Announcing our RED January 2020 competition winner
18 February 2020
Bromley and Downham Youth and Boxing Club have been chosen as the winner of our first ever RED January competition – part of our commitment to supporting young Londoners improve their physical and mental wellbeing through sport and physical activity.
In total, 261 young people from six community youth organisations contributed over 1,000 hours of physical activity during January, everything from Acrobatics to Swimming, Boxing to Spin Classes and Kayaking to Fencing.
It’s been fantastic to see the RED community at London Youth grow in strength and support for each other! Thanks to their incredible fitness and fundraising efforts, now almost 150,000 people around country have kick started their year in a positive way, with £2.4 million raised to continue Mind’s life-changing work. ”
By taking part in RED January we were able to get our young people to try more physical activities which they often avoid at school. Our spin/combat tasters allowed parents/carers to exercise with their children. It gave them a chance to socialise together as well as meet the wider community of our club. Because of the positive feedback we’ll be using the £1000.00 competition winnings to offer these classes on fortnightly basis moving forward. ”
I haven’t exercised alongside my children in years. We had a really good evening and it has provided us with a joint activity we can do regularly without the cost of family pass. My legs hurt for days after! But it was worth it! When’s the next one! ”
I hate exercise but doing exercise to music is so different. The class went so fast and I learnt a lot from the instructors. Me and my friends really like using the Hook and Jab pads. We didn’t stop smiling and laughing and were going to go to the next session. ”
Ben Silver, youth worker at Bromley at Downham captured his RED January experience in a poem
The concept did challenge me
Change my ways for January
Burn a lot more calories
While working for my salary
Avoid the bus and walk to work
Walked so much my feet might hurt
Some of the others went berserk
So my duty I could not shirk
Fencing classes in the club
A part of youth work to truly love
Rather than playing the role of the judge
I got involved like an athletic does
Put my spare time to use instead
No time left to rest in bed
Lost more weight and I need new threads
My January was RED
At London Youth, we believe that every child is designed to move and that by working with and through community youth organisations we can ensure all young people receive the sport and physical activity experience that is most impactful for them.
To find out more how we can support your organisation with Sport for Participation and/or Sport for Development opportunities, please get in touch on john.jones@londonyouth.org
– John Jones, Sports Development Manager
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Linked to our RED January Competition, we are also part of a national campaign championing mental health awareness in sport and physical activity. This is working to ensure all community sport coaches, volunteers and young leaders are trained in mental health awareness. We’d really appreciate your support, you can sign–up via https://www.connectsport.co.uk/organisation/london-youth and just scroll down to the blue logo at the bottom of the page. Training for your staff can be accessed via ourselves so do keep an eye out for upcoming course details via our member news and website.
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