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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Achievements<br />
The second <strong>Staffordshire</strong> and Stoke-on-Trent 2012 Conference was held<br />
on 26 February <strong>2009</strong> and the sub-regional Legacy Action Plan was launched<br />
(www.staffordshire.gov.uk/2012).<br />
The Museum on the Move ‘Our Games’ Story’ exhibition was launched on 10<br />
March and research has discovered 120 Olympians and Paralympians with links<br />
to <strong>Staffordshire</strong> and the Black Country dating back to the 1900 Paris Games.<br />
Trentham Lakes was added to in the London 2012 Pre-Games Training Camps<br />
Guide (www.london2012.com/trainingcamps) for Paralympic Rowing.<br />
<strong>Staffordshire</strong> County Council awarded funding to 27 young athletes through<br />
the Young People’s <strong>Sport</strong>s Grants scheme.<br />
Lord Sebastian Coe visited Stafford <strong>Sport</strong>s College and St. Peter’s High<br />
School in Stoke-on-Trent to see some of the examples of good practice and<br />
meet some of the areas potential Olympians and Paralympians.<br />
Every local authority in the sub region held an event to mark the Olympic<br />
Handover to London on 24 August and 58 schools took part in the Paralympic<br />
Handover on 17 September<br />
<strong>Staffordshire</strong> and Stoke-on-Trent held 12 events for the London 2012 Open<br />
Weekend, which was the launch of the Cultural Olympiad on 26-28<br />
September <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Stoke-on-Trent hosted the finish for Stage 4 of the Tour of Britain cycling event.<br />
25% of the schools and colleges in the sub region registered on the London<br />
2012 Get Set Education Programme (www.london2012.com/getset).<br />
Four ‘Prepare for 2012’ business workshops were held for local companies<br />
to raise awareness of contract opportunities related to the Games.<br />
8 local authorities in the sub region have registered to participate in the<br />
Government’s Free Swimming Programme.<br />
Plans for the next 12 months<br />
Support the development of a dance strategy for the sub region and coordinate<br />
the enhanced delivery of opportunities in dance through the People<br />
Dancing Programme.<br />
Develop Community Games - two new Community Games events are taking<br />
place during National School <strong>Sport</strong> Week – Haywood High Community<br />
<strong>Sport</strong> and Health Festival and the Oakamoor and South Moorlands Games.<br />
Cannock Hockey Club will host three test matches between<br />
England and Pakistan between 28 June and 4 July with a view<br />
to discussing the potential use of the facility as a Pre-Games<br />
Training Camp for London 2012.<br />
A team of young people from across the<br />
sub region will be recruited as 2012 Get<br />
Set Leaders to support the engagement<br />
of young people in their area in<br />
opportunities and activities inspired by<br />
the 2012 Games.<br />
Increase the number<br />
of schools and colleges<br />
registered on the<br />
London 2012 Get Set<br />
Education programme<br />
and encourage them<br />
to apply to join the Get<br />
Set network.<br />
03<br />
01 Alex Nelson, Olympic sprinter from Stoke-on-<br />
Trent, views the <strong>Staffordshire</strong> ‘Our Games’<br />
Story’ Museum on the Move exhibition.<br />
02 Seb Coe meets Stafford and Stone Young<br />
Ambassador Ali Browning<br />
03 City of Stoke Gymnastics Club perform a<br />
display at the 2012 Conference<br />
04 Pupils from St. Peter’s Primary School in<br />
Caverswall prepare for the Paralympic<br />
Handover<br />
04<br />
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