{"id":4986,"date":"2017-07-06T12:03:09","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T11:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.efltrust.com\/?p=4986"},"modified":"2017-07-28T12:50:26","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T11:50:26","slug":"rotherhams-back-sport-project-shortlisted-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.efltrust.com\/rotherhams-back-sport-project-shortlisted-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Rotherham’s ‘Back Into Sport’ project shortlisted for award"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rotherham United Community Sports Trust’s (RUCST)\u00a0‘Back Into Sport’ project has been shortlisted\u00a0for a\u00a02017 National Lottery Award.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The project funded by Sport England and\u00a0launched 12 months ago, reaches out to members of the black and ethnic minority community to encourage them to take up sport and physical activities.<\/p>\n

‘Back Into Sport’ has increased levels of physical activity and sport among black and ethnic minority (BME) people at high risk of health-related issues. It\u00a0has also worked\u00a0with local schools, mosques and community groups to recruit participants and volunteers to help set up sports lessons and arrange matches.<\/p>\n

Over half of Rotherham’s adult population do not take part in physical activity, according to a local authority survey. BME adults also face a number of barriers including hate crime, poor local facilities for sport, language and cultural barriers.<\/p>\n

The project runs three netball sessions a week and has supported women from a local school to go on and set up a netball team to play competitive games.\u00a0It also works with a local mosque to increase sport participation among male congregation.<\/p>\n

Winners\u00a0of the 2017 National Lottery Award will receive a \u00a33,000 prize for their project and star in a BBC One television show.<\/p>\n

Zanib Rasool from Back into Sport says: \u201cWe\u2019re absolutely delighted to have made it through to the finals of The National Lottery Awards.\u00a0 It\u2019s wonderful for everyone involved in our work that our achievements with National Lottery funding have been recognised.\u00a0\u00a0 We hope all our supporters will vote for us so we can enjoy national recognition on BBC One later in the year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Inclusion officer Trudi Race said: \u201cRotherham is a town with a beautifully diverse mixture of culture and races. \u201cMany of these people face barriers when it comes to accessing sport, particularly women. This project enables us to work with the participants to build trust and to make sport more accessible. The first year has seen an incredible increase in BME women accessing sport which is a proud achievement.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n