Pinkston’s Impact reflected at Scottish Canoe Association Annual Awards

Fraser Porter, Centre Assistant at Pinkston Watersports with a particular focus on working with Community Groups was recently awarded the Scottish Canoe Association Professional Coach of the Year Award.

“Fraser has been instrumental in the delivery of the Pinkston Community Project; a grassroots project to develop progression options for young people in hard to reach areas of Glasgow and build a clear pathway for them to progress in the sport.

He has built what was an exploratory pilot paddlesport homework club into a core part of what is delivered at Pinkston and he is building a team of Paddlesports Activity Assistants to support this work. This is providing valuable opportunities to build skills and confidence, and to allow positions of responsibility for young people who have often found challenges in other areas of their lives”

https://www.canoescotland.org/professional-coach-of-the-year-2019-fraser-porter-congratulations

However, in addition to this there were a number of other award winners whose videos also show the massive depth of the great work happening at Pinkston

These include:

Chris Curry – Volunteer Coach of the Year – https://www.canoescotland.org/volunteer-coach-2019-congratulations

Robert Wands – Willing Hands Quaich – https://www.canoescotland.org/willing-hands-quaich-2019-robert-wands-congratulations

Young Volunteer of the Year – Michael Denvir – https://www.canoescotland.org/young-volunteer-of-the-year-2019-michael-denvir-congratulations

With other winners also being familiar faces to many at Pinkston it makes us not only proud of our amazing facility, but also proud to be part of such a close knit community with so many people going out of their way to help others.  Thank you for being part of it!

By Pinkston