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ACTIVEGLOUCESTERSHIRE

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IMPACT REPORT2013

Who we are and what we do?

Active Gloucestershire is a company

limited by guarantee with charitable

status. We are part of the national

network of county sport and physical

activity partnerships in England that

works to increase participation in physical

activity and sport.

Our vision is to make Gloucestershire a

physically active and thriving sporting

county. More simply, we want

MORE PEOPLE to be MORE ACTIVE

and MORE OFTEN.

How do we do this?

Active Gloucestershire aims to work

in partnership with a whole range of

public, not-for-profit and private sector

organisations to increase and improve

the range and quality of opportunities for

people to be active and play sport. We

also deliver opportunities directly.

Why is this important?

Evidence shows that nearly three-

quarters of children and two-thirds of

adults do not meet the recommended

guidelines for physical activity. These

guidelines are set out in “Start Active,

Stay Active”, a report on physical activity

by the four home countries’ chief medical

officers.

Physical inactivity places a significant

burden on the economy. The cost of lost

productivity through sickness absence

is estimated to be approximately £5.5

billion a year. £1 billion a year is lost

through the premature death of working

age people. NHS healthcare costs in

England attributable to physical inactivity

have risen by 22% since 2006-7.

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Contents

More People More Active More Often!

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A message from our Chief Executive


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Active Insight

Active Inclusion

Active Children and Young People

Active Club, Coaches and Volunteers

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Active Games

Active Funding


A message from our Chief Executive4 5


A brief look at the numbers6 7

732 Coaches registeredon our coach database

www.connect2coaching.org.uk

1,343people signed up to

our sport maker volunteer programme

logging

17,321hours

of sports volunteering between them

Engaged

disabled children in activities including yoga, adpated cricket

and multi sports

232

Provided opportunities to children in early years settings by delivering to: 3,041 particpants

2106frompupils

103 schoolscompeted in the level 3

2013Sainsbury’s School Games

in

across

21 sports

4 major venues

£115,649of Sportivate Funding allocated

14,068Introducing

14 - 25 year olds into new sporting activities (throughput)

37 Community Gamesattended by

22,470 peoplesupported by

723 volunteers

28 National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGBs) engaged 116 Clubs hold a current

Clubmark accreditation

995 followers on twitter

94.3%of our stakeholders eithersatisfied or very satisfied

up from 90.9%in 2012

4,008Unique email address’

subscribed to our eNewsletterActive News

£4,618,622of National Lottery funding invested in Gloucestershire

sports projects, facilities and activities since September

2009

104likes on

Faccebook

£13,000invested in

63coaching bursaries

249individuals

attended training and education workshops last

year


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38.4%The percentage of

Gloucestershire’s population that are considered physically

active

*Statistics accurate as of 18/11/2013


How active is Gloucestershire?8 9

Sport and physical activity play an importnat role in the lives of many people.

Sport and physical activity can contribute to creating healthier communities, tackling anti-social behaviour, raising educational achievement, developing more cohesive and sustainable communities and meeting the needs of diverse individuals. Without doubt, investment in sport and physical activity is one of the best buys in public health.

Active Gloucestershire works to get as many people as possible involved in sport and physical activity. We are part of a wide range of organisations in Gloucestershire that put health and well being at the heart of what we do.

Data collected from the Active People Survey, National Census and other accredited sources

An introduction

32.0% 33.0% 34.0% 35.0% 36.0% 37.0% 38.0% 39.0%

2005/2006

2007/2008

2008/2009

2009/2010

2010/2011

2011/2012

2012/2013

Gloucestershire

Na<onal overall

Change in number of adults participating in at least 30 mintues of sport or physical activity a week1

The amount of people taking part in sport and physical activty in Gloucestershire has shown a steady increase over the previous seven years,

rising from 35.2% in 2005 to 38.4% in 2013 and is well ahead of the regional and national participation rates for the same period.

This positive trend is a result from a combined effort of many public, private and voluntary sport and community organisations that provide opportunities for physical activity and sport.

38.4% particpating in

sport or physical activity weekly

Battle of the sexes

Gloucestershire

Nationally

30.0% 27.2% 22.0%

The percentage of the adult population who participate in active recreation, at moderate intensity, for at least 3x 30minutes a week

44.50% 45.00% 45.50% 46.00% 46.50% 47.00% 47.50% 48.00%

Gloucestershire

South West

Nationally

The sport forgoers

Both Gloucestershire and the South West as a whole have a significantly lower percentage of their population who do not take part in any form of sport or physical activity compared to nationally.

