Foundation Studies Case Sudy

Lewis Aldred

Entry Level 3 Certificate in Life and Living Skills

“For the last few months I’ve been taking part the in the ‘Tackling Inactivity in Colleges’ project and I’m really enjoying it. It’s has helped me to become more active and I feel healthier too. Before I took part in this project I wasn’t into sport at all, I literally had zero interest in it. I would just sit in my room and play video games all day but this project has helped me to get out of a bed in the morning.

As a foundation studies student, my time at college is all about developing the skills I need for the future and by taking part in this project, I’m learning more new skills like working as part of a team. The tutors have been really encouraging and have helped me to get involved with lots of different sports including football, handball and tennis. So far football has definitely been my favourite.

As well as playing just for fun, we also compete in tournaments every four weeks or so against other foundation students at other colleges. During the matches I’ve seen people run that I never thought I would see run! The tournaments are great fun; we get to travel around playing at lots of different sports grounds.”

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