Students and staff at the University of Kent will be given more opportunities to play sport following National Lottery funding from Sport England\u2019s University Sport Activation Fund.<\/p>\n
The \u00a3214,924 award, which will see the launch of the \u2018Let\u2019s Play \u2013 Project 5.0\u2019, will help increase participation in sport across the University\u2019s Canterbury and Medway campuses. It will offer non-active students and staff the opportunity to engage in regular sport and physical activities with the overall aim of creating a sporting habit for life.<\/p>\n
Each term the project will offer themed blocks of activities, ranging from \u2018Around the World\u2019 to \u2018Grass Roots\u2019, with swimming, cycling and climbing being available throughout the year. Some activities will be delivered by specialist qualified coaches, but others will require the help and assistance of the University\u2019s student clubs.<\/p>\n
Mel Clewlow, Sports Development Manager with Kent Sport<\/a> at the University, said: \u2018This lottery funding will enhance the provision of sport on offer at the University by allowing us to target non-active staff and students and assist us in developing a \u2018sport for all\u2019 mentality.<\/p>\n \u2018This project, in conjunction with the University\u2019s health and wellbeing strategy, will enable members of the University to lead a healthier, more balanced life whilst at Kent.\u2019<\/p>\n Sport England Director of Community Sport, Mike Diaper, said: \u2018We know universities play a vital role in maintaining and growing a student\u2019s love of sport. They can encourage them to continue playing once they\u2019ve left school or help those less sporty discover a new sport. By investing in the University of Kentwe\u2019re helping students develop a lifelong sporting habit while they study.\u2019<\/p>\n Kent is one of 54 universities to benefit from nearly \u00a310 million of funding to help around 180,000 new students playing sport.<\/p>\n For further information email\u00a0M.Clewlow@kent.ac.uk<\/a>, visit www.kent.ac.uk\/sports<\/a> and find UniKentSports on Facebook and Twitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Students and staff at the University of Kent will be given more opportunities to play sport following National Lottery funding from Sport England\u2019s University Sport … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5725,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[124,23261],"tags":[149511,95656,74],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5725"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":519,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517\/revisions\/519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}