Dame Kelly Holmes Trust

Walking to wellbeing! 👣 Young people from our Get On Track programme in Swale spent the day walking from Sheerness to Minster and back to raise awareness around how physical activity can help with mental health. Dame Kelly Holmes Trust Athlete Mentors Claire Bennett and Tre Whyte accompanied the students and helped them with carrying out the 5 Ways to Wellbeing throughout the walk: 🔗 Connect 👟 Get physically active 👁️ Take notice/Be present 📖 Keep learning 🎁 Give This programme is funded by Colyer Fergusson Charitable Trust, a fantastic local Trust, who support vulnerable and disadvantaged young people in Kent and Medway to new opportunities. #standingshouldertoshoulder | #walkingformentalhealth | #5waystowellbeing | #ontracktoachieve | #standingshouldertoshoulder | #damekellyholmes

What an awesome group of #YoungPeople up and down the country - we are so proud of all their achievements on this programme, delivered in partnership with Sanctuary Supported Living 👇

Thank you Adam Soames, one of the fantastic group of people joining our founder and President Dame Kelly Holmes taking on an epic challenge this September in aid of the Trust! A tough, but inspirational trek raising vital funds to help us put more world class #AthleteMentors shoulder to shoulder with #YoungPeople #fundraisingchallenge #sportfordevelopment #sportforgood #poweringpotential #shapingfutures

At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Yona Knight-Wisdom OLY became the first male Jamaican diver to compete at an Olympic Games. Alongside being an athlete mentor for Dame Kelly Holmes Trust, Yona has secured his place at Paris this Summer. As he makes his final preparations, we spoke to Yona about how he transfers the lessons he’s learned through sport to be an inspirational athlete mentor. You can read more about Yona’s Olympic journey and his hopes for Paris 2024 here: https://bit.ly/3S6bIKm #paris2024 #olympics #olympicathlete #poweringpotential #championinyourcorner

We love the creativity of the young people on our programmes. It's always inspiring to see how they come up with ideas and then transform them into a meaningful project. Young people from Central Academy, on the AQA Unlocking Potential programme, created a social action project called My Devices and Me. The students shared information on the impact devices have on students both positively and negatively. And they had small businesses cards made and gave them out to each student, with information of charity’s that can help. #poweringpotential | #standingshouldertoshoulder | #unlockingpotential | #championinyourcorner | #damekellyholmes

Breaking down barriers. Young people from Woodchurch School in the Wirral chose to create a stand at their school to talk openly about periods. They wanted to let fellow students know there was nothing to be embarrassed about and answer any questions they might have. The students were supported by their athlete mentor, Jenna Downing, in this programme funded by Football for Change. We're always so proud to watch young people help others and show just what can be achieved when you work together 😍 #standingshouldertoshoulder | #transforminglives | #footballforchange | #championinyourcorner | footballforchange

A brilliant event that our CEO Martin Talbot, and athlete mentors hannah beharry and Suzanne Miller, were delighted to take part in - GOSH Get Active is a truly inspiring day, providing young cancer patients with the opportunity to try new sports and have fun.  We are very proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with GOSH at this event and through our mentoring partnerships.

Last week we celebrated our ongoing partnership with AQA with an amazing event at London Zoo. 🌟 🐒 🦜 🐼 🦘 🌟 The event bought together lots of the inspirational young people who have been taking part in our AQA Unlocking Potential Programme, with their Athlete Mentors who have guided them and the wonderful AQA team who fund their activity. AQA Unlocking Potential is a transformational mentoring programme for students aged from 11-19 years of age, delivered in partnership between education charity  AQA  and Dame Kelly Holmes Trust. The programme aims to raise student's aspirations and expectations for future life goals, equipping them with a winning mindset that’s ready to achieve. 🏆 This is the 12th year the programme has been running, with many hundreds of young people helped along the way. Thank you to the AQA for their fantastic support and to all our Athlete Mentors for the change they make in young people's lives. ❤️ You can find out more about all our partnerships on our website: https://bit.ly/45c8tp9 ZSL London Zoo | #standingshouldertoshoulder | #transforminglives | #championinyourcorner

'This has been such a wholesome project to work on. I'm so pleased with the young people I've been mentoring and all they've achieved with their social action.' Kevin Batey - Athlete Mentor with the Dame Kelly Holmes Trust Thank you to Deloitte East Midlands for making this possible by funding our On Track to Achieve Programme with Redhill Academy, Notts. As with all our programmes the young people were asked to choose a social action project which would benefit both them and their surrounding community. In this case they decided they wanted to visit residents in Coppice Lodge, a local care home, to play games, help in the garden and share stories with those who live there. A wonderful way for different generations to interact and learn from each other! #poweringpotential | #championinyourcorner | #damekellyholmes

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