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We at 5 On It Foundation were thrilled to be chosen as the official charity for Saturday night’s Milton Keynes Inspiration Awards 2022 which resulted in £1052 being raised for our charity! Over 300 people attended the Awards at the Jury’s Inn which celebrates the work of inspirational individuals from Milton Keynes and surrounding areas, giving them the recognition they greatly deserve. After a delicious dinner and awards presentation a 50/50 raffle was held which raised £500 for 5 On It giving the lucky ticket winner £250!  An exciting auction followed which comprised of gifts donated by national and local organisations including SkyTV, John Lewis, Brasserie Blanc, Whittard of Chelsea,  Social Pottery MK, Milton Keynes Food Awards, Krispy Kreme, Cock Inn North Crawley, Aqua Parks, Bannatyne Gym and Spa, Smile…

5 On It Foundation, in partnership with the amazing Nutri Toops, are running an exciting Olympic themed activity camp this August. This action packed programme is part of the government’s HAF scheme, run by Milton Keynes Council, which provides activities to children in receipt of benefit-related Free School Meals (FSM), during the Summer Holidays 2022. For more details and to book go to http://5onit.co.uk/summercamp/

Basketball legend Nigel Lloyd brings the thrill of professional basketball to the Lakes Estate outdoor court, Bletchley! Join him for top level coaching and 3 x 3 fun, there are prizes to be won too! WHEN: Friday 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd July TIME: 4 - 5pm: 7 to 12 yrs 5 - 6 pm: 13 - 18 yrs WHERE: Lakes Estate Community Centre, Outdoor Court Bletchley Lakes Estate CommunityCentre, Outdoor Court Bletchley MK2 3DD - near Wind in the Willow Day Nursery For booking details go to http://5onit.co.uk/basketballatlakes/

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!