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As one of the co-founders, can you share the origins of Toxteth El8te and the motivation behind it? As one of the co-founders, I grew up in Toxteth and was fortunate enough to have played basketball locally during my youth. e area has a rich legacy when it comes to producing talented basketball players, and yet, over two decades later, I was shocked to nd there was no structured or consis- tent programme in place to nurture that potential. is gap was particularly disappointing given how instrumental sport had been for so many of us growing up.
We founded Toxteth El8te with a clear mission: to provide high-level access to basketball without nancial barriers. While basketball has always been seen as one of the more accessible sports, in recent years it had become increasingly commercialised and, in some cases, prohibitively expensive. We wanted to break that cycle. Our aim was to ensure that talent and passion—not the ability to pay—de- termined access to the sport. What started as a single weekly session has now evolved into a robust programme running ve days a week, complete with large-scale events that have garnered national and even international attention.
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