There's more free basketball at Eaglestone with 5 On It and next Thursday we will be welcoming Anglia Televsion to film the session and talk to participants! Join our professional basketball players and coaches for top quality basketball instruction, for full details and to book go to http://5onit.co.uk/eaglestonebb/
5 On it were over the moon to receive last minute funding from the National Lottery to enable them to lay on additional activities for young people during the summer break. Their generous support allowed 5 on it to run additional basketball coaching sessions across Milton Keynes and run a basketball tournament and football tournament in areas such as Eaglestone and Leadenhall. The summer break has been a blast - a huge thank you to all those who came to our programmes, we can't wait to see you all again soon!
5 On It were thrilled to welcome BBC Look East to their Hang Out programme during the summer holidays. The local news channel were interested to find out more about our unique activity for teenagers which offered a range of physical activities, such as football and basketball, as well as technology programmes including social media and DJ workshops. Founders Lolly Marlborough and Peter Bakare were key to the feature which was shown on BBC East last Friday. Go to our Youtube channel to watch it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDkR_qnP6ZE
We are excited to announce the National Lottery have awarded funding to 5 On It to run extra free sport events during the summer holidays for teenagers. Consequently we will be organising a free 5 aside football tournament for 12 years and over as part of our Gang Today Gone Tomorrow anti-gang initiative that uses sport to encourage safety at street level. It takes place this coming Wednesday 23rd August 1-3pm at St Paul's Catholic school. For more details and to book please go to http://5onit.co.uk/5aside-football/
We are excited to announce the National Lottery have awarded funding to 5 On It to run extra free sport events during the summer holidays for 12 - 16 year olds. Consequently we will be organising a free 3v3 basketball tournament for teenagers as part of our Gang Today Gone Tomorrow anti-gang initiative that uses sport to encourage safety at street level. It takes place this coming Wednesday 23rd August 1-3pm at St Paul's Catholic school. For more details and to book please go to http://5onit.co.uk/3v3-basketball/
If you’re aged between 12 and 16 years and receive free school meals why not hang out with 5 On It this summer and try a range of activities for free! We also have limited placed for all 12 – 16 year olds! Activities range from physical options such as basketball, netball and parkour to not so physical such as Gaming and DJ workshops. For full details, dates and booking information, go to http://5onit.co.uk/ho/
For the third year running we are delighted to be partnering with Milton Keynes Council in supporting the government's HAF scheme which provides activities and food to children who receive free school meals! Once again we are running a Nutri Troops camp - it's a brilliant opportunity to join Nutri Troops creator and 2012 Olympian Peter Bakare alongside fantastic sports coaches from Premiere Education for 8 days of FREE Nutri Troops exciting games alongside real life and interactive healthy lifestyle games for children aged 6-11 years olds. For dates and information on how to book go to http://5onit.co.uk/ntsummer-camp-2023/
We are so excited to be running three FREE basketball programmes across Milton Keynes this summer. Boys and girls aged 7 - 18 years of all levels are welcome to shoot hoops with our fantastic professional coaches - for more details go to: http://5onit.co.uk/heelands-basketball/ http://5onit.co.uk/lakes-basketball/ http://5onit.co.uk/summerbballfs23/
This month there have been 3 violent stabbings of three young men in Milton Keynes, leaving one victim hospitalised which is a stark reminder of the need for lifesaving knife and gang crime education for our children and young people. Local charity, 5 On It Foundation, were thrilled to welcome special guest Matthew Barber, Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner, to their latest anti-gang basketball event this month. Matthew and TVP funded one of 5 On It’s Gang Today Gone tomorrow programmes last summer. Over 50 young people, boys and girls aged 12-18 years, took part in the free basketball 3v3 tournament at the Outdoor Basketball Court in Eaglestone. This programme is part of the charity’s Gang Today Gone Tomorrow anti-gang initiative that uses sport to encourage safety at street…
