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5 On It Foundation were delighted to join MK Basketball Club last night in awarding their U14s player Athena Thompson, who represents England, with a joint funded bursary, from both the Charity and the Club, to go towards oversees travel expenses and purchasing essential playing kit. Athena has just returned from Serbia where she represented England and is now looking forward to training during off season with MK Basketball Club and Basketball England. 5 On It ambassadors and top level players Kai Williams and Jordan Spencer presented Athena with her bursary voucher.  Jordan said “Kai and myself are delighted to award Athena with the joint bursary funding and congratulate her on her incredible achievement of being selected to play for England”.   Peter Taylor, Chairman of MK Basketball Club added…

Calling all students at Stantonbury School! Join our brilliant #ambassador@kaiwilliams23 for 8 weeks of free basketball coaching and lots of prizes Huge thank you to the amazing Milton Keynes Community Foundation for making this possible. For full details and to book a place please click here.

5 On It Foundation are delighted to be awarded a grant from the Thames Valley Police to run an anti gang Gone Today Gone Tomorrow baskektball progamme during summer 2022. Lolly and Debbie were thrilled to attend a Community Fund presentation event hosted by Police and Crime Commissioner Matthew Barber where they were presented with a cheque alongside 18 other organisations. Details of the summer basketball event will be announced soon where basketball stars and legends will be taking part including Nigel Lloyd, Jordan Spencer, Kai Williams and Chris Tawiah!

5 On It are so excited to be partnering with http://www.allpeopleactive.com/ and https://www.nutritroops.com/ to run a Haf Free Spring Activity Camp! Haf is a government scheme which helps provide activities and food to families with children in receipt of benefit-related Free School Meals (FSM) during school holidays. Join Nutri Troops creator Peter Bakare for four days of Nutri Troops Olympic themed games with real life and interactive healthy lifestyle activities for children aged 6-11 years old. Children will be taken on a digital adventure through the Nutri Troops fictional world, filled with characters linked to healthy and unhealthy lifestyles, combining the impact of both activity and nutrition.   When: Monday 11th to Thursday 14th April 2022, Registration 9.45am - Pick up 2.30 pm Where: Falconhurst School, High Trees, Eaglestone, Milton Keynes…

Our Give it a Go programme is now fully booked but a big thank you to all those who managed to grab a place and are coming along to the Bletchley Leisure Centre every Monday 4 - 6pm to try a different sport each week! We started off with basketball and yesterday we had a blast playing football. Huge thanks to https://www.leapwithus.org.uk/ for funding this programme and a big shout out to the amazing coaches from Milton Keynes https://www.premier-education.com/ for running the sessions. The programme runs for another 3 weeks, we hope to announce our next free sport initiative next month!

5 On It Foundation, with the helping of funding from Leap , are excited to be running a FREE Give It a Go Sports programme where participants can try a different sport each week! Run in partnership with the amazing coaches from Premier Sports, boys and girls aged 8 - 16 years are invited to join us for 5 weeks of different activities including dodge ball, badminton, basketball and more! It starts Monday 28th February 4-6pm at the Bletchley Leisure Centre. For more details please click here

5 On It Foundation are delighted to be awarded Sport England funding from https://www.leapwithus.org.uk to run a Give It A Go sports programme. This exciting 6 week initiative will give young people a chance to try six different sports across 6 weeks - as always the sessions will be free and there will be prizes to be won! It starts next month, date and booking details to be announced soon!

A massive thank you to Anytime Fitness Kenilworth and their generous club member for donating a bumper box of equipment to 5 On It Foundation which included tennis balls, footballs and basketballs! This wonderful contribution will be instrumental in making our 2022 free community events even better! Dates of our next sports programmes to be announced soon!

Young ballers from all over Milton Keynes turned up for our fantastic 3x3 basketball tournament held at The Bletchley Leisure on 20th December.  The event, run in partnership with MK Basketball, was held in recognition of 5 On It's anti-gang initiative Gang Today Gone Tomorrow which uses basketball and mentoring to inspire, educate and push young people away from gangs.   Throughout the day nearly 100 boys and girls, all wearing Gang Today Gone Tomorrow t-shirts to promote the anti-gang message, battled on court and were given free pizza, courtesy of Dominos, whilst winners from each age group were presented with medals by Michaela Clark and Peter Bakare from The Milton Keynes Community Foundation who were one of the key funders of the tournament.  The Mayor of Milton Keynes, Cllr…

5 On It Foundation have teamed up with the fantastic MK Basketball Club to deliver a brilliant day of 3 on 3 basketball at the Bletchley Leisure Centre! Join us, London Lions players and coaches from MK Basketball Club for a day of 3 on 3 competition, dunk challenges, food, DJs and prizes. Monday 20th December: 11.30am-4.30pmBletchley Leisure Centre, Princes Way, Fenny Stratford, Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK2 2HQAge Groups – Boys:U12 (years 5-7)U14 (years 8-9)U16 (years 10-11)U19 (years 12-13)Age Groups – Girls:U12 (years 5-7)U16 (years 8-11)U19 (years 12-13)Teams will be picked on the day There’s more! – All attendees will receive a FREE ticket to see top professional basketball team, the London Lions, play at the Copper Box, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park at Stratford, London! To book your place, please go…