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Funded by the government's HAF scheme, SEN students, aged 12 - 16yrs who receive free school meals, are invited to join Peter Bakare, creator of Nutritroops and GB 2012 Olympian for fun, creative Nutri Troops Animation Art Camps! Come to all of the sessions or just book on for one day! The camps include a delicious breakfast and lunch! For more information and to book click here

5 On It Foundation is proud to be supporting the government’s HAF scheme for a third year running, in partnership with Milton Keynes Council, to provide activities and food to families with children in receipt of benefit-related Free School Meals (FSM), during the Christmas Holidays 2024! This is a brilliant opportunity to join Nutri Troops creator and 2012 Olympian Peter Bakare alongside fantastic sports coaches from Premiere Education for 4 days of FREE Nutri Troops exciting games alongside real life and interactive healthy lifestyle games for children aged 5-10 years olds. To find out more and to book click here

We are excited to be doing something very cool this Christmas! As part of the Milton Keynes HAF government scheme which provides activities for young people who receive free school meals, we are offering two amazing activities for 12 – 16 year olds with our 5 On It coaches! Click here to find out more!

Midsummer Place Christmas Tree Festival 2024! We are thrilled to be sponsored by Nutri Troops to be part of the Midsummer Place Christmas Tree Festival 2024! Get into the spirit of the season by taking a stroll through the mall at Midsummer Place. You'll see our tree, No 14, decorated with Nutri Troops characters on a race track - you can't miss it! Everyone in the community is being invited to vote for their favourite three trees within the display. Midsummer Place will then make a cash donation to the three with the most votes at the end of the festival! So we need you help! Please help us be in the top three! To vote for the 5 On It Christmas tree, go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GC3RQKY and select tree No…

We had the most successful Hang Out programme during the summer months owing to the fantastic funding from the Postcode Lottery Trust which is only possible due to all those who purchase Postcode Lottery tickets throughout the year - thank you so much!

Wow what a summer and we couldn't have done our teenage multi sport programme for teenagers without the support of Sport England who funded the initiative. We want to take this opportunity to say thank you - we reached over 200 young people across Milton Keynes and had fantastic feedback from the participants!

THE FIRST NUTRI TROOPS GOLDEN GAMES IN MILTON KEYNES IS A GOLDEN SUCCESS! This summer Nutri Troops Golden Games has helped over 3,600 primary aged children in Milton Keynes to keep active, learn about the importance of diet and exercise whilst taking part in fun team challenges at free camps in primary schools, holiday clubs and domestic abuse refuges. This amazing programme has been made possible thanks to support from Places Leisure, John Lewis, Allica Bank, Milton Keynes Council, Brioche Pasquier,Pink Balloon, Milton Keynes Christian Centre and Morrisons. The programme concluded with over 200 children taking part in the Nutri Troops Golden Games Finals at St Paul’s Catholic School and at MK Act’s Domestic Abuse Refuge. Created by Peter Bakare, local GB Olympian and founder of Nutri Troops, the Nutri…

Over 200 teenagers from all corners of Milton Keynes aged 12 - 16yrs attended 5 On It Foundation’s free ‘Hang Out Games’ Camps this summer at St Paul’s Catholic School run by the charity. The programme has been supported by Milton Keynes Council, Sport England, Postcode Trust and Milton Keynes Christian Centre. Participants played in exhilarating finals events across three key sports - basketball, football and netball - it was tense and exciting to the end! Deputy Mayor Councilor John Lancaster attended the Games and enjoyed a delicious lunch of curry and jollof rice with the 5 On It team and gave some words of motivation to the young athletes before their finals! Sport was not the only feature of the Hang Out Games; a fantastic Nutri Troops Animation Workshop was run…

5 On It are thrilled to have been awarded funding by Milton Keynes Council to run a range of Holiday Activities and Food Programmes (Government HAF) during the summer holidays. These programmes are for school aged children from reception to year 11 (inclusive) who receive benefits-related free school meals. Click on the links below to find out more about each one! Nutri Troops Activity Camp for 5 - 11 year olds Join the wonderful Nutri Troops team and coaches from Premier Education to enjoy a range a craft activities and fun physical games - 29th, 30th, 31st July, 1st, 5th, 6th, 7th Aug 9 - 1pm at Willow's School, Fishermead. Breakfast and a hot lunch are included and there are prizes to be won too! We have special visits from GB Olympians…

The Paris Olympics 2024 are just around the corner and Peter Bakare, local 2012 Volleyball Olympian as well as Nutri Troops creator and 5 On It Foundation have partnered together to bring a Mini Golden Olympics Games to Milton Keynes for children aged 5 – 11 years – it’s a chance to feel like an Olympian and go for gold and you can sign your children up for it now! It takes place at St Paul's Catholic School on Thursday 8th August 9 - 1pm, for more information and to book go to http://5onit.co.uk/nutri-troops-golden-games/