Judo champion teams up with Corby charity to mentor school

A Corby charity is funding the mentoring scheme thanks to a £1,000 donation
A Corby charity is organising a school mentoring relationship with Judo champion Nekonda DavisA Corby charity is organising a school mentoring relationship with Judo champion Nekonda Davis
A Corby charity is organising a school mentoring relationship with Judo champion Nekonda Davis

A Corby charity is organising a school mentoring relationship with a Judo champion thanks to a donation from a housebuilder.

Persimmon Homes Building Futures scheme supports community groups working with under-18s and has donated £1,000 to The Mintridge Foundation.

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Alex Wallace from The Mintridge Foundation said: "We work with young people of all abilities and physical capabilities, and through the power of sport, the charity works to develop confidence and resilience, and creates awareness of the importance of mental and physical wellbeing through sport."

The charity will be using the donation to set up wellbeing mentoring for a school with Judo Commonwealth champion and world bronze medallist Nekonda Davis, who also competed at the Rio Olympics in 2016.

Davis will be helping develop confidence, resilience and motivation through lockdown.

Alex Wallace said: "Reducing costs to schools helps us to reach a greater number of young people with our guest Olympians and Paralympians.

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"Like all charities at the moment, Covid-19 has had an impact on our work and funds, so this donation couldn’t have come at a better time for us."

Persimmon's Building Future's scheme will give away £1m across Britain to regional charities, groups, sports clubs and schools to improve local facilities and projects in three categories: education and arts, health, and sport.

There will be a £100,000 first place prize for each sector, a £50,000 second place prize and £20,000 for third place as well as an additional £5,000 for 87 shortlisted projects.

Nadine O'Dowd, sales director at Persimmon Homes north midlands, said: "We are so proud of the difference our Building Futures scheme can make to the grassroots organisations working every day within our local communities."

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