Activity & Activity Buddy Scheme
It is essential that more disabled people have the opportunity to participate in sport or physical activity. Increasing participation rates by disabled people will ensure that Sport England achieves its target of a further 1 million people involved in sport by 2012. Clubs providing well trained volunteers will help increase that participation rate. The Advocacy & Activity Buddy Scheme (AABS) has developed a toolkit to facilitate the introduction and training of volunteers.Activity Buddies do not deliver training sessions, advise on or adapt exercise. Their function is simply to provide motivational support either on a one-to one basis or within a supported group session. In turn the disabled participant will achieve greater self confidence through achieving their own goals. Additional insurance or risk assessment analysis is unnecessary.
The Scheme has been developed to assist clubs in setting up their own volunteer programme. A toolkit of resources has been created to inform and train both the club and the volunteers, reducing the valuable time spent on administration and money spent on training. There is also guidance on where to recruit volunteers from and how to link in with local disability groups. More Information
http://aabstraining.efds.co.uk