Activities at the Sports Park

Founded in Philadelphia, PA, the Friends of PMBL is an organization dedicated to using basketball as a vehicle for positive social change. The annual Friends of PMBL Jamaican Youth Basketball Camp is a one-week summer basketball camp held at the Treasure Beach Sports Park. Facilitated by 50+ visiting coaches (including veteran NBA personnel) and working with over 1000 kids, the camp has, over the past eight years, donated over 5,000 pairs of shoes, served tens of thousands of meals and provided full basketball kits (shorts, socks, shirts and jerseys) while giving the campers the opportunity to have fun and learn the game.

Supervised directly by former heavy weight champion Lennox Lewis and his wife Violet, LOC Boxing Camps offer intensive development in boxing and life skills to develop the “Next Generation of Champions”. The camps are offered free of charge, and campers receive all meals, basic training gear and the boxing program and techniques used by the Champ and his coaching team. The annual one-week Youth Boxing Camp held at the Treasure Beach Sports Park is designed for underserved youth aged 9 – 17 and strives to instill a high level of discipline, self-esteem and confidence through the world of boxing.

Weekly Saturday morning football sessions with children 15 years old and under feature drills, friendly matches, strength training and athletic development.

In conjunction with the HEART Trust/NTA – a human employment resource training
trust/national training agency – the Breds Treasure Beach Foundation Skills Training Institute was inaugurated on January 27, 2020. The institute, which hopes to train a pool of qualified staff for the surrounding area and south coast in general, offers Level 2 training in the areas of Food and Beverage, Housekeeping and Horticulture. Classes for the 25 students currently enrolled are held weekly in the evenings at the Sports Park with the goal to train at least 60 persons every 8-9 months.

‘Likkle Swimmers provides free swimming lessons to children in Treasure Beach and recently adults as well. They are taught from a programme designed specifically for their stage of swimming. They not only learn a skill that will save lives, but in doing so it will also improve their self-confidence and independence, thereby benefiting the wider community. We want to take away the fear of water and create fun! Likkle Swimmers has successfully taught over 300 children and adults since 2017, taught by Charlotte and Beccy (swim teachers from England), and 10 local Jamaican teachers too. We have also built some changing rooms next to the pool to provide some privacy and storage for all the amazing equipment! We hope to increase our program each year!

Helping Hands Jamaica Foundation (HHJF) is a North America-based organization
seeking to improve the lives of the next generation of children, young adults and
their communities by creating a world-class education system through investment
in infrastructure, health, wellness and leadership. Over the years Breds has
partnered with Helping Hands to connect with schools in St. Elizabeth in need of
improved facilities and additional infrastructure. Since 2006 they have built over
24 new schools, supported more than 50 more, along with providing much needed
academic scholarships to many of the highest achieving students, all across the
island.