Charity

This year our club has increased its efforts to give back to society by supporting the charity Whizz-Kidz. The organisation's principal objective is to improve the lives of disabled children in the UK, providing them with the necessary equipment and support to help give them independence to live a life of freedom. The University of Warwick Basketball Club has taken part in various activities, over the last few years, to raise money for this cause.

We have run three inter-university charity tournaments over the last two years which also included various charity challenges and competitions. Throughout term-time, we run 3on3 tournaments open to all Warwick students and staff. This includes our annual outdoor 3on3 competiton which has, in the past, involved a BBQ and fancy dress! Last year, we introduced a March Madness bracket tournament which was a success in terms of both donations and participation.

For more information on Whizz-Kidz and the great work they do, check out Whizz-Kidz.org.uk.

Whizz-Kidz is the working name of The Movement for Non-Mobile Children (Registered Charity Number: 802872).

Volunteering

Our schools outreach project "Warwick Basketball Bear Cubs" is in its third year after being a runners-up project in the Warwick Volunteers create-a-project scheme in 2016. Since then, we have run weekly sessions in Term 2 at two schools in the local area. Our volunteers have put in over 200 hours to coach around 50 kids the basics of Basketball in a fun way. This year, we managed to put on even more sessions in Term 1 and in the University Easter holidays.

In 2022/23, we hosted Charity 3x3 Tournaments to support children's education in the Himalayas; for more details, follow us at @warwickbears on Insta.