Athena Sports Academy, which recently moved into Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centre is in desperate need of new equipment to offer quality coaching to children of all abilities. We already support those aged 3 years and older and also have specific classes for boys and those with disabilities we would love to do more for.
The club is currently trying to improve our facilities through the help of our own fundraising and applying for funding. This is the project which we hope that your readers and the people from our local area can help us with.
This project is aiming to: Provide new gymnastics equipment for the club to allow the children to be coached in new skills at a higher level
Expand the range of activities to include adult Gymnastics sessions, FreeG (British Gymnastics take on free running), increased roles within the club; coaching, committee, leadership academy, dance and circus theatre classes for the community. We also want to expand on the excellent work already being done to recruit and engage young people with disabilities into gymnastics with the provision of expanded activities
Please give this project your support by signing in and voting for Athena, voting closes: 20th July 2016 The project will be achieved with the provision of new equipment, not a replacement which will allow the club to expand both its quality and the range of activities. As an example we really need facilities such as a raised crash pit to allow our students to be trained in acrobatics at a competitive level.
It will allow us to introduce our club further to schools and local community groups, more specifically the minority groups such as those with disabilities and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. We aim to encourage fitness, social skills and interaction with others.
Please help Athena by going to the following website https://foundation.onefamily.com/projects/athena-sports-academy/ and posting your vote for the club. This process will only take a couple of minutes and will be appreciated by all at Athena.
