Shrewsbury College gets £55,000 sports funding
Shrewsbury College has been awarded a £55,000 lottery grant from Sport England to revamp facilities.
The college is one of 62 projects at further education and sixth form colleges across England to benefit from £4 million of funding to help get 59,000 new students playing sport.
Shrewsbury College applied for the funding for its project Sport for Choice and will revamp its sporting activities after consulting over 800 students to find out what would encourage them to play more sport.
The project aims to increase cross-college participation and links to the community.
The college is increasing its existing sport provision and introducing new sports to encourage students who don't currently participate to get involved.
Sports such as archery, rock climbing and American Football as well as existing sports such as girl's football and netball will benefit. The college will offer fitness sessions and chances to join clubs from September 2015.
Sam Heseltine, sport lecturer at the college who put the bid together, said: "This lottery funding means we can provide an inclusive programme for all college students.
"Having listened to the students' voice we can now offer them access to sport-specific coaches in a broad range of activities, inspiring them to start and enjoy sport and increase their level of activity.
"We believe our project will improve the health and well-being of our students, raising their aspirations and their quality of life in college."
For more information on sports courses including the new Foundation Degree in Sports Coaching and Physical Education at Shrewsbury College, please call Course Advice on 01743 3423411 or visit www.shrewsbury.ac.uk
