Brookfield Park is a local primary school situated in Skelmersdale. Over the last 2 years, as part of my job as PE lead, I have massively raised the profile of sport across the school. The children have benefited enormously from this increase and feel their efforts deserve to be rewarded. It seems to be ‘they have the idea, but not the gear’. Due to funding, the children have not had new kits for many years and the current ones are falling apart and shrinking wash by wash. As a result, I have decided to take part in The Great North Swim - a two mile swim across Lake Windermere- to raise money for new sporting kits.