This week we are focusing on two inspiring sportsmen, both of whom have shown incredible resilience and hard work to get where they are today. They also both love sharing their experiences to the next generations.
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We are really excited as we have recently partnered with EasyFundraising to help
support mentees (past and present) to help generate funds towards their
sporting journeys which we know is very tough. Whether you are a mentee and you
need to fund your training equipment, travel expenses or a coaching
qualification or a parent of a young person, your options to get funds can be
complicated.
These two ladies are such vocal and passionate ambassadors, helping us to spread the Mintridge message! Eboni made her England Netball debut in 2008 at the age of 20 against Malawi and has gone on to win a gold medal for England with the England Netball team. Olivia gained her first international cap for Scotland in 2011 against Japan and has an incredible 76 caps to her name. Both are incredibly inspiring Mintridge ambassadors!
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The Mintridge Foundation hope that you are all safe and well
during this very uncertain time, and we hope that we have a little bit of good
news that will help cheer you up…
We are really excited as we have recently partnered with EasyFundraising to help
support mentees (past and present) to help generate funds towards their
sporting journeys which we know is very tough. Whether you are a mentee and you
need to fund your training equipment, travel expenses or a coaching
qualification or a parent of a young person, your options to get funds can be
complicated.
The Mintridge Foundation hope that you are all safe and well
during this very uncertain time, and we hope that we have a little bit of good
news that will help cheer you up…
We are really excited as we have recently partnered with EasyFundraising to help
support mentees (past and present) to help generate funds towards their
sporting journeys which we know is very tough. Whether you are a mentee and you
need to fund your training equipment, travel expenses or a coaching
qualification or a parent of a young person, your options to get funds can be
complicated.
Continuing our spotlight on our ambassadors, this week we’re homing in on two more inspiring women.
Shona McCallin is probably most well known for being one the Great Britain Hockey team who won Britain’s first ever Olympic Gold Medal for Hockey at the Rio Olympics and Nekoda Smythe-Davis looks to be a genuine medal hope for the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
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Our ambassadors are the perfect people to look towards for some inspiration right now. Most of them have faced what seems like an impossible dream but have put in the work and effort to make it a reality… often with a few bumps along the way.
Meet Asma Elbadawi and Evie Toombes, incredible sports people and fantastic ambassadors for ‘sport for all’.
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At the end of last week, we launched our #771 challenge. 7 friends, 7 days, one marathon. As you will be aware, many funding events have been cancelled and so many of our community fundraisers have been unable to complete their 5ks half marathons and marathons to raise money to allow us to continue supporting young people through sport. 771 was an opportunity for them to put their training to use and for you to get involved and raise some money too.
We couldn’t have ever imagined what a positive event it would become, all thanks to you guys.
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A little (ok, pretty big) Mintridge #winoftheweek is thanks to two of our amazing community fundraisers. They weren’t going to let a little thing like a worldwide pandemic get in the way of all their training and they certainly didn’t want to let everyone who sponsored them down.
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The Sunday Times first learnt of The Mintridge Foundation when our founder, Alex Wallace (nee Paske) was awarded the Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year - Grassroots award. This was a huge moment for Alex personally (for whom The Mintridge Foundation and the work they do is a passion) and a small charity such as The Mintridge Foundation. Little did she know at the time that this award would lead onto such an incredible partnership.
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We at the Mintridge Foundation felt that we couldn’t just shut up shop until this all blows over. Therefore, we have had to adapt and change the way we work. Luckily for us, sport has taught us, our partners and our ambassadors the skills of adapting and resilience already, so we were already half-way there.
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It was a great start to our weekend for Team Mintridge, as we attended St Christopher’s School for their first football festival with the amazing Rachel Yankey OBE. We were so excited for an afternoon of football, fun and matches with
our experienced former England and Arsenal player.
It was a wonderful day for Team Mintridge, as we returned to Roedean School for a jam-packed day of netball skills, drills, tactics and workshops with the amazing England Roses and Saracens Mavericks Superleague netball captain, Sasha Corbin.
In the wake of International Women’s Day 2020, we at Mintridge HQ are feeling proud, inspired and grateful to be women. For us, this is actually a fairly regular feeling though, as we work daily with some incredible female athletes who are amazing ambassadors for Mintridge and advocates for women in sport. Many of whom have joined the powerful #Unlocked Campaign with our friends at the Women’s Sport Trust. This week, however, we were scrolling through Facebook and up popped the Atlantic Campaign’s International Women’s Day video featuring the faces of Jemma and Lauren or, as they’re also known, team Whale of a Time.
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We were delighted to be welcomed back to Clifton High School on the evening of Thursday 5th March, for a wonderful Sports Awards evening with our partners Squadkit. It is always great for Team Mintridge to hear about the success stories and sporting accolades that have been achieved by the students throughout the year.
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This Thursday we are thankful to five of our incredible Mintridge supporters. On Sunday, when many of us were having a Sunday lie-in or tucking into a lazy brunch in our PJs (or doing the first of their miles for #MovingMarch), Tara, Georgina, Alasdair, Katie and Francie were braving Storm Jorge and pounding the streets of London in the challenging Vitality Big Half 2020 half marathon.
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