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Welcome to the latest Panathlon newsletter, with exciting news of the year ahead, which will be the biggest and best yet with over 3,000 young disabled people set to be involved. |
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 New Investment !
In an exciting development, the Mayor of London has invested £83,500 of GLA funding into the Panathlon Challenge, as part of the Sports Legacy Plan for London. This will ensure that new London Boroughs are involved this year, and that Panathlon delivers more coaching sessions, provides more free equipment and increases the number of Multi-sports competitions across the Capital between now and July 2010. Danny Crates, Paralympic champion and Panathlon charity Patron welcomed the new investment and said, "Many thanks from Panathlon to the Mayor of London for helping hundreds of disabled young Londoners enjoy competitive sport."
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2010 Plans  Over 40 Panathlon competitions are planned for the year ahead in London, Merseyside, Essex, Kent, Plymouth and Swindon, involving around 3,000 disabled young people. Starting the activity this year, are 5 Free Training days in London for each of the Pro-Active regions in November, with over 100 coaches expected to benefit. The Competitive action kicks off with NW Essex Panathlon at Braintree College on November 19th. Lots more competitions are planned through to July 2010 involving Kent, Merseyside, Essex and other cities too. More details can be seen on the fixtures page of the website.
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Powerchair Football  In a new exciting project, in conjunction with Tottenham Hotspur Foundation and Brentford FC Community Sports Trust, Panathlon is creating training courses, specialised equipment supply and competitive opportunities for Powerchair Football across London.  Coaching clubs are being established in each of the 5 County Sports partnerships, with equipment supply in early 2010 and a Pan London Powerchair Football competition to be held on June 24th. Brentford FC CST and Tottenham Hotspur Foundation are leading the training across the Capital with the Wheelchair Football Association. Any Powerchair user that
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Thank you Running Imp  Running Imp, the country's leading supplier of medals and trophies, adopted Panathlon as their "Charity of the Year" in 2009 and recently awarded us a fantastic cheque of £6,000. Chris Illsley, Managing Director of Running Imp said, "We were delighted to help the Panathlon charity this year as it is a fantastic cause and we hope you continue to grow in the future." Pictured here (L-R) is Caroline, Ashley (Panathlon), Chris and Faye. Many thanks from Panathlon to all at Running Imp International.
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 London Conference Over 50 people from Sports Development Units, Schools Sport Partnerships, teachers and coaches attended the Panathlon conference on November 3rd at City Hall, home of the Mayor of London. The new investment plan from the Mayor was introduced and there was a great exchange of ideas and discussions on the way ahead for Panathlon development in London. Thank you to everyone that came and contributed. For a report and outcomes of the meeting, please email Ashley@panathlon.com | |
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Help us ! 
Panathlon needs to raise over £300,000 this year to enable it to meet its targets of investing back in to the community; £100,000 in sports coaching, £100,000 of disability sports equipment and £100,000 cost of running the multi-sports events (like mini Paralympic games) If you think you can help (even in the smallest way) then please get in touch with Ashley@panathlon.com
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You can now donate directly to the Panathlon Challenge Charity through the homepage of www.panathlon.com with "Justgiving." This ensures Panathlon can benefit from the Gift Aid tax relief. So for example, if you donated £10 to Panathlon, we would infact receive £12.50 due to the kind taxman!! Any donations most welcome and would go directly to helping disabled people enjoy more sport!! Thank you.
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