Sports Traider has now officially opened at Salford Shopping Centre. The sports shop sells hugely-discounted branded sportswear, whilst giving back to local young people by opening up vital employment opportunities and investing in sports participation projects.
Opening officially on 3rd September, Sports Traider offers household sports brand names including Nike, Regatta, Adidas, Asics and Speedo, all priced at £5 or less, and all purchases have a direct and positive impact on the Salford and surrounding communities.
Sports Traider was set up 12 years ago with a mission to enable young people to fulfil their sporting potential whatever their background or ability. Since then the charity has provided over 168,000 hours of sports and life skills coaching and donated more than 1 million units of sportswear and equipment to children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
One of the winners of the BBC Sports Personality Of The Year and founder of the charity Sports Traider, Lance Haggith, started the charity after seeing the health benefits that sport provided to his own children and the positive impact on their social skills.
“When I set up the charity the initial idea was to help local disabled and disadvantaged young people in my area get sporting opportunities. No way could I have imagined 12 years on that we would be national. I’m really excited about coming to Manchester and helping make a difference.”
Sports Traider now promises to provide opportunities and support young children in the Salford community, and to create even more success stories like the many that have gone before. Previous children who have benefited from the charity have gone on to play sport at national levels; one notable young man even went on to become captain of an U18 premiership football club and another beneficiary represented the country in the Olympics.
As well as providing funding for sports activities, Sports Traider are always looking for volunteers. They champion inclusive employment in their stores by offering employment opportunities to ex- offenders and people with additional needs.
Sports Traider Charity exists to give young people employment and sports participation opportunities, managing a professionally run chain of charity sports shops staffed by employees and volunteers. The charity uses the funds from these stores to invest in sports participation projects.
Sports Traider Salford is also now actively looking for volunteers to help in the store, those interested should email:
