Arts and Culture, Sport and Recreation
Warriors Basketball Club funded by the William Colton Youth Sports Fund
Projects funded in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland
Warriors Basketball Club
Warriors Basketball Club funded 72 hours of facility hire and bought new equipment for young people to join free basketball sessions, thanks to a grant given by the William Colton Youth Sports Fund. The ‘Cost of Living/Price of Life’ project funded free taster sessions for young people, focusing on improving fitness and mental wellbeing.
The sessions run in some of the most deprived areas of Leicester and give 8-18 year olds meaningful opportunities to enhance their wellbeing through sports. So far 150 young people have benefited from the grant.
The Spark Arts for Children
With support from The John Salmon Fund, The Spark Arts for Children were able to carry out an art and performance festival at The BRITE Centre in Braunstone, an area of educational and economic disadvantage. The grant went towards the salary of the Project Co-ordinator and Artist Facilitator, costume and music hires, performance fees, participation materials and venue hire. The Spark Arts worked with local people to design and promote the day enabling families to work together making decisions and producing events.
Two professional performances took place, bringing high quality performance to people who are unlikely to be able to make the journey into the city. Each performance was followed by an interactive arts participation event planned and promoted by a group of local families, giving people an opportunity to participate creatively.
Drum and Brass CIC
With
a grant from The Leicestershire Fund, Drum and Brass CIC have run their
STEAMpunk Orchestra summer holiday and after school club for 80 hours. 8-12
year olds living in the Fosse Ward area in the city came together to create
instruments from scrap materials and then play them. Over 70 young people
attended the club, 80% from the global ethnic majority.
The
sessions encouraged interactions between young people and student volunteers,
including a DMU Aeronautics Engineering student and a young person completing
her DofE Award, giving the children strong role models.
The
funding provided has covered staff, overhead and publicity costs for the
project, vital to reach children in this area where many families are on low
incomes and use the local foodbanks.
