Did You Know? – May 2016
CPSU’s 2016 Safeguarding Star Awards
Do you know someone who has gone the extra mile to safeguarding children in sport? We want to hear about it! We would like you to nominate individuals at a sports club, facility or activity level highlighting their achievements. You should include examples of why you feel they have gone the extra mile and deserve recognition for their outstanding contribution to safeguarding children in sport.
Recognition All nominees will receive an acknowledgment from the CPSU. As in previous years, a panel of young people (this year it’s the NSPCC’s Support in Sport advisory group) will review and select six individuals whose contributions to safeguarding children in their club, organisation or sport stand out in their opinion.
Awards to these six nominees will feature at the CPSU national safeguarding event ‘Safeguarding in sport: Taking our lead from young people’ at Wembley on 5 October 2016…
Nominate your star by no later than 1 July 2016.
Women in Sport – Changing the game for girls: in action report published
Women in Sport releases the findings of a two-year project aimed at improving the provision of PE for girls in schools. Changing the Game for Girls: In Action makes tried and tested recommendations that are now being applied in schools across the country, to provide a solution to the alarmingly low levels of girls’ playing sport.
Only 7% of girls currently meet the government recommendations for physical activity and a third of girls age 12-15 in England are classified as overweight or obese. Now, within weeks of plans being announced to fund more sport in schools through a tax on sugary drinks, Changing the Game for Girls: In Action shares tested strategies on how best to address these shocking figures.
Funded by the Department of Health, the new research aims to inspire girls to take part in and enjoy sport at school, developing a positive relationship with sport from a young age as a long term, effective way to stay healthy throughout their adult lives.
Nearly 2 million fewer women than men take part in sport at least once per week and, finding from their study in 2012 that this gender gap between girls and boys playing sport begins to open at around age 8 – much earlier than previously thought – Women in Sport developed and piloted new approaches and interventions for girls at 25 schools across England.
The findings in our report highlight the importance of allowing girls to help shape sports programmes more effectively to their needs, and to express their motivations and ideas, thus improving participation. This is most often achieved by establishing a way to capture the girls’ voices and working with the girls directly. View the full news item
Head injury and concussion guidelines – England and Wales Cricket Board
The following guidelines are based on the Zurich Consensus Statement published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine in November 2013, a number of recent multisport forums, Consensus Panels and direct consultation with World Leaders and research centres in the field of concussion. The ECB medical panel has looked at best practice across sports and consulted documents such as FIFA ‘Concussion Guidelines’ 2014, BHRA and IRB / RFU 2014 guidelines.
Finally a consultation process was undertaken on 13th May 2015 with the ECB Medical panel, FCCC CMOs and Neurosurgical and Neurosciences concussion research team from NIHR Birmingham. The issues specific to cricket were debated, resulting in these concussion guidelines. The current management pathway helps to define application in the cricket environment. The consensus panel agreed that decisions taken and tools recommended would be supported by existing scientific evidence where available.
ukactive launches National Fitness Day 2016 signups
The campaign for National Fitness Day 2016, held on Wednesday 7th September, encouraging the physical activity sector to sign up to provide free taster classes to the public as part of National Fitness Day. ukactive chair Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson urges gyms, health clubs, leisure centres, parks and other venues around the country to participate by registering their interests on: www.nationalfitnessday.com View the full news item
Department for Culture, Media and Sport – New Governance Code will ensure highest levels of transparency in British sport
Charter for Sports Governance in the UK published. UK sports bodies and organisations that want to receive public funding will have to adhere to a new Code of Governance to help ensure that the highest levels of transparency, ethical standards and leadership are present across sport in this country.
A Charter for Sports Governance in the United Kingdom has been published today that outlines some of the main themes that will feature in the code that will be finalised later this year and come into effect in 2017.
While governance in the publicly funded sport sector in the UK is already at a good standard the Code, being drawn up by UK Sport and Sport England, will build on this further. It will be ambitious and set high expectations for any sports organisation that wants to be in receipt of public funding. This will not only protect that investment but also help good organisations become exceptional. View the full press release
Investment in Sport & Activity conference 2016
GreaterSport are able to share an early discount for our partners.
Why Sports 2016 Conference – The Investment in Sport & Activity conference 2016
When: 11 October 2016
Where: Manchester United Football Ground, Old Trafford
GreaterSport have arranged a special rate for our valued partners of £175 + VAT, a £50 saving on the
general ticket price. To access this discount you will need to contact Tony Farrar on
tony.farrar@wsmg.co.uk or 0161 246 6265.
Netball Now – pay & play sessions for all abilities
Starts Weds 8th June at Stafford Manor High School, ST17 9DJ
Contact Kate – T: 07545924957 E: kate.o’leary@englandnetball.co.uk
Sustrans Children cut pollution
Almost half a million children cycled and scootered to school as part of our Big Pedal competition this year. They saved over 63 million balloons of carbon dioxide from being emitted in car journeys by pedalling over three million miles, according to our results released today.
The Big Pedal, which ran between 18 and 29 April, is the UK’s largest inter-school cycling and scooting challenge, funded by the Bike Hub. Over 1,300 schools competed to make the most journeys on a bike or scooter, saving parents over £384,000 in fuel not used for the school run.
During the two weeks of the Big Pedal children burned a total 57 million calories and travelled more than 123 times around the world! Five primary and four secondary schools across the country picked up prizes for overall UK winners in their categories, as well as many more regional prize winners.
One of the overall winners for UK schools is: St Margaret Ward Catholic School and Arts College, Stoke on Trent (Secondary classes, 5 day challenge)
Health, Wealth and Being Event
The Health, Wealth and Being forthcoming event is hosted by the School of Psychology, Sport and Exercise at Staffordshire University. A number of workshops will be delivered over 3 days during June 2016 by a team of sport and exercise experts at Staffordshire University.
A part of the week Dr Jacky Forsyth will be delivering a number of workshops:
Osteoporosis essentials masterclass, designed for healthcare professionals and anyone who has an avid interest in Osteoporosis
The exercising female, tailored for anyone who has an interest in finding out more about the physiological issues that women face who are involved in sport, and how men and women differ in terms of exercise and training.
High intensity interval training for health and fitness workshop, aimed and those interested in improving their own health and fitness and/or that of others.
Light refreshments will be provided at all the workshops
Staffordshire County Junior Squash
We’re running three sessions across Staffordshire to scour out new talent for our county development squads.
Sunday 12 June | 1pm-4pm
Keele University Sports Centre – Keele University, ST5 5BG
Sunday 19 June | 1pm-4pm
Wolverhampton Lawn Tennis and Squash Club – 53 Newbridge Crescent, WV6 0LH
Sunday 26 June | 1pm-4pm
Burton Tennis and Squash Club – Ashby Road, DE15 0LQ