SASSOT Annual Report 2008 - 2009 - Sport Across Staffordshire
SASSOT Annual Report 2008 - 2009 - Sport Across Staffordshire
SASSOT Annual Report 2008 - 2009 - Sport Across Staffordshire
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Special Schools <strong>Sport</strong>s Festival<br />
CHRIS TURNER | Club Development Manager<br />
tel 01785 619 681<br />
email cturner@staffordbc.gov.uk<br />
Achievements<br />
The Special Schools <strong>Sport</strong>s Festival continues to go from strength to<br />
strength and was in its seventh year in <strong>2008</strong><br />
On Wednesday 2nd July, over 220 pupils from 12 of the County’s Special<br />
Schools enjoyed a day to remember at the festival, which is held annually<br />
at Shobnall Leisure Complex, Burton upon Trent<br />
The date for the event coincided with the Youth <strong>Sport</strong> Trust’s National<br />
School <strong>Sport</strong> week. The aim of this week is to celebrate all that has been<br />
achieved in PE and School <strong>Sport</strong> and encourage all schools to raise the<br />
profile of PE and School <strong>Sport</strong> at a local level<br />
The festival brought together young athletes from across <strong>Staffordshire</strong> and<br />
Stoke-on-Trent participating in 6 different sports making it one of the biggest<br />
disability sporting events in the county<br />
Securing £1,500 sponsorship from <strong>Staffordshire</strong> telecommunications<br />
company Qualitel<br />
35 event volunteers were recruited from Burton College and Stafford<br />
Grammar School to support the festival on the day<br />
The festival provided a day to celebrate sport and to develop pathways for<br />
pupils to continue to participate in sport outside the school environment<br />
Plans for the next 12 months<br />
To deliver a successful festival for over 300 young people on the 2nd July <strong>2009</strong><br />
Secure further/additional sponsorship with Qualitel Business Telecoms<br />
Specialists<br />
To keep the emerging Playground to Podium (P2P) work strand and the<br />
Special Schools Festival separate. P2P will focus on developing talent<br />
pathways, talent identification and competition whereas the festival will<br />
continue as a celebration of sport event focusing on participation<br />
As part of our developing Equity plan and to aid the transition from school<br />
to community sport, <strong>SASSOT</strong> will be developing a Disability <strong>Sport</strong>s directory<br />
and encouraging more clubs to provide pathways for theses athletes<br />
to continue to participate in sport<br />
The <strong>2009</strong> festival to be more developmental and to build on existing links to<br />
make it a more sustainable event<br />
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