Active Schools August 2010 Newsletter

The aim of our Active Schools Network:

The fundamental aim of the Active Schools Network is to offer all children and young people the opportunities and motivation to adopt active, healthy lifestyles, now and into adulthood. 

Active Schools Managers and Coordinators are responsible for developing and supporting an infrastructure for Active Schools within the school and wider community.  They do this by recruiting, supporting and sustaining a network of volunteers, coaches, leaders and teachers who in turn deliver physical activity and sport before, during and after school and in the wider community. 

Our key outcomes

The Active Schools Network is working towards two key aims:

• To continue to increase opportunities for all children and young people to be engaged in physical activity and sport.
• To strengthen pathways to participation and performance through sustainable school to community links.

Our key areas of focus will be delivered by:

• building a sustainable volunteer network and providing an appropriate  volunteering infrastructure for Active Schools within the school and wider community
• providing opportunities for all children and young people to participate in physical activity & sport and enabling the creation of pathways from the school to the wider community
• increasing participation amongst “hard to reach groups” by adopting a targeted approach towards:
  • girls and young women
  • children and young people with a disability
  • children and young people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds*
  • children and young people in areas of socio-economic disadvantage (regeneration/SIMD areas)*
  • children and young people not currently involved in physical activity and sport
• embedding the effective integration, planning, management and delivery of Active Schools within local authorities

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