Down High Scores £3,000 Sports Investment with Lidl Northern Ireland

Lidl Northern Ireland has gone to top of the class after awarding 40 secondary schools £3,000 worth of vouchers each to secure essential brand-new sports equipment as part of the retailer’s Sport for Good initiative, which aims to encourage and support young people to make the most of the physical and mental benefits of sport participation. Down High School are thrilled to have received this investment and are excited about the being able to promote sport and positive mental health in school.

Representing an investment of £120,000, forty schools – one for every Lidl Northern Ireland store in December 2020 – across all six counties are set to benefit from the boost. Launched in 2019, the Lidl Community Works Sport for Good programme has now delivered funding of almost £300,000 to local sports clubs and schools across Northern Ireland.

Championed by sporting legends including Commonwealth pommel horse champion Rhys McClenaghan, national record-holding runner Ciara Mageean, Paralympic swimmer Bethany Firth MBE and Irish national hockey team captain Katie Mullan, the programme aims to shine a light on mental health and the positive role sport can play.