The National Lottery Awards For All Gives A Grant To Rotherham United Espor

Rotherham United Esports will open an ‘Esports School’ thanks to the grant given by The National Lottery Awards For All charity initiative. This initiative is designed to help those who are having difficulties enduring the Covid-19 pandemic through the use of esports and gaming.

All those who are in lockdown now have a chance to use social and virtual gaming platforms provided by the organization to have some fun during these difficult times. It will also offer coaching to help those struggling with mental health problems.

Robert Hawden, Rotherham United Esports Co-founder, stated:

“When we started this journey over two years ago, we never knew what we would find when scratching the surface. We found that a fair percentage of our participants had issues with health, whether it was physical health problems such as obesity, or mental-health issues such as depression and anxiety. As we already work with the Rotherham United Community Sports Trust, who already do so much to improve the wellbeing of many of their participants, we’re well aware of the impact a project such as this can have, and with the help of sponsors and grant funding, we will be able to ramp up our reach and offer esports coaching and other brilliant opportunities to many others who we may not have otherwise reached.”

Fellow Co-founder David Raybould added:

“I would like to say a massive thank you to the National Lottery players and everyone else who has made it possible to get us to this point. We now have a great and unique footing, in which we can combat these health problems which are affecting many. We feel the use of esports in this way will be a real game-changer and we are really looking forward to seeing this project grow and succeed.”

Source: https://esportsinsider.com/2021/01/rotherham-united-esports-open-esports-school/