guess who wrote:
I must admit i to am like goosey. In that i have my doubts if the classroom thing will bring in a lot of new supporters.
You are in a good position to answer to this.
How many kids who regularly attend the classroom sessions, also turn up regularly at home games?
Is the success of the scheme meeting the forecasted growth rate?
This is something that the club must surly be keeping a count of. If for no other reason than to work out the success of it.
I can see the benefit of the classroom scheme for the work in the community. This also ties in with getting new sponsors on side as they love that type of link.
I see no reference in Gooseys post to doubting the classrooms success.......
But anyway I digress
if you actually bothered to read up on the Pride Centre you'd realise that the project is not just a 'bums on seats' exercise but is part of a national DCFS strategy called 'Playing For Success' ,funded in the main by Local and National Goverment , to provide study support focusing on literacy , numeracy and ICT , for those students becoming disengaged with learning or needing to boost confidence and self esteem ,using Sporting venues as classrooms and clubs as a basis for learning activities.
The Cougars provides the venue , and are involved in the running of the centre with Neil being part of our steering group. The centre works closely with all sections of the club especially the community foundation, though is a separate entity in itself.