SportsAid

Bank of Scotland’s ‘big match’ fundraiser nets £1,200

The Bank of Scotland raised more than £1,200 for SportsAid this month with a gritted, 90-minute staff football match at Dunfermline Athletic Football Club.

To double the donation made to the charity, the company has matched the funds
raised by each player at the game.

“I organised the event…

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ASDA’s Sporting Chance wins top award

The Sporting Chance initiative, through which ASDA supports hundreds of SportsAid athletes in the UK, has just won the top prize at the Marketing Society Northern Awards.

In addition to the ‘Grand Prix’ they also took the award for Sport and Sportswear, beating the England football team’s away kit into…

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John Lewis joins SportsAid to help South West sports stars

To mark the two-year countdown to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the John Lewis store in Cribbs Causeway, Bristol, has donated £15,000 to help young sports stars in South West England achieve their dreams.

John Lewis is the official department store provider of the Games and its support…

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Jodie takes 100m world title

The current holder of SportsAid’s One to Watch award, 16-year-old Jodie Williams, has won gold and silver medals at the junior athletics world championships.

Competing in Canada last week, she won the 100m in a time of 11.40 seconds to maintain a stunning record of being unbeaten in 147 races.

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