Badminton England is delighted to announce a brand new partnership with Franklyn, a number one monetary recommendation and wealth administration agency.
Over the following two years, this collaboration will present athletes, coaches, members, volunteers and the broader badminton neighborhood with better entry to monetary recommendation. In response to the Monetary Conduct Authority, solely 8% of adults in England at the moment obtain monetary steering, with many uncertain the place to show for help.
At Badminton England, we recognise the significance of monetary wellbeing. Whether or not it’s mortgage recommendation, long-term monetary planning, investments or managing pension pots, accessing skilled monetary perception is invaluable. Our badminton neighborhood is numerous with various monetary wants, and we consider that by elevating consciousness of sound monetary planning we will proceed to help them each on and off the court docket.
Equally essential to us is partnering with organisations that perceive our sport and share our imaginative and prescient for its progress. Franklyn’s spectacular observe document throughout a number of sports activities – together with soccer, rugby, boxing, and golf – demonstrates their dedication to each elite and grassroots sport. We’re excited to see this dedication lengthen into badminton.
As a part of this partnership, Franklyn may also play a key function in supporting certainly one of our main strategic objectives: the relaunch of the Nationwide Badminton League. Certainly one of our core strategic priorities is to additional develop badminton on this nation – Franklyn’s involvement will assist us develop a commercially sustainable competitors that elevates the profile of badminton throughout the nation.
We look ahead to working with Franklyn to deliver this imaginative and prescient to life and to create lasting advantages for the badminton neighborhood.
Ben Nicholson, Director of Business and Engagement at Badminton England, mentioned “Franklyn have loads of expertise working throughout the sports activities trade and so they perceive sports activities athletes, followers and people working within the background. Monetary administration is an extremely private alternative, however everybody ought to have entry to recommendation and help ought to they want to search it. Our sport prides itself on welcoming everybody on court docket, no matter background, potential, race or gender and we will’t proceed to develop this sport with out the help of companions resembling Franklyn. I’m delighted that we have now been in a position to deliver on board a accomplice with such a human curiosity within the monetary administration of those that play and love our sport…and within the progress of the game itself.”
CEO at Badminton England, Sue Storey, added “Amongst our badminton neighborhood we have now dad and mom and grandparents, householders and renters, entrepreneurs and traders, enterprise homeowners and retirees…and monetary recommendation can doubtlessly assist so many who play or comply with our sport. I’m wanting ahead to working alongside Franklyn to deliver badminton to a wider viewers and to deliver a broad vary of monetary steering to the badminton household.”
Andrew Chatterton, CEO of Franklyn, mentioned “Badminton has been an enormous a part of my life ever since my dad and mom gave me my first racket on the age of three. It’s a true neighborhood sport that may be loved by everybody and I’ve all the time been enthusiastic about its progress and accessibility. At Franklyn, we share that very same dedication to supporting folks and their futures. To deliver collectively my ardour for badminton with our experience in monetary wellbeing, whereas including worth to the badminton neighborhood and serving to to develop the game, is a really thrilling alternative.”
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