Eel Pie Island Club Stand Up Paddle-Boarding club (EpicSup)
The Club received the first grant from SporTedd for £500 to provide much-needed storage space for the increasingly popular pastime. Former gold and silver medal winning Olympic rower Mark Hunter MBE handed over the cheque. Epic Sup co-founder and secretary Teresa Read said: “We are really grateful to SporTedd for their support, especially as it is their first grant, and the money will help us in a very crucial way to keep our equipment safely stored as we attract more and more members.”
Teddington Swimming Club for the purchase of pace clocks and other equipment
£500
Chase Bridge School to purchase sports kit
Mr King, HeadTeacher at Chase Bridge Primary School, which received a grant of £1000, said: “We would like to say a big thank you to SporTedd for its very generous donation. Having a professional team kit makes the children proud to represent their school and excited about being involved in sport. It really makes a difference. We are extremely grateful for the grant.”
Charity called RUILS which supports children & adults with disabilities across the Borough of Richmond
Carolyn Jones from RUILS, which received £705, said: “What a fantastic Christmas surprise! We are delighted as this will really help us to get more local disabled people out walking & wheeling in 2020. Thank you also for your suggestion about buying an accessible mini bus which we will look in to and see if we could justify. Many thanks again for your support and Merry Christmas to all at SporTedd.”
Crossroads Carers, Teddington, karate kits
Care Manager Nikki Wilson of Crossroads carers, which received a grant of £720, said: “We are so delighted the grant has been approved and so quickly, this will be in time for the young people’s grading. Please thank all of the SporTedd members this is such a special thing to do for our young people, it will make such a difference. CEO Julia Costa said: “Your support will help us to grow in our mission to provide vital services to those often hard to reach families and Carers – often outside the statutory framework – as we continue to extend our services beyond 1:1 home respite care, offering not just respite to Carers, but also support, friendship and ultimately helping to prevent isolation and family breakdown.”
St Mary’s CE Primary School, Twickenham
School business manager, Simon Minty, St. Mary’s CE Primary School, which received a grant of£1988.25, said: “Thank you so much for your email with the amazing news. The staff and children will be so pleased with the extra equipment that you, have been able to fund. It will make an enormous difference to us and will enable many children to access sports they might not otherwise be able to for many years to come. We will gladly send across photos of the equipment in use and will make sure that we mention the grant in our weekly newsletter so all the parents are aware of the generous financial assistance. A big, heartfelt thank you to you and all the other members of SporTedd who agreed to our application from all at St Mary’s.”
DSActive, a special sports programme for the Down’s Syndrome Association based in Teddington, which will provide new funds to purchase sports equipment and clothing
Alex Rawles, Project Manager for DSActive, which received £1000 to purchase sports equipment and clothing, said: “We are so very delighted to be given this grant from SporTedd – it will make a significant difference. The sports programme DSActive is transforming the lives of children and adults with Down’s Syndrome by giving them opportunities to take part in sport. The donation from SportTedd will enable the innovative programme to purchase much needed equipment for the participants.”
St Richard’s CE Primary School, sporting kit
Carmen Palmer, Headteacher, St Richard’s CE Primary School, which received a grant of £2146towards football and swimming kit and track suits, said: “This is amazing news! Thank you so much. Once the kits are purchased we will send you some photos.”
Twickenham School, table tennis tables and rock climbing equipment.
David Bryan, head of physical education at Twickenham School which received a grant of £1805, said: “This is amazing news! Thank you for so much for this. Myself, the students and the school are extremely grateful for this and of course we will send you guys pictures of everything in use. Thank you again.”
Heathfield Junior School, Richmond, tag rugby kits
James Watson, of Heathfield Junior School, Richmond, which received a grant of £700, said: “ Thank you so much for your generosity. It is greatly appreciated. This will make a huge difference to our children. Thank you so much again.”
Friends of Murray Park School
Lynda Hance, Treasurer of Friends of Murray Park School, which received £2500, said: “Thank you so much for your email and your tremendous support! This will make all the difference to us being able to set up with confidence that we can check, train and ‘uniform’ our volunteers. When we first thought of setting up the Junior Parkrun, we thought it was a once a month activity, but the Parkrun UK people require us to hold it weekly – every Sunday morning at 09:00am. My heart sank a little at the logistics of that as that’s a big commitment for volunteers (& we have to have at least 10 at each event). But then I thought maybe we can recruit more – say, 50 – and put them on a monthly or 5-weekly rota, which of course comes with more cost in the DBS checks, training & hiviz, so your extremely thoughtful help has taken a weight off my shoulders in that respect.”
