Canon Medical Systems UK managing director Mark Hitchman (centre) with members of the Canon Medical management team and Sheffield Sharks management and players.
Canon Medical Systems UK has launched a project to improve opportunities for young people, in association with professional basketball team Sheffield Sharks.
Working with Sheffield City Council, Sheffield Sharks provides an outreach programme with schools that includes a full-time teacher and classroom at its training ground. The facility takes 50-60 children each week between the ages of 9-11 years to provide a focused environment to break the negative cycle of behaviour before they reach secondary school age. Its success includes a 100 per cent pass rate in pupils achieving City and Guilds qualifications.
“The community projects that Sheffield Sharks run attracted our interest as they fuse many of our interest areas in the fields of sports, health and working together for common good,” said Canon Medical Systems UK commercial solutions director Ian Watson. “If we can play a part in changing the lives of young people, we can feel satisfied that our initiatives and innovations inside and out of the hospital environment will make a huge contribution to society.”
Read the full report on page 26 of the August 2018 issue of RAD Magazine.