Canoe Focus Winter 2016 | Page 8

Click here to read more National Lottery funding backs Goole paddlers project East Riding of Yorkshire Council has received an award of £8,610 from Sport England to deliver a project offering free kayaking opportunities for young people in Goole. During the winter months indoor sessions will be offered using British Canoeing’s U Canoe Wired programme which will provide a ‘dry’ introduction to the sport, using the latest kayak ergometers and software. Mount Batten Boat Centre launches ‘Recycle for Rewards’ programme The Mount Batten Centre Charity Trust has launched their “Recycle for Rewards” programme which enables schools, youth groups and community organisations to access subsidised, or in some instances free activities at the centre by recycling clothes. Click here to read more 8 Click here to read about how Woodlands Special School partially funded an action packed day at the centre by collecting a huge pile of clothes, and got to take the centre’s new specialist canoe - the bell boat, out on its maiden voyage! www.britishcanoeing.org.uk