Housebuilder’s £10,000 winter sports fund
YOUNGSTERS keen to try snowsports, now can thanks to a housebuilder scheme.
Redrow Southern Counties, which built Bracknell’s Orchids Place, has celebrated its partnership with GB Snowsport by creating a £10,000 Winter Sports Fund.
It encourages children to try skiing or snowboarding for the first time.
Created this year, the initiative aims to inspire the nation’s GB Snowsport stars of the future – and is now open for applications from children aged four to 16, with groups including Brownies and Scouts also welcomed to enter.
Winners are also in with the chance of learning from the pro’s themselves by enjoying a training session with a GB Snowsport champion.
Mark Vanson, sales director for Redrow Southern Counties said he hopes that the scheme will inspire future athletes.
He said: “While the UK is known for its cold weather, we sadly don’t have the mountains or slopes close to our development to make snowsports an everyday sport.
“We are therefore excited to be partnering with GB Snowsport to launch Redrow’s Winter
Sports Fund, providing a great opportunity for children in the area to learn more about the different sports available to them at their local snowdome or dry ski slope.”
Vicky Gosling OBE, chief executive for GB Snowsport said the group is thrilled about scheme. “With indoor snow centres and outdoor dry slopes up and down the country, we are delighted that Redrow are giving more children the chance to get involved with the sports we love, right here in the United Kingdom,” she said.