Merry Christmas from SASSOT
Sport Across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent (SASSOT) wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
2016 has seen some fantastic work across the Partnership and SASSOT would like to thank all Partners who have contributed to making a real difference to improving sporting opportunities for everyone across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.
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Christmas Opening Hours
The SASSOT office will be closing at 4.00pm on Friday 23rd December and will be re-opening at 8.30am on Tuesday 3rd January 2016.
Active People Survey 10 Results
The latest figures from the Sport England Active People Survey show 15.97 million people over the age of 16 are now playing sport weekly. That’s up 229,400 from 12 months ago. Jennie Price, Sport England chief executive, said: “These figures are really encouraging, especially the substantial increase in the number of women playing sport and being active every week. Our This Girl Can campaign set out to tackle the gender gap, so to reduce it significantly in just two years shows we are making a difference.”
Results in Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent show a 2.5% increase in the number of people 16+ taking part in at least 30 minutes sport per week. A positive direction of travel has also been recorded against the NI8 target of people aged 16+ taking part in 3×30 minutes sport and active recreation per week. All but two LAs have also had positive results for the 1×30 target and all but one LA has had a positive results for the NI8 target.
Download further information on the local results
For further information on the survey and the full results visit the Sport England website
Aiming High Activity Guide – January 2017
Looking for something to do and meet other people?
There’s plenty of activities on offer in the Aiming High Activity Guide for children and young people with a disability or special educational needs and their families in Staffordshire.
Simply read the guide or visit our Inspire Disability Multi-Sport Clubs page to find out what’s going on near you.
Rajinder Bhogal
T: 01785 619398
M: 07800 619693
E: rbhogal@staffordbc.gov.uk
Making the most of Social Media Campaigns
Have you got new activity sessions coming up and could link to any of the campaigns listed below? If so, please let us know by tagging in @SASSOTCSP or message us on Facebook (SportAcrossStaffordshireandSOT) and we’ll share your post.
| Date | Campaign | How to get involved | Social Media Handle – join in the conversation using the #hashtags below |
| 17-18 Dec | Join In – The #BigThankYou weekend | Sports and recreation clubs from around the UK to send, shout, tweet and post their photos of thanks – using #BigThankYou – to the amazing volunteers that make sport happen in all of our communities. | @joininuk and @bbcgetinspired
#BigThankYou |
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| 1 – 31 Jan | Dry January | Join the thousands and bid the booze goodbye and keep January dry! http://dryjanuary.org.uk Love Your Liver | @dryjanuary @LoveYourLiverTU |
| 11 – 17 Jan | National Obesity Awareness Week | Join in a national New Year’s resolution to help improve the nation’s health. Whether it’s cooking more healthily, avoiding snacks, or being a little more physically active, join in National Obesity Awareness week and make your healthy New Year’s resolution now! | @HealthyJanUary |
| 16-Jan | Blue Monday | A day of positive action and fun ie. something you wouldn’t normally do (but might do regularly from now on like bringing people together), or volunteer | @blue_mondays |
| 27-Jan | This Girl Can – next phase is an evolution not a revolution | A national campaign developed by Sport England to inspire more women and girls aged 14-60 to become active no matter how they do it, how they look or even how sweaty they get. | @ThisGirlCanUK
#thisgirlcan |
Naomi Bird
Knowledge, Communications & Equalities Manager
T: 01785 619585
E: nbird@staffordbc.gov.uk