Supermarket sports support for local College

Students at Newcastle-under-Lyme College (NULC) are set to benefit from brand new sporting equipment thanks to a local supermarket. 

Anthony Clegg, Manager of Sainsbury’s Newcastle-under-Lyme store, will visit the College on Wednesday 13 October at 11am to hand over the new football and basketball kits.

Sainsbury’s, which is due to open its new replacement store on 3 November at the College’s former Liverpool Road site, has donated football and basketball strips including tops, shorts and socks, along with two large kit bags. 

The donation forms part of Sainsbury’s Active Kids scheme, which has given over £1.3 million pounds worth of sports equipment and experiences to schools, nurseries, scout and guide groups and Clubmark accredited sports clubs across Staffordshire since the programme began in February 2005.

Trevor Humphreys, Academy of Sport Manager and Lecturer at NULC said: “We’re very grateful to Sainsbury’s for donating these kits. More and more students at NULC are choosing to take part in sport through our Academy of Sport programme, so the additional kits will come in very handy.

“We’re looking forward to continuing to build our relationship with Sainsbury’s in the future and are already planning a number of joint fundraising initiatives.”

Sainsbury’s Store Manager, Anthony Clegg says: “The location of our upcoming replacement store has provided a natural opportunity to work with the College over the past few months.

“For example, we’ve been holding interviews to recruit new store colleagues at the College’s conference facilities. This donation is a further example of our continuing partnership with the College, and demonstrates our commitment to making a difference in Newcastle-under-Lyme’s community.”

For more information about the NULC Academy of Sport visit http://www.nulc.ac.uk/ or email sport@nulc.ac.uk