A FAMILY of Taekwondo champions needs help securing funding for their mixed martial arts club. Jason Morrison runs Bolton Dragons in Halliwell with his wife Sharon and son Lewis Morrison and all five of their children are involved in Taekwondo and other martial arts. Sessions see children as young as four starting out with bursaries available for a year. Their oldest, black belt Lewis, is 30 and is a coach after sustaining serious leg injuries in a fight. Mr Morrison said: “His legs are getting better now but I do not want him to go back now at his age, I want him to focus on coaching.
Already pupils are using the new practice and classrooms at Westholme School in Blackburn. It aims to have all pupils based on Senior School’s campus at the end of Meins Road by September next year. Now the first stage of the reorganisation from three sites to one - known as ‘Project W’ - has been completed. It involved relocating and upgrading the music facilities to Wilmar Lodge. The work was completed this month and students are already learning in their new surroundings. Ben Holt, Westholme School’s director of music, said: “The whole music department now offers an even higher standard of teaching and learning facilities.