Jack Grealish and Jordan Henderson help launch McDonald's new fun football programme

England stars Jack Grealish and Jordan Henderson have helped launch the UK's largest grassroots participation programme.

The McDonald’s Fun Football programme will provide more than 10.5 million hours of coaching in parks and playgrounds across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales over the next four years. The launch of the historic programme was recently celebrated at the National Football Museum with McDonald’s Fun Football ambassadors hosting some of the first of the one million children set to benefit from the programme.

And familiar faces got involved too, including Manchester City star and recently-crowned Premier League champion Grealish. The Three Lions ace was joined by international team-mate and Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson, while ex-City star Micah Richards, England Women's star Beth Mead and former England Cerebral Palsy captain Jack Rutter also took part.

The programme will be delivered in collaboration with the Irish FA, Scottish FA, The Football Association of Wales and a network of national coaching providers. McDonald’s new commitment to grassroots football participation over the next four years marks the brand’s 20th anniversary of supporting grassroots football in the UK.

It is something Grealish, City's £100million signing who lifted his first title crown on Sunday, is delighted to be involved in. He said: "I’m a firm believer that football should be for everyone and that’s why I wanted to get involved with the McDonald’s Fun Football programme.

"Accessibility in sport is something that is close to me personally, I have first-hand experience of how sport can benefit those with additional needs, and it is so important that we get behind programmes that increase the opportunities