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Disability Sport Developments

Chris Warkup — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:55:46 +0000

Playground to Podium Activities

A new sports project to discover the next paralympic athletes in the East Riding of Yorkshire is coming to Driffield sports centre. A boccia club for children with physical and sensory impairments aged between 11 and 18 is being set up as part of the Playground to Podium framework for the region. ‘Playground to Podium' is a national strategy for the identification, development and support of talented young disabled athletes developed by organisations including Sport England and the British Paralympic Association.

Richard Munson, disability community sports coach for East Riding Sport and Play Development service said ‘This new project is a great new way to discover the next elite boccia players. We chose to focus on boccia as it is a game which everyone can participate in as it is a non contact sport which relies on a player’s accuracy and skill as opposed to size, strength, or speed’. This new club will launch at Driffield sports centre on 25th November from 5.30 – 6.30 and will cost £1.

Running with this new club is a disability multi sports club where disabled young children are able to participate in a variety of sports each week. The club is running every Monday at South Hunsley School’s Riding gym from 5.30 – 6.30. Richard said ‘the focus of this club will be to give disabled children between the ages of 11 and 18 the opportunity to try different sports out there. These clubs also give the children the opportunity to make new friends and build their confidence up in participating in sports’. The club shall focus on sports including football, sitting volleyball, basketball, and many more.

For more information on either club please contact Richard Munson on 07900253847 or email richard.munson@eastriding.gov.uk.

Deaf Sports Development Officer for Yorkshire & Humber

The Federation of Disability Sports Organisations have recently appointed Sean Curran as the regions Deaf Sports Development Officer. Sean is based in Ossett, Wakefield but will work throughout the region to develop sports opportunities for all ages and abilities with a hearing impairment. If you would like support or ideas to develop new and existing opportunities for the hearing impaired or would like to contact Sean please email him at scurran@fdso.co.uk or text him on 07861996692 Info

Grassroots Grants Programme

Chris Warkup — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:56:47 +0000

The Government has launched a new £130million Grassroots Grants programme and has called on small local voluntary and community groups to come forward and get their hands on essential funding.

Whether it’s helping local clubs get hold of new kit, coaching new volunteers or simply giving the village hall a fresh lick of paint, Grassroots Grants aim to make a real and immediate difference to the work of any small and local community group, including sporting groups, with annual incomes below £20,000.

Funded by the Office of The Third Sector in the Cabinet Office, the programme is being administered by the Community Development Foundation and offers grants of between £250 and £5,000 to support activities that lie right at the heart of our local communities.

Phil Hope MP, Minister for the Third Sector, said: “Our communities are teeming with thousands of small groups and individuals who work tirelessly to tackle local problems and this £130million fund is dedicated to supporting their efforts. Grassroots Grants will put essential cash in the hands of small local voluntary groups without all the paperwork required for larger grants.”

To keep the process as simple and easy as possible for applicants, the money is being distributed directly through local funders, who typically are slightly larger local organisations already based in the community and selected because they are familiar with the needs and causes in each area.

For further information use this link

The Women’s Sport and Fitness Foundation

Chris Warkup — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:58:44 +0000

In July this year we established the first national strategy in this vitally important area. At its core are the three key imperatives we believe are necessary to combat the current crisis in women’s physical activity, set out to provide a clear framework for those who design and deliver sport and exercise for women.

Within her recent Think Tank piece in the Sunday Times, WSFF chief executive Sue Tibballs provides an overview of these imperatives, explaining the importance of: giving the customer what she wants; creating a society in which being active is attractive; and developing policies that improve the leadership, investment and profile of women in sport.

Under the same banner of Creating a Nation of Active Women we shall be delving deeper into these three core areas at our annual conference on 24 November 2008.

On the day we shall draw on the expertise from a range of sectors, from retail, advertising and the media to leading domestic and international case studies in sport and exercise. Delegates will learn how to treat women as customers, consider the creation of a society in which active women are attractive women, debate with Government the policies necessary to create the environment for success and network with leaders from across the industry. The new Commission on the Future of Women’s Sport will be profiled and Great Britain’s female stars from Beijing will inspire the audience to build a lasting legacy.

Attached is a copy of the conference brochure with more information. We hope to see you there!

From the WSFF team

020 7273 1740

Funding sporting opportunities in the community

Chris Warkup — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:01:11 +0000

Sport England is changing the way it distributes around £45m a year of National Lottery funding after a public consultation showed widespread support for our proposals.

Over 500 individuals and organisations took part in the consultation and more than 90% of them responded positively to our plans.
The responses will help Sport England to develop the detail of the four new funding streams outlined in the consultation:Regular themed funding rounds that meet specific needs of community sport

A programme of sustainable investment in facilities
A small grants scheme
An innovation fund to identify and pilot best practice in community sport.
These programmes will ensure funding is awarded in a fair and flexible way to projects that will grow and sustain participation in sport.

We will be publishing full details of the application processes and award eligibility criteria for these new programmes at the start of 2009. The new programmes will be in place by 1 April 2009.

More info

Rugby League Volunteering Opportunities

Chris Warkup — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:03:22 +0000

The Rugby Football League, in partnership with Student Rugby League and the young volunteers’ organization 'v', has funded new positions aiming to increase the opportunities available for volunteers in Yorkshire.

Andy Jordan is the new Regional Volunteer Coordinator covering the South, East and Central Yorkshire Regions. Andy will be looking for new and exciting ways of attracting volunteers into the great game of rugby league, and also providing on going support for current volunteers within the game. More info