Recycling efforts fund children's swimming lessons
A CHARITY has turned trash into splash by collecting unwanted items to raise money for free swimming sessions for city youngsters.
The Star Foundation, of Burton, will be providing 50 free swimming session vouchers to Derby children each month for the next year, after working with the city council to set up banks at leisure centres for items such as clothing, shoes, bags and belts.
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Poolside, from left, Moorways operations manager Rajvinder Mann, Suraj Mann, 14, Steven Thandi, 14, Star Foundation founder Pete Tryner and Councillor Martin Repton. In the water, from left, are Bobby Drummond Gonzalez, 11, Megan Walters, 12, Kathryn Smith, 12, Helen Smith, 9, and Elizabeth Jones, 9.
Councillor Martin Repton, cabinet member for leisure and culture at Derby City Council, said: "This exciting initiative gives us the opportunity after Christmas to recycle and reuse unwanted possessions. I'm delighted the community swimming fund will be able to offer 600 free swim sessions this year."
The fund is open to any child aged four to 15 living in Derby.
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Valid until: Wednesday, May 22 2013
For more information and to register for the vouchers, visit www.starfoundation. org.uk.
Comments
by kessie2012
Monday, January 28 2013, 4:05PM
“pity derby council leader bayliss never went to learn of these children/ trash to cash/ we.d get a better deal no brown bin tax less going to landfill and no incinerator he says He wants not the derby people .and having mor faces than everest kids can do it so can we /”