Funding boost for Hackney sports groups will leave lasting legacy from London 2012

Young people in Hackney will benefit from over £10,000 in funding to local sports groups thanks to latest round of grants awarded by sported., one the UK's leading Olympic legacy charities.

Crown and Manor Club received £9000 and Kings Community Project were awarded £1940 from sported.

Crown and Manor Club have also benefited from sported.'s volunteer business Mentor scheme. The club were able to get support from skilled Mentors to assist with their fundraising plans for a new purpose built centre in Shoreditch. Crown and Manor will use the sported. grant to pay for new gym equipment.

Rob Nicoll, Deputy Manager of Crown and Manor Club said "The award of £9,000 from sported. will go towards a brand new weights facility in our new building, opening October this year. In addition to their donation, sported. has also provided the Club with expert help and support in the form of two professional Mentors, Sharon and Anas - this has been especially valuable to the Club. We are incredibly grateful for the work sported. has done for us to take the Club to a new level."

Kings Community Project in Hackney secured £1940 to help more young people through their Sharehope FC football team. The funding will go towards training young people to become the next generation of football coaches.

Ola Matem, founder of Sharehope FC said "I'm confident that with the grant from sported. we can continue to reduce anti-social behaviour problems in South Hackney by using football as a tool for social change. In particular it will mean we can train some of the older participants to become qualified coaches for the younger teams"