Welcome to your Team for Life!
Greenhouse Sports is racing out of the blocks with a fresh new look - and it's all thanks to our young people and their passion for Greenhouse Sports...
'I just want to say how inspired I was when I went to Greenhouse Sports charity..’ 😮 🙏 Truly grateful and inspired by
@ChelseaFC
⚽️ star
@reecejames_24
sending a personal NY message to our kids and coaches to end a tough year on a high, and launch us into 2021! 👊 🙌 💙
We are thrilled to have Prince Harry in attendance at the grand launch of our
@GreenhouseCTR
today. His Royal Highness will be given a tour of the centre and will get the chance to meet some of our young people, while learning about the many programmes we run.
🌟
@elliegoulding
had some inspiring words to share with our participants 😁👇 after lending a helping hand at the Greenhouse Centre - which has now been transformed into a foodbank!🙌
Read full story from the
@EveningStandard
here:
#HelpTheHungry
Our coaches are role models.
They demonstrate patience and compassion.
They give young ppl the chance to be active, feel safe & listened to.
They encourage resilience and sportsmanship.
A big thank you to our coaches for all they do for young ppl
#CoachingWeek
#GreatCoaching
🙌 Congratulations 🥳 to our charity founder
@MikedeGiorgio1
; awarded an honourary degree from Bristol University 👨🎓Mike is the inspiration that today sees more than 7000 Londoners get daily coaching support that can change lives.
Congratulations to our Founder Mike de Giorgio on making the
@EveningStandard
list of London's most influential people 2019. Never stops working to improve the opportunities for London's most disadvantaged youngsters. 👏👊
#passion
#commitment
#teamwork
🌟Rugby great
@JamiePeacock10
talks to
@CityAM
about why he's running the 45 mile Green Man Ultra in support of our charity🙌, plus the importance of healthy mindset & his admirable efforts in raising funds & awareness for his former teammate Rob Burrow👏
95% of schools report issues relating to stress and anxiety amongst their students. Full time sports coaching and mentoring, provided by Greenhouse Sports, promotes positive mental well being in young people, helping them engage in school, build confidence and make new friends.
We can’t thank
@BoyGeorge
enough, making our fundraising event last night truly special. Huge thanks to everybody who came to support our coaches and the many young Londoners they work with. 🙏
🌟 We are thrilled that
@GregRusedski1
and
@sebcoe
, two legends of British Sport, are supporting Greenhouse Sports for their fantastic
#TwoPointSixChallenge
. 💪🙌⠀
Click this link to read more and find out how you can support them:
👉 🙏
Our incredible basketball coach Fe has been named as a finalist for the UK Children's Coach of the Year Award by UK Coaching. Thanks Fe for always being a source of inspiration for young people and adults alike.
@_UKCoaching
@GSClaptonBB
#UKCoachingAwards
#SportCharity
🙌Our Ambassador & England Netball player
@amaagbeze
features in the
@guardian
today in an interview about her recent mental health struggles.
She highlights the importance of our charity's work, as another lockdown begins with restrictions on youth sport.
Proud of all of our Coaches and our
@GreenhouseCTR
Team for making the difference right now for those who need it most; and will even more when we move to
#lifeafterlockdown
. Thank you to
@standardnews
for highlighting our charity’s continuing work.
#HomeCoach
Congratulations to Coach Jamie at
@ClaptonGA
! His tennis programme received the British Tennis Essex County Education Award last week, recognising all the fantastic work he does teaching life skills through tennis.
First time visitor to our
@GreenhouseCTR
!
Thrilled to welcome Laura from
@PostcodeLottery
to see our Greenhouse Centre and some of our young 🏓 players this morning. Thanks players of
@PostcodeLottery
for supporting our sports coaching and mentoring programmes for young people!
Great to have
@GoldmanSachs
staff volunteering with us today and working with our coaches and young people at the
@GreenhouseCTR
. The day involved both practical work and mentoring from the volunteers. A great day for involved.
