Sporting Challenge have been kindly awarded £500 from The David Soloman Charitable Trust.This will fund some activity sessions in 2021. A huge thank-you.
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Burscough Town Council Grant
Sporting Challenge have been awarded £1000 from Burscough Town Council to fund some of their Burscough based sessions.
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Sporting Challenge is a family led charity started in 2008 operating in West Lancashire supporting people with learning disabilities, where all members of the Board of Trustees are parents themselves.
The charity aims to provide sporting activities to encourage people with learning disabilities to keep fit and healthy. There activities include: Aerobics, Bowling (in Southport), Boccia, Kurling, Zumba/Dance, Swimming and other Fitness Activities.
They provide support in West Lancashire area adults over 18 with a learning disability 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 their sports/social activities.
Co-op Good Causes
Sporting Challenge have been selected as a Coop Good Cause for the year October 2020 to 2021.
In 2019 the Coop delivered £17m to over 4,000 local causes, thanks to their members.
When Co-op Members shop, they’re also supporting local causes. Members can choose a local community cause that they want to support.
https://www.coop.co.uk/local-causes
Click below to choose Sporting Challenge to be your good cause:
https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/42990
Skelton Bounty
Sporting Challenge have been awarded funding from the LCVS Skelton Bounty.
A huge thank-you this makes a huge difference.
Sporting Challenge is a family led charity started in 2008 operating in West Lancashire supporting people with learning disabilities, where all members of the Board of Trustees are parents themselves.
The charity aims to provide sporting activities to encourage people with learning disabilities to keep fit and healthy. There activities include: Aerobics, Bowling (in Southport), Boccia, Kurling, Zumba/Dance, Swimming and other Fitness Activities.
They provide support in West Lancashire area adults over 18 with a learning disability 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 their sports/social activities.
Comic Relief
Sporting Challenge have been awarded funding from Comic Relief.
A huge thank-you this makes a huge difference.
Sporting Challenge is a family led charity started in 2008 operating in West Lancashire supporting people with learning disabilities, where all members of the Board of Trustees are parents themselves.
The charity aims to provide sporting activities to encourage people with learning disabilities to keep fit and healthy. There activities include: Aerobics, Bowling (in Southport), Boccia, Kurling, Zumba/Dance, Swimming and other Fitness Activities.
They provide support in West Lancashire area adults over 18 with a learning disability 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 their sports/social activities.
Canal Cruises in September 2020
Some of our group enjoyed the sun on an Afternoon Tea Canal Cruise by Lancashire Canal Cruises. We went in small socially distant groups. The cruises we had were from Burscough. Everyone enjoyed them.
These sessions were funded by a grant from Active Lancashire.
https://www.lancashirecanalcruises.com/
Here are some photos.
Joanie’s Fund
Sporting Challenge have been awarded £2000 from Joanie’s Fund which is a grant programme administered by Herefordshire Community Foundation. A huge thank you to them from Sporting Challenge.
https://www.herefordshirecf.org/
Sept 2020.
August and September Photos
Here are some photos of the August Walks and September Canal Cruises. Looks a lot of fun.
Active Lancashire
A big thank-you to Active Lancashire for their recent funding award.
This will help fund future activities for the group.
https://www.activelancashire.org.uk/
Coronavirus Member Update 25th August 2020
Sporting Challenge: COVID-19 Update
We hope that you are all continuing to keep well and still coping with the constraints that we have all had to live with since earlier this year …
As a charity, we are absolutely committed to keeping all of our members and support staff safe. This has meant we have produced detailed risk assessments for our activities which will provide a guide as to when we can recommence them.
Although there have been significant government relaxation of restrictions, here in the North West of England some of these restrictions are about to be reintroduced due to localised Covid-19 challenges.
The lifting of restrictions has allowed Sporting Challenge to reintroduce some outdoor activities for August and September, however looking ahead to October the view of the trustees is that to recommence our indoor activities is not yet possible primarily due to the challenges of venues not yet meeting our risk assessment criteria and Social Distancing being maintained by both our members, but as importantly others.
We will continue to review the situation and where and when it is possible will advise you of any changes that will allow us to run further activities.
Alasdair Watson
Chairman
Sporting Challenge
24th August 2020.
