This will help fund various aspects of our future sessions.

October 2021.

Sporting Challenge support adults with learning disabilities aged over 18 to take part in a range of sports and social activities.

A huge thank-you on behalf of the charity.

Visit The Baily Thomas Charitable Fund Website .

Sporting Challenge support adults with learning disabilities aged over 18 to take part in sports and social activities.

A huge thank-you on behalf of the charity.

PETER LATHOM (INCLUDING THE LATHOM EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION) – 228828 (charitycommission.gov.uk)

Sporting Challenge are a family led charity supporting people with learning disabilities. It aims to provide sporting activities to encourage people with learning disabilities to keep fit and healthy, and usual activities include aerobics, ten pin bowling, boccia, kurling, dance, pool, walks and other fitness activities.

They support around 50 people in the West Lancashire area to access a variety of activities by providing transport to and from their homes and the appropriate trained sessional workers to support them whilst carrying out the activities.

Sporting Challenge have recently enjoyed two evenings of Kite flying with the support of Smile Factor 10 at Beacon Country Park in Skelmersdale Lancs.

Everyone had a great time with lots of laughter and smiles as they tried in many cases flying a kite for the first time.

Founded by Craig and Sue, SmileFactor10 is a group of kite flying friends based in the north west of England, from Easter to November in the UK, Ireland and Europe they fly kites of all shapes and sizes at Northern Kite Group events, kite festivals, music festivals and other family events. The international kite season starts a bit earlier in January or February each year. They also organise kite displays and teddy parachuting for events of all sizes including music festivals, food and country festivals, corporate events, car shows, private events and school fetes across the north of England

These two evenings were funded by the National Lottery Community Award with Sporting Challenge also passing on a huge thank-you to both Smile Factor 10 and The National Lottery.

For more information visit: https://www.smilefactor10.co.uk/ and http://www.sporting-challenge.org.uk/

For more information visit https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/

Photos below of our nights, 7th and 14th July 2021.

June 2021.

Sporting Challenge have been awarded funding from The Albert Hunt Trust to fund sessional support staff and activity sessions to tackle: loneliness, rural, isolation and fitness levels for our group in West Lancashire.

Sporting Challenge support adults with learning disabilities aged over 18 to take part in sports and social activities.

A huge thank-you on behalf of the charity.

Visit https://www.alberthunttrust.org.uk/

Sporting Challenge support adults aged over 18 to take part in sports and social activities.

A huge thank-you on behalf of the charity.

Visit https://www.arnoldclark.com/community-fund

Sporting Challenge support adults aged over 18 to take part in sports and social activities.

Visit https://www.madebysport.com/

A huge thank-you on behalf of the charity.

We took part in low ropes and climbing. Everyone had a great time. These two evenings were funded by the National Lottery Community Award. A huge thank-you to Rock and River Outdoor Pursuits and The National Lottery.

For more information visit: https://www.rockandriver.co.uk/ and http://www.sporting-challenge.org.uk/

For more information visit https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/

Photos bellow of our nights:

June 2021.

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. We provide sporting activities to encourage people with learning disabilities to keep fit and healthy, and activities include aerobics, ten pin bowling, boccia, kurling, dance, swimming , walks and other fitness activities.

They support around 50 people in the West Lancashire area to access a variety of activities by providing transport to and from their homes and the appropriate trained sessional workers to support them whilst carrying out the activities.

There are two ways you can support us.

What Is AmazonSmile?

AmazonSmile, a separate website from Amazon’s main site, offers the same items, prices, and benefits as Amazon.co.uk but with one distinct difference.

When users shop on AmazonSmile, the retailer’s Foundation contributes 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to the charity of your choice.

There is no cost to charities or customers, and 100% of the donation generated from eligible purchases goes to the consumer’s charity of choice. For frequent Amazon users, this additional perk is a great way to give back to charities effortlessly

How to Set Up Your AmazonSmile Account

Click https://smile.amazon.co.uk/ and click “Get Started.” If you already have an Amazon account, you’ll be asked to sign in. If you don’t have an Amazon account, you will need to set one up. It doesn’t cost anything to set up a basic Amazon account.

If you already are an Amazon Prime member, all Prime benefits will be available at AmazonSmile. If you are not a Prime member and want to join, there is a fee to set up an Amazon Prime account, although there is also a trial membership.

How Do I Choose My Charity?

Once signed into AmazonSmile, you will be prompted to pick a charity.  Either look for Sporting Challenge or click: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/ch/1140207-0

Once you do that, a percentage of your purchase price on many, but not all, items will be donated to the charity of your choice. During future visits to the site, AmazonSmile will remember your charity and apply eligible purchases towards your total contribution—it is that easy.

Co-op Good Cause

Sporting Challenge have been chosen as a Good Cause again for the fantastic Co-op scheme.

If you want to chose is and help click the link below to read up.

https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/42990

https://www.coop.co.uk/local-causes

May 2021.