#thankyou
Huge thanks to chef Paul Wahlberg
@markwahlberg
and
@wahlburgers
and
@felixprojectuk
for involving us in their exciting new partnership! Our youngsters will help design the new Felix burger, £1 of every one sold will benefit charities like ours that Felix supports. 👏
😁✨ We're delighted to say we smashed our target for the
@childhoodtrust
's
#ChampionsForChildren
Campaign... raising £108,690! 🎉
#ThankYou
to all who donated🙏 Your support will go further than ever in making a life-changing difference to the young Londoners who need us. 🙌
We're so pleased to announce that we've been shortlisted for
@SportSJA
'Sport for Social Change' award!
The award recognises organisations across the UK who use sport to create a positive impact on local communities and individuals in need.
#ChangeTheGame
#SportForDevelopment
Ironman Athlete
@jonnymac83
, shared his incredible life story with
@bbc
’s
@simonmundie
in a captivating & inspiring podcast this week 📻🙌 Hear how sport & fitness transformed his life, plus why the work he does with our charity is so important to him 🙏
Big 🙏 to
@johnmcavoy2
for visiting us
@GreenhouseCTR
today. Inspirational and motivational words and thoughts for our young people and Coaches alike. 🏓🚴♂️🏊♂️ 🏃🏻♂️
‘Greenhouse Sports charity 2002-2022 💜🎉
We are very proud that in 20 years our charity has worked with more than 50,000 children in London, keeping them engaged with education, helping them achieve better results, better jobs and a better future.
🥳We’re delighted to announce that
@StPaulsWayTrust
will be receiving our inaugural School Sport for Development Award at the
@SportGivesBack
Awards.👏
British tennis legend
@GregRusedski1
will present the award for Greenhouse Sports on the night!😁
Huge
#thankyou
to the players of
@PostcodeLottery
who since 2015 have supported us with an incredible £2.67 million! 🙏✨
You’re helping us change the lives of over 7,300 young people who depend on us. 🙌 Together, we can give our young Londoners a fair chance to succeed. 🤝
While our brilliant fundraisers tackle the
#100
@RideLondon
Nearly 30 of our young people ride the
#46
with the inspiring
@PruGoals
programme. Four months ago some of them had never ridden a 🚴 before. Thanks
#Prudential
making it at all happen. Inspiration for any rider! 👏
Coach Mulenga and Coach Christine spin the wheels 🚲 to promote the fantastic
@PruGoals
at our Head Teachers Celebration tonight
@GreenhouseCTR
. Our chance to say thank you to the amazing schools who partner with us. 👏🙏
#GameChangers
#TeamGreenhouse
🎉Exciting update - we have 10 new programmes coming on board for this new school year!🙌
In this difficult time, the mental & physical health of our young people is extremely fragile. More and more schools across London are recognising the life changing value of our support.🤝
We are delighted to announce the appointment of our new CEO Beatrice Butsana-Sita and new Chair Luke Ellis as we look forward to a new decade of opportunity under their leadership. Click below for the full story.
🌟 Our Director of Coaching Jason Sugrue is competing this weekend against 23 of the best
#pingpong
players in the world! 🏓 Jason will represent Ireland and Greenhouse Sports at the World
#PingPongMasters
🙌 live on
@SkySports
Mix from 12pm, Jan 23 👀
Best of luck Coach Jason!💪
What a day and what a place to finish 👑 Congratulations to all of our young
@PruGoals
riders, you should be very proud for completing the
@RideLondon
#46
👏👏👏👊👍🚴♀️🚴♂️😊
Fun times with
@AmaAgbeze
launching
#InvestinOurChampions
today. A campaign to shed a light on the fantastic work our coaches do with 7,500 disadvantaged London children every year. They can coach so many more with your support.
To help put a smile on the faces of Youth workers and teachers who are working so hard to help kids in these challenging times WIN a copy of my book, simply TAG them and let me know why they would make a great winner.
Then Friday I will pick 20 and send them a signed copy 📚
The Greenhouse TT 🏓 team were in full swing today at the Chandlers 4 Star Tournament! Some fantastic results today, we'll be back tomorrow for more action!
