Future Faces quiz night raises funds for chosen charity

A grand total of £1480 was raised for the Future Faces charity of the year Birmingham Youth Sports Academy (BYSA) at a charity quiz last night.

Hosted by The Button Factory with Tom Green acting as quiz master, the event saw over 100 people in attendance to help raise funds for the charity.

BHSF came out on top as the winning quiz team of the night.

BYSA Foundation was established in 2002 as a voluntary organisation and has received funding from a number of organisations in order to offer football coaching to young people aged 6-18 at Small Heath Leisure Centre – every Saturday morning – from 10:30am-12:30pm.

BYSA deliver multi sports sessions, mentoring, tutoring, trips, employment opportunities, work experience placements, educational support and apprenticeship and centre of excellence development programmes. They help and support the youth and change lives and safe lives, and empower the youth in order to make them leaders of tomorrow no matter what age, race, gender, ability or size.

Nadyia Hussain, BYSA ambassador, said: “The generous funds raised at this fantastic quiz night will ensure young people at BYSA are supported in removing barriers of basic necessities of travel, food and kit, and to empower them to become the best version of themselves.”

Lauren Willis, head of sales (Birmingham) at Mosaic Pubs & Dining, said: “It's a real pleasure to work so closely with Future Faces. We're thrilled to have been the venue host for this event, and supported the fantastic amount raised! We look forward to continuing to work with Future Faces into 2025."

Tom Green, operations manager at T&Pm, acted as quiz master once again for the quiz night. He said: “I was delighted to host the Future Faces charity quiz in support of Birmingham Youth Sports Academy. We had a brilliant turnout, with some competitive quizzing and plenty of laughs throughout the evening. It was incredibly rewarding to see so many people come together to support such a worthy cause.

“BYSA’s amazing programmes have such an impact on young lives across Birmingham, and I'm thrilled we were able to contribute to their important work.”

Sophie Poduval-Morrell, manager of Future Faces, said: “We are so proud seeing the Future Faces committee come together to support BYSA, it was a fantastic night, such a buzz in the room.”

Pictured (L-R): Waheed Ayoub, Ahmed Ali, Nadyia Hussain, Bakthyar Hussain and Qasam Rehman