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Published Date:
27 June 2009
A SPORTS club for youngsters with physical disabilities and learning difficulties is appealing for funds to help it keep going.
The Mulberry Club, at Havercroft Sports and Youth Centre, off Mulberry Place, has been running since January 2008 and gives young people between seven and 19 the chance to take part in a variety of multi-skills sports activities.

The club is an initiative of the Outwood Grange College Sports Partnership and is currently supported by funding from Sport Unlimited, but this runs out in July and the club now needs to raise more money if it is to keep going.

Mulberry Club co-ordinator Gail Tombs, who is also the disability schools sports co-ordinator in the partnership, said: "To sustain the multi-skills club in the long term we need to attract a significant amount of financial commitment.

"The Mulberry Club delivers a wide range of exciting and inclusive activities. The sessions are held in a safe and secure environment and are targeted towards improving mobility, sharing with others, increasing confidence and, most importantly, having fun."

The club also organises trips, including bowling, walking with alpacas and horse-riding, for its 24 members and the management team has just raised £10,000 to become a Wheels for All centre.

The project allows members the chance to use a three or four-wheeled cycle.

Ms Tombs said: "We are pleased we have raised the funding for the Wheels for All, which will provide a further inclusive sporting activity and attract new members to our club. The funding came from the Coalfields Regeneration Trust, Wakefield District Housing, the Joseph Harrison charity and a very generous donation of £1,000 from a parent, Heather Boyle. This is a fantastic opportunity but we cannot use those funds for the multi-skills sessions so we still need to raise more. We would be grateful to any individual or organisation who could help us with this."

The club runs every Monday evening during term time. The junior group for seven to 11-year-olds runs from 6pm to 7pm and the senior club for 12 to 19-year-olds runs between 7pm and 8pm.

For more information on the club, or to help with funding, e-mail gailtombs@btinternet.com

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  • Last Updated: 26 June 2009 12:36 PM
  • Source: Sth Elmsall Express
  • Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire
 
 

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