This supports Active Gloucestershire’s mission of Gloucestershire being a thriving sporting county

An inclusive county

39.40%

39.90%

41.40%

18.30%

18.50%

23.70%

Na/onally

South West

Gloucestershire

Disabled

Non-‐Disabled

The proportion of people playing regular sport in Gloucestershire is significantly higher than both the South West and National averages, not only for non-disabled particpants, but disabled as well. In addition, the gap between levels of partipation from disabled and non-disabled has been significantly reduced in Gloucestershire; representing all of the hard work the Active Inclusion team has dedicated.

Proportion of people playing sport at a moderate intensity at least once a week for 30 mins

Disabled people’s first experience of sport can often be through local opportunities. This local provision helps disabled people to have a wide choice of activities so they can try out and enjoy sport, as well as develop their talent if they decide.- EFDS annouce focus on County Sports Partnerships

A breakdown by district

Cheltenham Gloucester

Cotswolds

Forest of Dean

Stroud

Tewkesbury

Percentage of adults taking part in at least one 30minute session of moderate intensity sport a week

2005 201339.1% 42.1%

2005 201336.4% 38.2%

2005 201333.3% 34.8%

2005 201333.7% 39.2%

2005 201333.4% 34.8%

2005 201335.8% 41.0%23.0%


Active Inclusion10 11

An important aspect of Active Gloucestershire’s work is providing appropriate sport and physical activity opportunities for disabled people in Gloucestershire. Although all Active Gloucestershire programmes aim to be accessible and inclusive, the Active Inclusion Project is specifically aimed at creating greater opportunities and choice for disabled people in the county.

Active Gloucestershire and its partners have continued to maintain the momentum gathered during the Paralympics to help drive forward inclusion and access for all to sport and leisure opportunities in Gloucestershire. Gloucestershire continues to significantly outperform the UK averages in terms of participation levels among disabled people in sport, some 5% above the National Average, though we are aware that there remains a huge amount of work to be done.

An introductionIn 2012 Active Gloucestershire undertook the first year of delivery of a three year commission from Gloucestershire County Council aimed at impoving the lives of disabled children, including those with the most complex needs, and their families through sport and physical activity. The programme:

Engaged 232disabled childrenin activities including yoga, adapted cricket and multi-sports

via the County Special Schools Forum and with the support of NGB’s and community partners. Developments included inclusive cricket sessions, indoor climbing and wheelchair rugby league.

Developed after-school activity

Gloucestershire County Council Project

at times when these are most needed including developing clubs on school sites to provide non curriculum activities (for example cricket sessions at Shrubberies and Stratford Park schools feed subsequently into a disability cricket hub and Frocester cricket club).

Provided sport and physical activity breaks for disabled children and young people

Provided a range of training and development opportunities for 70 staff from physical activity and sport providers across the county:

70 individuals from providers across Gloucestershire received training

43 received English Federation for Disability Sport Inclusion Training

7 staff from Inclusion Training at Xpress Fitness received Inclusion Training

20 individuals received training from the Go Kids Go partnership

CASE STUDY: Active Inclusion12 13

Ruskin Mill is an independent specialist further education college for young people aged 16-25. Students have a range of learning disabilities and behavioural problems. Active Gloucestershire provided archery coaching for six students and three tutors from Ruskin Mill. It is also funding members of the college’s staff to qualify as Level 1 archery coaches. Inspired by the coaching programme, Ruskin Mill College has now developed its own archery club. It hopes to obtain further funding and to develop the club, opening it up to the local community.

Active Gloucestershire, through its “Active Inclusion” programme, aims to encourage as many people as possible with disabilities to participate in sport. According to statistics from the English Federation of Disability Sport, some 23.7% of disabled people in Gloucestershire currently take part in sport once a week. It is notably higher than the national level of 18.3%. A 17.7% gap between non-disabled and disabled participation still remains to be closed.

Archivate at Ruskin Mill was awarded Active Gloucestershire’s Sportivate Project of the Year Award 2013.

The seeds of the Archivate programme were sown when Kate Yhnell, an Active Gloucestershire inclusion officer, met staff from Ruskin Mill College. The inclusion officer – whose role is to promote opportunities for disabled people in the county to participate in sport – put the college in touch with Deer Park Archers. Deer Park Archers is a local, family-run archery club with some 200 members and a strong community ethos.

