Premier League 4 Sport
BRCT have become the latest Premier League football club to offer young people the chance to get involved in Olympic sports in a groundbreaking £3.8 million partnership with the Government.
All 20 clubs in football’s top flight are linking up with community sport clubs to help attract young people in their local areas to offer them the chance to get involved in badminton, judo, table tennis and volleyball.
The initiative will help the Government’s ambition to offer young people five hours of sport a week, as part of its 2012 legacy plans. It will also address the drop-off in sports participation when young people leave secondary school.
Working with the sports governing bodies, the Youth Sport Trust and Sport England, Blackburn Rovers Community Trust, along with the other Premier League clubs, aim to get 25,000 young people, aged between 11 and 16, to join local sport clubs in the four Olympic sports during the three year scheme.
Blackburn Rovers Community Trust is linked to community sport clubs in four boroughs of East Lancashire - Blackburn with Darwen, Pendle, Rossendale and Hyndburn. These community sport clubs are linked to local secondary schools in the area creating a total of 320 satellite clubs.
Premier League 4 Sport builds on the success of the Premier League’s current community programme and aims to get children from all backgrounds involved in non-traditional, club-based sport.
Useful links with more information regarding Olympic sports can be found here.
For more information about the Premier League 4 Sport project please contact Claire Newton, Premier League 4 Sport Co-ordinator on 01254 296124 or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Rovers’ youngsters, recently crowned the Premier League 4 Sport’s North West table-tennis champions.
