Basingstoke gymnastics club receives £1,500 donation from Hampshire developer

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Giles Gwinnett

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Basingstoke Gymnastics Club has received £1,500 from David Wilson Homes Southern, which will allow the charity to source new mats.

The donation is part of The Barratt Foundation, designed to support national and local charities, large and small, across the UK to leave a legacy in the communities in which the housebuilder operates.

Karen Holmes, finance and admin manager at Basingstoke Gymnastics Club, said: "When I had the email to say we had been chosen to receive the donation, it was received very gratefully and was also a great surprise.

"Being a charity, any donations we receive mean so much to us as we can keep the club safe and exciting for our customers."

The club offers a variety of fun and inclusive classes to cater for all ages, needs and abilities

It offers a range of apparatus, including a huge soft floor area, an aerobic sprung floor, three tracks, asymmetric, parallel and high bars, rings, a vault area, two sunken trampolines with a large pit area.

Campbell Gregg, managing director at David Wilson Homes Southern, noted: "We’re thrilled to offer our support to Basingstoke Gymnastic Club as it continues to be such a valuable amenity for the local community.

"Our Community Fund scheme is designed to help the fantastic charities and organisations in the areas we build, and we hope our donation will help to inspire the current and future generations of gymnastics."

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Giles Gwinnett

Giles Gwinnett is a writer at The Business Magazine. He has been a journalist for more than 20 years and covered a vast array of topics at a range of media settings - in print and online. After his NCTJ newspaper training, he became a reporter in Hampshire before moving to a news agency in Gloucestershire. In recent years, he has been covering the financial markets along with company news for an investor-focused web portal. His many interests include politics, energy and the environment. He lives in Dorset.