Birmingham strongman ‘Big’ Dave Gauder and his National Lottery funded project to help young people turn their lives around will feature on prime time national television this Saturday (6 September).
Slam H is a physical training programme for young adults on probation or who are not in education or training. It includes a personal workout for each participant based on Dave’s strongman training techniques plus advice on nutrition and how to be better communicators.
The project will feature on The National Lottery: In It to Win It on BBC One at 8.20pm this Saturday. Viewers will see former World’s Strong Man Dave running one of the sessions at a gym in Stourbridge and learn how the project has transformed the lives of people across the West Midlands.
Slam H, which is supported by £9,400 of National Lottery funding, was selected to feature on the show after making it into to the finals of this year’s National Lottery Awards, which celebrate the UK’s favourite Lottery funded projects.
Dave said that appearing on TV is great recognition for Slam H and what it has achieved:
“All of my clients who attend Slam H have used the experience to better themselves. They come to me using drink and drugs and spending their days playing on the X Box. When they leave they live much healthier lifestyles and many have gone on to get jobs.
“The young people I work with respect me. We train together and talk about their lives and I give them advice. They listen to me in ways they wouldn’t listen to people they see as being part of the authorities.
“Thank you to everyone who plays the National Lottery because the funding really does help change people’s lives. It makes it possible for me to do my bit.
National Lottery players raise £33 million a week for arts, heritage, sports, charities and community groups, supporting more than 430,000 projects since 1994.
For more information visit www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk
