St Paul's Sports Academy is given a sporting chance

Descriptor: We first see a wide shot of a large stately home, with time lapse shots of the makers of the film walking past the camera, introducing themselves.

Lorne: Hi, I'm Lorne.

Jo: Hi, I'm Jo.

Lee: Hi, I'm Lee.

Anika: And I'm Anika.

Descriptor: We now see a wide shot of the four students sitting on the branches of a large tree, before focusing in on individual students as they tell us who they are and about the film that they have made.

Lorne: We're media practice students at the University of the West of England.

Jo: We've made this short film about St Paul's Sports Academy in Bristol and how it helps its local people.

Lee: This academy is one of thousands of Good Causes all over the UK to have benefitted from lottery funding.

Anika: And without the grants, this Good Cause would never have been built.

Descriptor: We now see a blue map of the UK on a red graphic background, which zooms to Bristol on the map, where a white caption reads, "St. Paul's Community Sports Academy Lottery Funding - £1.8m" We then see various shots of derelict buildings in inner city Bristol, before moving on to a shot of St Paul's.

Narrator: This is St Paul's, an area of Bristol's inner city. The money raised through the sale of National Lottery games helped build the St Paul's Sports Academy, providing facilities for local people of all abilities.

Descriptor: We now meet Ras Judah Adunbi, who is a Community Officer at St Paul's Community Sports Academy. As he speaks, we see various shots of mosaic art.

Judah: The thing is, ah, I'm part of this local community, I was brought up in this local community, and I felt that it would be, um, the most fitting way to, um, show my appreciation to my community, to try to see what base I can leave, some kind of legacy.

Descriptor: We now see internal shots of the reception area and a man lifting weights in the gym.

Narrator: To help develop and support the facilities, Judah applied for lottery funding and was granted over £1.8 million.

Descriptor: We now meet Carl Saunders, a Community Liaison Officer at St Paul's. Behind him we can see an indoor football game in play.

Carl: This venue in itself opens up so many doors to, to the local community, but also to people outside of this area, you know, who get the opportunity to come and use the facilities that, you know, can incorporate and include everyone, regardless of your background and whether you're disabled or not.

Descriptor: We now see men taking part in a martial arts session, before again meeting Ras Judah Adunbi. As he speaks, we see a wide shot of people on a local street.

Judah: Sports and leisure do provide a positive alternative. These, em, facilities, the whole facilities in particular helped ease the crime rate within our community.

Descriptor: We now see Earle, the manager of the centre, walking along a corridor, before a low shot of a man exercising on a rowing machine.

Narrator: Manager, Earle, shows us how funding raised through the sale of National Lottery games has been used to create a thriving academy at the heart of a local community.

Descriptor: We now meet Earle Simpson, the General Manager of St Paul's, standing next to the main sports hall. As he speaks, we see members playing football and badminton.

Earle: This is our main sports hall, ah, main sports hall, em, we do football, as you can see, we do badminton, um, netball, cricket, basketball.

Descriptor: We now see various shots of people on exercise bikes in a spinning class.

Narrator: The Academy offers a wide range of facilities, including this spinning class.

Man: It's a good motivational class. It's, it's the sort of class where you can lose yourself a little bit, cos you're on a bike, and the instructor will get you to try and take you away into a journey that you're travelling with him.

Descriptor: We now meet Martin Moffatt, a Fitness Motivator and Spinning Instructor at St Paul's. As he speaks, we once again see various shots of a spinning class led by him.

Martin: This academy, on a daily basis, not only brings people together for exercise, but also on a social basis, and an atmosphere which everyone enjoys.

Descriptor: We now see an external shot in the darkness, where the camera pans down a brightly lit sign for St Paul's, before a wide external shot of the centre. We then see various shots of people playing football on pitches outdoors, before once again meeting Ras Judah Adunbi.

Judah: Without the lottery funding, and I cannot, em, stress highly enough it wouldn't have been, em, possible because there is no way I would have, em, secured that fund from the local authority, I would not.

Descriptor: We now see a shot of a man lifting weights, before once again meeting Carl Saunders. As he speaks, we once again see a man weight lifting.

Carl: If people understand that the money that comes into the lottery comes back into the community and, you know, academies like the, the St Paul's Academy is there as a service for everybody, and it gets kids off the streets, it helps to reduce crime, you know, you can't really argue with it.

Descriptor: Finally we see a white background with a National Lottery logo and a Sport England logo, together with a blue caption which reads "Lottery Funded" then a black background with a University of the West of England logo and a white caption which reads, "Produced by Lee Fisher, Jo Barker, Lorne Kramer, Anika Zold".