Vote for Primary Nights!
| Published: 12th June 2007 13:27 |
Capital city School Sports partnership in partnership with Sports development and Leisure Connections run a free session for primary children on Monday Nights and Norwich Union have a competition for funding which would really help (please read below) and we need everybody to vote via www.norwichunion.com/joinourteam
It takes a few minutes to register and you need to put in our postcode NW103st Vote for Primary Night.
Primary Nights Initiative
Jacquie McDonnell Capital city
We have been working in South Brent for over three years to get this initiative off the ground. We have got the support of a number of local organisations to provide a free Community Sports Club for Primary aged children. Most of our young people are from disadvantaged backgrounds, ethnic minorities, girls and students with special needs. The club offers a chance to try out 12 different sporting activities including Martial Arts and Archery. These children would otherwise be unable to afford to participate. To date we have given over 300 children the opportunity to participate regularly. Parents on low income with large families have found this to be an invaluable resource. Children with special needs are given the opportunity to participate in organised multi-sport activities in a safe, secure environment. We are hoping to develop an additional session to cater for a wider range of special needs with specialist support and develop a multi-sensory area for special needs children. We want to provide accredited qualifications as part of lifelong learning to local residents to support the programme. For example Level 1 Referees Course, Level 2 Physiotherapy Course and Athletics Level 1 Course. The project has been well received and has become a focal point for the community. Talented athletes, footballers and gymnasts have been identified and given opportunities that they would otherwise have missed. Local providers have given a great deal of free support but without the additional funding required the project will stop.
What we could do with a bronze award worth £1,000
We could offer one activity to 20 children providing I could continue to get the facility free. I have convinced the local sports centre to let us use their facilities free. Alternatively we would be able to provide t-shirts for the children to wear.
What we could do with a silver award worth £12,500 or even the gold award worth £50,000
A silver award would be enough to fund the project for 12 months at its current level. A gold award would provide funding for two years and enable us to expand or help us develop a multi-sensory area for our special needs children. At the moment five people are using every opportunity they have to try to attract funding
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