The enthusiastic players from Rothwell & Desborough FC Aztec under 10 Warriors were thrilled with the funding recently granted by the Oakland Foundation. “This grass roots organisation provides football for children in the local and surrounding area with teams from under 5’s to under 18’s. There are mixed gender teams and all mixed gender teams …
Grassroots football and many other youth sports are proving expensive as not all families are able to afford to buy team kit, particularly as the cost of living continues to rise steeply. But Coalville Town FC U15s are looking sharper than ever thanks to their new home and away team kits sponsored by children’s charity …
Ace, the team coach and four of the U15’s team visited our sponsor Oakland International’s depot at Bardon to meet Foundation rustees as they wished to present us with some ‘thank you notes’ for our sponsorship of their team kit. Whilst there they also enjoyed an educational tour of the site and met with some …
The Winstanley Wizards run a weekly table tennis club for 30 young people at Winstanley School in Leicestershire. Oakland Foundation awarded them a grant to enable them to purchase two new tables, which they very gratefully received!
Oakland Foundation provided a grant to enable 6 young people to attend the Academy for a year following on from funded sessions during the holidays. The GENR8 Academy was set up to give children the opportunity to train alongside current and former elite athletes in a friendly environment, with the aim to make sport accessible …
Coalville Can and Th!nkFC, working in partnership with North West Leicestershire District Council, received funding from children’s charity, Oakland Foundation, to support their Kickstarters youth provision sessions for schoolchildren in years 4, 5 and 6. Fundraising Apprentice Harry Jerome, Kickstarter and one of the young people running the sessions Liam R, Mentor and Sports/Wellbeing Coach …
Feckenham FC is delighted that the Oakland Foundation will be sponsoring their junior section in an exciting partnership. As a Worcestershire-based charity, which launched in 2012 and officially opened by HRH, The Princess Royal, the Oakland Foundation’s primary objective is to support the needs of children under the age of 16 and their families living …
Registered Children’s charity the Oakland Foundation, which supports children, young people and their families from Redditch, Bromsgrove and the surrounding areas, has raised over £12,000 from their Charity Ball held at the National Motorcycle Museum on Friday 6th September. The pre-evening entertainment began with a powerful and moving music selection performed by the Ipsley RSA …
Redditch Borough Football Club’s Under 12’s team has secured funding for a new away kit thanks to local children’s charity the Oakland Foundation. Working with community stakeholders, schools and youth organisations, the charity is extending its support of children and young people’s initiatives throughout Redditch and Bromsgrove based on Health and Nutrition, Education and Sport …
