{"id":26356,"date":"2019-11-08T09:32:25","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T09:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/?p=26356"},"modified":"2020-08-27T13:31:24","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T13:31:24","slug":"conscious-colossus-month-alive-and-kicking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/conscious-colossus-month-alive-and-kicking\/","title":{"rendered":"Conscious Colossus Month: Alive &#038; Kicking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">November is Conscious Colossus month and we began with a week dedicated to one of three primary charitable causes, Alive &amp; Kicking, a charity who act as a social enterprise to Africa and seek to create opportunity through the production of sport balls. 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