December 2007

Our Director, Douaine Anderson, will present a motivational speech at ASDAN's July 4th, Celebration Day 2008

January 2008

New Style FM Radio Interview of Director

The Vine Magazine Interview for Young Achievers Article, February 2008 edition

Inspiration and Aspiration workshop for Year 9 pupils in Walsall area, planned for March 2008

Taught Thru Sport - Colton Hills Secondary, The Grove Primary, St Marys & St Johns Primary and St Lukes

February 2008

Planned collaborative research into Masculinity, Behaviour and Physcological Well-Being, with Vanessa Nyborg, PhD. University of California, Santa Barbara

Planning of Mini-Basketball League with Wolverhampton Primary Schools

SLAM Director, presenting at BME Mentoring Awards, London. (July 2008)

March 2008

Easter 2008 Basketball Camp and Festival with Smestow School Sports Partnership

ABCs (Attitudinal and Behavioural Coaching through Sport) research proposal approved. A study of the attitudinal and behavioural impact of sports-based mentoring and life coaching, on Key Stage 2 students facing difficulties with socialisation and educational engagement.' (Anderson 2008)

Raising Aspiration Day at Beaudesert Camp, Cannock Woods. Personal development program for under-achieving Year 10 students

April 2008

Enterprise Fortnight presentation, "Why Go Self Employed". Short talk on the start-up of SLAM! (WM) Ltd

May 2008

Young Enterprise West Midlands Workshop

Partnership development with Futures Alternative Education Ltd

June 2008

Streetly School - Sports Enterprise Presentations

July 2008

ABCD Community Fun Day

SLAM! 2 The Streets - Southside Sports & Pheonix Park

Dads & Lads - Grove Primary SchoolBlack Country Youth Games - Aldersley Liesure VillageAugust 2008

SLAM! 2 The Streets: All Star Celebration

St Judes Fun Day Workshop

New Park Village/Heath Park Summer Scheme

September 2008

Great Britain vs. Bosnia European Qualifying Game

Raising Aspirations - University of Wolverhampton

Creation of Team SLAM!

National Sports Conference - National Exhibition Centre (NEC), Birmingham

October 2008

Hoopin' 2 Health - Well-Being Initative