Marcus Rashford to Receive Honorary Doctorate from Manchester University

• United forward to be honored with honorary doctorate
• Rashford been involved in a high-profile campaign for free school meals
• Mental Health and Psychosocial considerations during the COVID-19 pandemic

England striker Marcus Rashford will receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Manchester for his incredible campaign against child poverty 

Rashford last month successfully campaigned for the government to extend its free school meals voucher scheme during the summer holidays.

The 22-yeard old also helped lead an initiative with the FareShare Charity to raise funds to help supply food to children during the coronavirus pandemic.

His off-pitch actions have attracted admiration and praise across England and have now set to be crowned with an honorary doctorate.

The award, which is the highest honor the university can bestow, will be awarded to the forward this summer.

At 22, Rashford will be the youngest ever recipient of an honorary degree from the university and joins Sir Alex Ferguson and Sir Bobby Charlton on the list of those who have received one.

During the lockdown, Rashford teamed up with the poverty and food waste charity, FareShare, a collaboration which has led to £20m being raised in financial and food donations and enabling 3.9m meals to be distributed to the country’s most vulnerable every week during the pandemic.

On June 15, he pushed the campaign forward even further by writing a heartfelt open letter to the UK government and followed up this message with a high-profile publicity and social media campaign drawing on his own personal experiences of using foodbanks and afterschool clubs growing up.