Exhibition at River and Rowing Museum, Henley-on-Thames, 2nd November – 11th December 2023
In recognition of our diversity work as a club, and our commitment to increasing access to rowing, the Lea Rowing Club was asked to take part in National Sporting Heritage Day, 30th September 2022.
We put together a photographic exhibition around the idea of rowing for all called I Am a Rower. The photographs are accompanied by audio interviews so the viewer can also listen to each rower’s story.
I Am A Rower, Photography Chris Baker
The idea behind the exhibition is to show that rowers come in all shapes, sizes, ages, genders, ethnicities, sexualities, goals, and backgrounds – and hopefully to allow more people to see themselves as potential rowers in waiting …
We hope that I Am a Rower is an inspiring, powerful and fun way to amplify the message of the 2022 National Sporting Heritage Day – Diversity in Sport – as well as an invaluable asset in raising the profile of the club to the local community and beyond.
https://www.learc.org.uk/i-am-a-rower
The Lea Rowing Club recognises that Rowing is not an ethnically diverse sport; we are on a mission to change this. The I Belong project is going to make the club more representative of the ethnically diverse communities of Hackney, Haringey and Waltham Forest #IBelong
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