STUDENTS at Bournemouth and Poole College can look forward to improved sporting opportunities, thanks to new National Lottery funding from Sport England.
The college is among 12 across the South West given the go-ahead to recruit 11 sports professionals after successfully bidding for part of a £1.1million investment.
Over the next five years, the money will fund the full-time sports professionals to act as College Sport Makers, helping students to get involved in sport.
Richard Lewis, chairman of Sport England, said: “Too many teenagers drop out of sport when they leave school, as it gets squeezed by competing demands like studying, work and relationships.
“We want College Sport Makers to remind young people how much fun sport is and to help them build it into their schedules so they develop a sporting habit for life.”
College Sport Makers will help individual sports to market their opportunities to students as well as linking colleges with community sports clubs, running leagues and sports groups and offering coaching for certain sports.
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