The idea
We want to create a space where our community can participate at any time of the day, in a safe environment, surrounded by people who share a common interest.
Basketball is increasingly popular as an outdoor sport, with it being normal to turn up at a court and join in with whoever is there. We want to bring that social and accepting culture indoors with a café and basketball focussed gym to compliment it.
Our "park court" will look like an outdoor court, surrounded by park fences and graffiti clad walls/floors, but have the comfort of being indoors - to shield us from that pesky Yorkshire weather.
This focus of this campaign is to fund:
The gym area, which will consist of standard gym equipment, but will also contain equipment focussed on basketball, such as sleds, plyometric boxes and hurdles, with cards containing suggested workouts.
What we'll deliver
- A gym area with weights, plyometric boxes, sleds and basketball related cardio
Why it's a great idea
The overall project will provide a venue which widens the opportunity to participate in physical activity and health & wellbeing related activity and volunteering, through the introduction of the following:
• A community gym, café and activity space
• Indoor basketball court space, including 3x3 courts (a new Olympic sport)
• Junior basketball coaching & tournaments / leagues
• Adult basketball coaching & tournaments / leagues
• Basketball sessions for women & girls
• Walking basketball sessions for older people or those with reduced mobility
• Monthly payment/pay as you go options and opportunities for smaller groups to book space
• Ability for friends and families to book affordable court spaces
• Holiday / half term sessions
• Opportunities to volunteer in coaching/officiating/event organization and café/facility running.
• Future paid employment roles for local people
• Safe space with constructive activity to help combat anti-social behaviour
• Social prescription opportunities
Steps to get it done
- Flooring delivered
- Flooring installed
- Gym equipment delivered
- Gym equipment setup and installed
- Floor line markings added for fitness sessions etc
This is phase one of our multi-phase project.
Once open we will continue to renovate and expand into the unit we are leasing (this is approximately 1/3 of the space we have to utilise!).
