SASSOT Annual Report 2008 - 2009 - Sport Across Staffordshire

PE and Sport Strategy for
Young People (PESSYP)
CHRIS TURNER | Club Development Manager
tel 01785 619 681
email cturner@staffordbc.gov.uk
In 2002, DCSF and DCMS launched the National PE, School Sport and Club Links
(PESSCL) strategy and began to transform the landscape of PE and sport in
schools. Through it, they have created a national structure, which has enabled
more children and young people to take part in a wider range of sports for more
time. Building on this success, the new PE and Sport Strategy for Young People
(PESSYP) was developed which wants to ensure that sport becomes a natural
part of every young person’s life, not only during their school years, but also into
their college and working lives. The new ambition is to:
Create a new ‘5 hour offer’ for all 5-16 year olds. Continue to increase the
number of 5-16 year olds taking part in at least two hours high quality PE
and sport at school each week; and create new opportunities for them to
participate in a further three hours each week of sporting activity, through
school, voluntary and community providers; and
Create new opportunities for all 16-19 years olds to participate in three hours
each week of sporting activities through their colleges or in local clubs.
The new PE and Sport Strategy for Young People forms part of a Public Service
Agreement: ‘To deliver a successful Olympic Games and Paralympic
Games with a sustainable legacy and get more children and young people
taking part in high quality PE and sport’.
Achievements
Training workshops coordinated for 70 School Sport Coordinator’s including
PE and Sport at the Heart of the School and Increasing Participation in
High Quality Competition.
Over 65 SSCo’s attended a Networking Event held at the Britannia Stadium,
Stoke City FC which focussed on supporting the wider strategy of embedding
and understanding the roles and responsibilities within the 5-hour offer.
Distributed funding for School Sport Partnerships to deliver 15 NGB Bolt-on
courses and grants for Step into Sport students to attend NGB Level One’s.
Brokered high quality Step into Sport placement opportunities for young
people in community sports clubs within the sub-region and the development
of a club placement database.
From the 07/08 cohort of young volunteers involved in the Step into Sport programme,
100 students have volunteered within a community sports placement
with a total of 19 different NGB’s engaged and offering placements.
14 young volunteers achieved their Gold award (200 hours volunteering)
Plans for the next 12 months
Enhanced promotion of the Step into Sport scheme to sports clubs and
organisations and their role in offering quality placements to young leaders
and the benefits it can bring to the club and young people.
Support the development and provision of Leadership Academies in each SSP
Collate and produce a sub regional sports events/short term projects calendar
for students in Leadership Academies
Develop an incentives grant project for Leadership Academies which will
reward SiS volunteers who have completed a certain number of school or
community based volunteering hours with a grant to assist them to access
NGB Bolt on’s or Level 1’s.
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