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Any donation is much appreciated! Please use this package to pledge any amount you wish. It all helps and we will love you for it!
This project finished on Thursday the 12th of November, 2015
£5,752 was raised by 30 supporters — that's teamwork!
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Our aim:
We want to raise £7,000 in order to refurbish and upgrade our facilities at The Park community Centre in Knowle (a registered charity). The benefits of safer and improved facilities will not only benefit our members, but also many other community groups who use these facilities. We are passionate about enabling positive change in people's lives through sport.
Our vision:
The £7,000 will allow us to:
"Lazyboys is an excellent community for people like me. Full time, stressed out professionals juggling work, family, money and everything else on top. The club's ethos is that even under these circumstances, your health is important, and sport can still be accessed...So glad this club exists."
Why it matters:
Public Health England's Everybody Active Everyday framework[1] states that around 50% of women and 33% of men are damaging their health as a result of physical inactivity, costing the UK economy an estimated £7bn a year. Our club has tapped into a social demographic of adults, many of whom would otherwise be risking their health through lack of physical activity. The branding, product and philosophy of Lazyboys therefore has enormous potential to facilitate better health outcomes and change people's lives.
"At 35, I thought my days of playing Basketball were over. I’d searched long and hard for a local team but the level of competitiveness (and skill!) was just too high...so the Lazyboys model works for me perfectly. As a Type 2 Diabetic, exercise is a huge part of my control regime, and Lazyboys is an affordable and accessible way to remain active and healthy."
Why should I give some cash?
Lazyboys provides the only opportunity for people above 18 to play entry to intermediate level basketball in a fun and inclusive environment where improving health and achieving your goals is a genuine priority. We are proud to have taken the club from a hairbrain idea to a thriving social enterprise over the past 3 years completely independently. Sport England and Basketball England sadly allocate no cash to support clubs like ours, with the overwhelming majority of funding going to youth projects. We think that funders are missing a trick here, and desperately need your help in order to spread this message: inactivity is bad for your health and costs the NHS money...prevention is better than cure!
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"This club is brilliant and deserves to be recognised and supported, it is by far the best example of an all inclusive basketball club that I know of, and has enabled me to return to the sport after 15 years"
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/everybody-active-every-day-a-framework-to-embed-physical-activity-into-daily-life
pledged of £7,000 goal (GBP)
backers
This project ended on 12 November 2015
This is a take what you raise project. At the end of the funding period the project owner receives all of the pledged funds.
Any donation is much appreciated! Please use this package to pledge any amount you wish. It all helps and we will love you for it!
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Be the envy of everyone at the supermerket with an exclusive promotional Lazyboys £1 trolleycoin made from recycled plastic &
Shout out on facebook and twitter
11 people want this
High quality Lazyboys soft cotton TShirt in your size, screenprinted in Bristol by Elusive Press
Choice of colour: Grey, White, Red or Blue
Shoutout on facebook and twitter plus £1 trolleycoin
5 people want this
High quality Lazyboys 'streetstyle' 100% cotton hoodie with internally-woven Phone/Mp3 pouch and headphone holes. Screenprinted in Bristol by Elusive Press
Choice of colour: Grey, White, Red or Blue in your size
& £1 trolleycoin and houtout on facebook/twitter
Logo on our website for 12 months which receives over 10k hits a year
5 x High quality Lazyboys soft cotton TShirts in your size, screenprinted in Bristol by Elusive Press
Get your business logo on our new supersize wall-hung club banner at The Park Sports Centre
Provision of excellent Corporate Social Responsibility statement for your business
Get your business logo on our new supersize wall-hung club banner at The Park Sports Centre
We will dine, drink or (hopefully both) at your establishment for one of our outrageously well-humoured socials*
Large logo on our website for 12 months which received over 10k hits per year
*This element of the pledge applies to Bristol-based establishments only
Become our main sponsor with your business name big and bold on our team kit and website for 12 months; Get your logo on a supersize wall-hung banner at The Park Sports Centre; Exclusive fun training session for up to 15 employees in your business with team photoshoot; Monthly tweets to promote your endorsement
Provision of excellent Corporate Social Responsibility statement for your business