Sporting Challenge have been awarded £100 from the W H Smith Group Charitable Trust to spend on our bowling nights. A big thank-you from Sporting Challenge.
Visit- http://www.whsmithplc.co.uk/corporate_responsibility/whsmith_trust/
Category: Funding
Arnold Clark
Sporting Challenge have received a donation of £200 from Arnold Clark.
A big thank-you from Sporting Challenge.
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The Peter Lathom Charity
Sporting Challenge have been awarded £1000 from The Peter Lathom Charity.
A huge thank-you to the charity for their very generous donation.
Visit their website entry: Peter Lathom Charity
Funding from the Lancashire County Council Champion for Disabled
Sporting Challenge are pleased to announce a funding award of £350 from the Lancashire County Council Champion for the Disabled Cllr Peter Steen.
Sporting Challenge are a family led charity supporting people with learning disabilities, where all members of the Board of Trustees are parents and carers themselves.
The charity aims to provide sporting activities to encourage people with learning disabilities to keep fit and healthy. Their activities include: Aerobics, Bowling, Boccia, Kurling, Zumba/Dance, Swimming and other Fitness Activities.
They support around 60 people in the West Lancashire area to access a variety of activities by providing transport to and from their homes and the appropriate sessional workers to support them whilst carrying out the activities.
Edward McCarthy Sporting Challenge Activities Organiser said: “On behalf of Sporting Challenge I wish to thank Cllr Steen for this fantastic funding award. It will make a huge difference and help us fund more sessions. Our numbers are growing. Our group can help people make new friends, grow in confidence and keep fit and healthy. If you are a parent who is interested please get in touch !”
Funding from the Lancashire County Council Champion for Youth
Sporting Challenge are pleased to announce a funding award of £735 from the Lancashire County Council Champion for Youth Cllr M Perks.
The Sporting Challenge group lined up for a celebratory group photograph at their April Nintendo Night at Burscough Wharf (hosted by Domino Partnership).
Sporting Challenge are a family led charity supporting people with learning disabilities, where all members of the Board of Trustees are parents and carers themselves.
The charity aims to provide sporting activities to encourage people with learning disabilities to keep fit and healthy. Their activities include: Aerobics, Bowling, Boccia, Kurling, Zumba/Dance, Swimming and other Fitness Activities.
They support around 60 people in the West Lancashire area to access a variety of activities by providing transport to and from their homes and the appropriate sessional workers to support them whilst carrying out the activities.
Edward McCarthy Sporting Challenge Activities Organiser said: “On behalf of Sporting Challenge I wish to thank Cllr Perks for this fantastic funding award. It will make a huge difference and help us fund more sessions. Our numbers are growing. Our group can help people make new friends, grow in confidence and keep fit and healthy. If you are a parent who is interested please get in touch !”
Good news from the The National Lottery Community Fund
Sporting Challenge are pleased to announce a funding award of £10,000 from the National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK.
The funding was announced in February by The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK. In the first quarterly funding announcement since revealing its new name in January, The National Lottery Community Fund (formerly the Big Lottery Fund) has revealed that more than 2,250 projects have received a share of the money, raised for good causes by players of The National Lottery.
The Sporting Challenge group lined up for a celebratory group photograph at their April Nintendo Night at Burscough Wharf (hosted by Domino Partnership).
Sporting Challenge are a family led charity supporting people with learning disabilities, where all members of the Board of Trustees are parents and carers themselves.
The charity aims to provide sporting activities to encourage people with learning disabilities to keep fit and healthy. Their activities include: Aerobics, Bowling, Boccia, Kurling, Zumba/Dance, Swimming and other Fitness Activities.
They support around 60 people in the West Lancashire area to access a variety of activities by providing transport to and from their homes and the appropriate sessional workers to support them whilst carrying out the activities.
Edward McCarthy Sporting Challenge Activities Organiser said: “On behalf of Sporting Challenge I wish to thank The National Lottery Community Fund for this fantastic funding award. It will make a huge difference and help us fund more sessions. Our numbers are growing. Our group can help people make new friends, grow in confidence and keep fit and healthy. If you are a parent who is interested please get in touch !”
For more information on Sporting Challenge call 07971 299606 or email EdwardatEMSS@gmail.com
For more information on the National Lottery Community Fund visit https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/
Co-op Bank Funding
We have been donated £150 from the Co-op Bank Fraud Team who did some fundraising for us last year.
From “Co-op Bank Customer Contact Fraud & Disputes Team.”
A huge thank-you from Sporting Challenge.
Visit www.co-operativebank.co.uk .
John Moores Foundation Funding Award 2019
Sporting Challenge are pleased to announce a funding award of £2000 from the John Moores Foundation. Sporting Challenge have received £1000 this year and will receive another £1000 next year.
John Moores Foundation is a registered charity, established in 1964, that gives money to community organisations doing charitable work. We focus on funding projects based in Merseyside (including Skelmersdale, Halton and Ellesmere Port) and Northern Ireland.
They aim to enable people who face barriers, as a result of social, educational, physical, economic, cultural, geographical or other disadvantage, to improve their social conditions and quality of life.
They do this by making grants to local groups that fall within our areas of interest. Priority is given to small, grass-roots and volunteer driven organisations.
Sporting Challenge are a family led charity supporting people with learning disabilities, where all members of the Board of Trustees are parents and carers themselves.
The charity aims to provide sporting activities to encourage people with learning disabilities to keep fit and healthy. Their activities include: Aerobics, Bowling, Boccia, Kurling, Zumba/Dance, Swimming and other Fitness Activities.
They support around 58 people in the West Lancashire area to access a variety of activities by providing transport to and from their homes and the appropriate sessional workers to support them whilst carrying out the activities.
Edward McCarthy Sporting Challenge Activities Organiser said: “On behalf of Sporting Challenge I wish to thank the John Moores Foundation for this fantastic funding award. It will make a huge difference and help us fund more sessions. Our numbers are growing. Our group can help people make new friends, grow in confidence and keep fit and healthy. If you are a parent who is interested please get in touch !”
For more information on Sporting Challenge call 07971 299606 or email EdwardatEMSS@gmail.com
For more information on the John Moores Foundation visit http://www.jmf.org.uk/
The True Colours Trust
Sporting Challenge have been awarded a fantastic grant of £3000 from The True Colours Trust, registered Charity Number 1089893.
Edward McCarthy Activities Organiser explains: “This is a real boost that we can use to fund our popular sessions. A big thank-you from Sporting Challenge.”
Visit: http://www.sporting-challenge.org.uk
Visit http://www.truecolourstrust.org.uk/
The Lee And Bakirgian Family Trust
Sporting Challenge have been awarded a very kind donation of £250 from The Lee And Bakirgian Family Trust (Charity no. 1046940).
Edward McCarthy Activities Organiser explains: “This is to fund our sessions and our holiday. A big thank-you from Sporting Challenge.”
Visit: http://www.sporting-challenge.org.uk
