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Iʼve raised £615 to provide ten young people in Leeds with a skate scholarship. This includes roller skates & kit, free coaching & access to LS-Ten skatepark.
- Leeds
- Funded on Wednesday, 1st September 2021
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UPDATE - Our first round of applications is now closed but we will open again in the first School Term of this Academic Year.
We are Be Good Skates and we love all types of roller skating. We realise that this sport is not accessible to everyone due to cost and other barriers. Our idea is to offer free weekly lessons to children and young people in one of the most deprived areas of Leeds. Some of our team skaters are primary school teachers, and have had over ten years experience working with children and young people in inner-city schools in Leeds.
Be Good Skates would like to offer ten young people between the ages of 10-25, who otherwise might not access roller skating a "Skate Scholarship" which would include:
Good quality roller skates.
All protective equipment - helmet, pads.
Access to free coaching on a weekly basis.
Entry to LS-Ten skatepark.
Advice, support, skate and kit maintenance.
The benefits of roller skating include exercise, increased social engagement, improved mental health and achievable goals.
We will collaborate with LS-Ten charity, Leeds City Council, Get Set Leeds, Leeds Girls Can and other social prescribing services.
We hope to keep young people engaged by offering scholarship "graduates" opportunities to learn how to support other skaters, improving community engagement, and offer them the option to trade in outgrown gear and upgrade equipment when appropriate.
We hope to run the scholarship annually for ten young people.
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- 3 years ago
Be Good Skates.
3 years agoHello everyone! We are SO excited that we have reached £615 - with that money we can fund 4 Scholarships. We would like to fund more so we have opened our fundraiser 2.0! You can find it here: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/theskatescholarship?utm_term=banrPVdMn
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- 3 years ago
Be Good Skates.
3 years agoThank you all SO much for donating. We've had a bunch of applicants for our first round of applications (ages 13 - 25) - and we've granted the first Scholarship to a young person. This young person will receive full new kit in the next few weeks. We hope to grant another scholarship in the next few weeks. Then we will open round 2 of applications when term starts. Unfortunately we won't be posting any photos of Young People who have received the scholarship - to protect their identity - unless they would like to share so themselves.
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32
Robyn
Aug 21, 2021
Thank you giving people this amazing opportunity 💛💕
£20.00
B
Jul 30, 2021
Fantastic idea, good luck with the fundraising!
£5.00
Cassy
Jul 26, 2021
Such an amazing project. The sessions were so good Len!
£40.00
Gem Naylor
Jul 24, 2021
Thank you for being a star and lending me your skates Maggie xx
£10.00
Alanna
Jul 23, 2021
£30.00
Laura Taylor
Jul 2, 2021
Keep up the amazing work - for the skate workshop x
£5.00
Miranda
Jun 26, 2021
£20.00
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Be Good Skates.
Leeds
Be Good Skates was established in 2020 with one mission: to share a love of roller skates with the world! Our passion for skating in style inspired us in the beginning and continues to drive us today.