em>One Ball, One World<\/em>?<\/p>\n\n\t<!-- loop-events-the-ball.php -->\n\t<section id=\"event-the-ball\" class=\"loop-include loop-include-one content-area clear\">\n\t\t<div class=\"loop-include-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t<header class=\"loop-include-header\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"loop-include-title\">Make your pledge with The Ball<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .loop-include-header -->\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"loop-include-posts\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- content-event-the-ball.php -->\n<article id=\"post-1014\" class=\"post-1014 event type-event status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry event-category-travelling-ball\">\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/events\/event\/meet-the-ball\/#pledge\" rel=\"bookmark\">Make your pledge with The Ball<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/events\/event\/meet-the-ball\/#pledge\" rel=\"bookmark\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/04\/2010_tanzania_love_the_ball-scaled-1280x720.jpg);\" class=\"angled-right angled-medium\"><\/a>\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"eo-event-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time itemprop=\"startDate\" datetime=\"2022-07-10\">July 10, 2022<\/time> &ndash; <time itemprop=\"endDate\" datetime=\"2023-08-20\">August 20, 2023<\/time>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<p>The Ball is going on its first ever journey to a Women&#8217;s World Cup in Australia &#038; New Zealand. Anyone and everyone is invited to sign it. Sign The Ball, make your Climate Pledge here and challenge others to do it too!<\/p>\n\t\t<h3><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2022\/events\/event\/meet-the-ball\/#pledge\">Pledge now!<\/a><\/h3>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n<\/article><!-- #post-->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .loop-include-posts -->\n\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .loop-include-inner -->\n\t<\/section><!-- .loop-include -->\n\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Football, like any other aspect of our daily lives, is already being impacted by a changing climate and will be even more so in the near future unless we take action now. 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