🎉Tune into the
@SportGivesBack
Awards on
@ITV
, 10.45pm tomorrow night - a celebration of the power of sport & its benefits to society.🙌
You'll see British tennis legend
@GregRusedski1
present our School Sport for Development Award to
@StPaulsWayTrust
.🎾👏👏
AMAZING result for our players and coach
@ClaptonGA
- National Champions! After a season of long hours, training, hard work and dedication this is well deserved. Well done ladies and our very own Coach Fe!
@GSClaptonBB
“I used to be one of those people that just didn’t come in to school – it was so bad. I would pick and choose when I did my work. But volleyball makes me want to come in. If I want to play volleyball, then I have to come into school.” - Aminah
Special Educational Needs Multisports Coach Andrew kicks off this week's Multisports
#HomeCoach
session with a seated exercise routine, to challenge the heart and lungs, and help improve health, coordination and general fitness. 🙌
#StayInWorkOut
👉
We’d like to say a huge thank you to the players of
@PostcodeLottery
, who have raised £2.15 million for us to date. 🙌
You’re helping thousands of young Londoners living with disadvantage to get access to sporting opportunities and valuable coaching. 👍
We run summer camps throughout the holidays to give young people a place to play sport, work on their technique, and most importantly - have fun together.
We’ve been shortlisted for two
@BAMEappawards
!🎉
⭐️Charity, Voluntary & Public Services– Employer Finalists
⭐️Small Medium Employer of the Year
The awards showcase achievements of apprentices from black & minority ethnic groups, & celebrate their employers & training providers.👏
We caught up with our alumni superstars Funmi and Bradley. Funmi, a past participant of
#teamgreenhouse
who secured her place on a scholarship program
@uflorida
last year 👏🏀 was voted the most valuable player when she played at the
#basketball
division finals.
Last night, we raised a record £600k at our annual Dodgeball tournament.
Thank you to all teams participating - without you we wouldn't be able to continue inspiring and supporting young people in London living in disadvantage.
#Charity
#Fundraiser
Greenhouse is proud to be part of this programme for the third year running. Thanks Prudential for helping our young people achieve their goals through sport.
#PruGOals
#ridelondon
#CharityTuesday
Through
#PruGOals
, we want to
#inspire
young adults from all backgrounds, to have
#goals
, aim high and believe they can achieve anything they put their minds to. This is why we are working with five charity partners to help us
#empower
young people across the
#UK
.
#charitytuesday
Girl power took over the Centre yesterday! 💪😁
An amazing opportunity for the girls from
@StPaulsWayTrust
and Harris Academy Peckham as they met with and played cricket with England Academy player,
@maiabouchier
!
Thank you Maia for inspiring us here at Greenhouse Sports. 👍
A fantastic first day at the
@LeeValleyVP
for the
@PruGoals
bike fitting with workshops on ambition, training and bike safety 🚴🏽🚴🏼♀️Thank you Prudential
@RideLondon
for giving our young people this amazing opportunity!
#RideLondon2018
CGA are honored to be national finalists for the
@the_LTA
Tennis Award within Education!
30 shortlisted individuals have been named as national finalist. Recognised for their contribution to grassroots tennis over the past year. What amazing news! 👍😀🎾
’He hoped to raise pupils’ aspirations. Tennis was a part of that. It started as an experiment, and it has been a phenomenal success.’ Thanks to
@TelegraphSport
for highlighting our success with
@StPaulsWayTrust
via
@TelegraphSport
"Obesity prevalence for children living in the most deprived areas is more than double that of those living in the least deprived areas" - NHS. We believe every child should be encouraged to be active and have access to sports and physical activity.
#NationalObesityAwarenessWeek
Great to see
@sebcoe
at the Greenhouse Centre today! 👋
He discussed with our CEO Béatrice the importance of physical exercise in young people’s lives 🙌💪
#SportForDevelopment
@GreenhouseCTR
Good to be back at the
@GreenhouseSport
Centre discussing with Beatrice the role of sport in giving every child a fair chance in life. In these unprecedented times, sport, exercise and physical activity for children has never been more important.
#childrenneedsport
Congratulations to Tennis Head Coach
@JFCoaching
at
@ClaptonGA
for winning
@the_LTA
National Education Award!
"Winning this award means that the programme has been recognised for all the hard work the girls put in consistently, no matter the weather."