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My name is Harry Annals, and I'm currently working as the Community Projects Co-Ordinator with South Coast Sports. Simply put, my role is to help provide more active opportunities for children, young adults and families in the local community. As I have also seen in my previous role as a teaching assistant, there are many families who face barriers to participation. This can be financial, social, and/or emotional and it has a detrimental impact on physical and mental wellbeing.

I want to help remove these barriers for families, and at South Coast Sports, we have set up a Community Interest Company arm to the business (South Coast Sports Coastal CIC) to help fund our mission. So far we have run active sessions for home education children, and led 1:1 Active sessions for SEND children in local primary schools. Nothing gives me more satisfaction than seeing our most vulnerable children grow in confidence and make new friendships through our active sessions. So far, these sessions have been incredibly successful, and we want to begin SEND Community sessions from our new central location (Phoenix Centre, PO21 5JD). However, without funding, the sustainability of our projects would not be possible.

Therefore, I am hoping to raise £750 by walking a marathon on January 25th at the London Winter Walk Ultra Challenge (https://www.ultrachallenge.com/london-winter-walk/). Whether it's running or walking, I love nothing more than being outdoors, and if I can help our local community in the process then even better!

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