Some Bambisanani Partnership Highlights from 2023
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The annual Bambisanani Awards are always a cause of great interest and excitement as they continue to recognise, reward and inspire young people in South Africa and the UK.
Following a break of three years due to Covid 19 restrictions, 2023 has proved to be a remarkable year of volunteering in South Africa for the Bambisanani Partnership.
It is a great pleasure to announce that one of the Bambisanani Partnership’s major partners in South Africa - KZN Cycling - has recently won the prestigious Sports Federation of the Year Award at the annual KwaZulu-Natal Sports Awards.
St. Mary’s School, Menston have made two visits to South Africa this year involving 25 students as part of the Bambisanani Partnership.
David Geldart, Founder and CEO of the Bambisanani Partnership was recently invited to speak at the International Olympic Academy in Olympia, Greece.
A team of staff and students from the University of Leeds & Leeds Trinity University have just returned from South Africa, following the successful completion of a four-week sport development project. The Gryphons Abroad programme sees staff and students deployed to deliver cycling, sport and leadership in schools in the Nkandla region.
Students and staff from Newcastle College have recently returned from their first visit to South Africa as part of the Bambisanani Partnership.
The 3rd Annual Bambisanani Partnership International Athletics Challenge, supported by the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Sport and Recreation, brought together 15 primary schools: 11 from rural KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and 4 from the Leeds/Bradford area of Yorkshire in the UK.
On Sunday 9 July, over 130 people gathered at the amazing Tharavadu restaurant in Leeds to celebrate the work of the charity and to raise funds for future projects. The event was organised by David Farmer and Catherine Chattoe from the partnership and Mr Jose, owner of the restaurant.
The Bambisanani Partnership has been named as International Sport and Physical Education Charity of the Year at the annual Acquisition International Non-Profit Organisation Awards.
David Geldart, CEO of the Bambisanani Partnership was honoured this week with an invitation to visit the South African High Commission in London to celebrate South Africa’s National Day.
Students and staff at Newcastle College recently took part in the Goggins Challenge, in an effort to raise funds for their visit to South Africa later this year, where they will spend three weeks working with children in schools and orphanages.
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This summer will see the most ambitious Bambisanani Partnership volunteer programme in South Africa to date.
An innovative partnership has been developed between organisations from the UK and South Africa to establish a specialist cycle hub to enable thousands of children in rural South Africa to learn how to ride and maintain bicycles.
There were remarkable scenes of joy recently at Mnyakanya High School in rural KwaZulu-Natal when the annual Matriculation (Matric) results were announced with the school gaining its best results ever.
Members of the Bambisanani Partnership team have recently travelled to South Africa in a post Covid ‘Research and Development’ visit to reinstate programmes and to develop new ones.
Richard is the Chairman of the highly successful Ilkley Town Community Football Club and former partner at PwC.
Member schools of the Bambisanani Partnership from the Nkandla region of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and from Leeds in the UK have become the first schools in the world to pledge their support to Pope Francis’ global appeal to make sport more cohesive, accessible and inclusive.