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Manchester rapper Aitch has launched a new travel scheme to help young people attend festivals, gigs and other live events this summer. The Aitch-S2 project will offer train vouchers worth up to £100 to hundreds of 18 to 25-year-olds for eight weeks across July and August.
The 22-year-old, who hails from Moston, teamed up with Relentless energy drink for the scheme to ensure young fans do not miss out on experiences due to rising living and transport costs.
Aitch, whose real name is Harrison Armstrong, said: “I’m really excited to launch The Aitch-S2 with Relentless – there’s so much amazing culture around the UK, but for young people to experience it, they need to break out of their city limits – this is even more difficult since the pandemic with less resources dedicated to levelling up the culture.
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“I don’t want anyone missing out on what is going to be a summer to remember, so this initiative will offer free travel to help young Brits get back out there and have fun, no matter the location.”
Following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions, festivals, gigs and live cultural events are back in full force across the UK. However, this also comes at a time when the nation is experiencing rising living costs and escalating transport fares.
This scheme will allow young people the chance to apply for funding to cover rail travel costs to events in different cities across the UK. The rapper hopes the initiative will help “rebalance cultural accessibility” for young music fans who otherwise might miss out on the music and cultural events.
The Aitch-S2 travel scheme will run for eight weeks from July 5 to August 26
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Aitch has launched a new scheme in a bid to help young music fans travel to and from festivals and other live events this summer.The Manchester rapper has teamed up with Relentless Energy to set up ‘Aitch-S2’, which offers “free travel to under 25s, so they can attend festivals, concerts, cultural events, all of that. We’ve got you covered this summer!”Set to run from today (July 5) until August 26, the scheme will give people aged between 18 and 25 the chance to win vouchers worth either £25, £50 or £100 to use on any train on the LNER rail service, per the FAQs.They can be used across National Rail but not on the London Underground network.Those eligible to enter can do so here, with vouchers set to be drawn at random.
Rapper Aitch has teamed up with energy drink Relentless to launch a new scheme that will encourage under-25s to apply for free rail travel that allows them to attend festivals and other cultural events this summer. Nicely referencing ongoing train developments in the UK, the scheme is called Aitch-S2.The official blurb for the initiative reminds us that Aitch is from Manchester, adding that the rapper “is passionate about regional scenes, talents and cultures” and that the free travel scheme aims “to help rebalance cultural accessibility outside of the M25 and spotlight bubbling music scenes across the UK”.It goes on: “With the return of music events and festivals also coinciding with the rising cost of transport and living, the initiative hopes to make a difference by removing some of the financial barriers that might restrict people from making the most of the first summer since the lifting of [COVID] restrictions”.Aitch himself says of the scheme: “I’m really excited to launch The Aitch-S2 with Relentless – there’s so much amazing culture around the UK, but for young people to experience it, they need to break out of their city limits, which is hard to do when its so expensive to travel outside your hometown.
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