The project gained an important boost when it was awarded funding through Active Gloucestershire’s Sportivate initiative. Sportivate is part of Sport England’s “People, Places, Play” scheme. It provides opportunities for young people to receive at least six weeks’ coaching in a sport of their choice.

The archery sessions took place at Stratford Park Leisure Centre, Stroud, with Ruskin Mill College laying on transport for its students to and from the lunchtime classes. Two coaches from Deer Park Archers provided the tuition, delivering a six-week block of archery lessons to six Ruskin Mill students. Three tutors from the college also took part in the course.

Unusually, the archery lessons were integrated with bow-making workshops, run by the college’s greenwood carpentry section. Three students would practice shooting for an hour and a half, then take a break and start work on bow-making. The remaining three students, having completed an hour and a half of bow-making, would swap over with them and receive archery tuition. Archery and bow-making both fitted well with the college’s Steiner ethos and its focus on crafts, traditional skills and agriculture. Archery is an outdoor activity and bows and arrows could be made using raw materials from the college campus. The sport also uses dangerous pieces of equipment, giving students a strong sense of responsibility and empowerment.

Wolf Lore, tutor, Ruskin Mill College, recollected the enthusiasm the project generated,

The students were very excited. The idea of archery is exciting and primal. It makes you think of Robin Hood and Lord of the Rings - some of our students have spent a lot of the time in front of the TV and so it made this opportunity very desirable.

Teaching was specially tailored to the needs of the students. Roger Crang of Deer Park Archers recalled, “The project was different to the standard coaching we deliver. There was no formal delivery of techniques. Archery students would

normally start by shooting at a blank boss. The Ruskin Mill students, however, were very focused on the end result and wanted to use target faces straightaway. We used games where the best shots weren’t always the winners, so that the less able felt engaged. We had to recognise that some of the young people had very challenging characteristics. We had to discover what would switch the students on. We felt we learnt as much as the students did.” To ensure that the less physically able of the students did not feel excluded the college invested in adjustable bows. The bows allowed poundage to be set really low so that people of limited strength could use them.

The positive impact of the Archivate programme soon became apparent. Roger Crang commented, “At first the students were very reserved but in a different environment they came out of themselves. I have absolutely no doubt they were infinitely better archers by the end of the sessions. At least half we could have signed off to join a club.”

The benefits of archery coaching were clear to Ruskin Mill staff, too. Wolf Lore, a tutor in greenwood carpentry and woodland management, who also participated in the course, commented, “The students followed instruction well and paid great attention. If you’re heavily autistic, you can be very accurate and really focus. The flip side is that you’re very ‘out of body’. Some of these students constantly have a noise in their heads. The archery provided distraction and helped them get peace.”

He continued, “There was a great deal of improvement to the students’ posture. A lot of these young people are very tense, hunched and introspective. After the course they were more able to express themselves. There was a marked improvement. We asked the students after the coaching how they felt and nine times out of ten they said ‘great’ or ‘fantastic’.”

The archery course provided other benefits. Wolf Lore explained,

At the start of the course, one student had to use the calculator on his phone to work out the scores. By the end he was able to do the arithmetic in his head. He felt proud of that.

For one student Archivate proved life-changing. “One of our students was a great shot. He hit the target straightaway and hit it another three times. He then started missing. He was devastated but he had to learn to deal with failure and overcome it. He was so inspired by the whole experience that now he wants to become an instructor. He wants to go on a coaching course so that when he leaves the college he can teach archery in the community, link with archery clubs and possibly develop it as a sideline career.” Wolf Lore.

Inspired by the success of the Archivate project, Ruskin Mill College has created an archery club for its students. At present, a field on the 120-acre campus is being used and has been set up with nets, bosses, targets and bows. The creation of the archery club means that Ruskin Mill is able to sustain the momentum of the initial coaching sessions and build on those early gains. Wolf Lore commented, “I saw some of the greatest improvements in the students when they’d started making use of the archery club after the finish of the course.”

Tutors at Ruskin Mill – three of whom participated in the archery sessions delivered by Deer Park Archers – have been inspired to take an archery coaching qualification (Level 1). The Ruskin Mill archery site is currently only insured for use by the college and the formal coaching qualification will enable tutors to provide archery coaching to the wider community.

Ruskin Mill is working with to Active Gloucestershire to secure funding in order to develop its archery facilities further. In particular, the college hopes to build an archery shed which will provide cover during bad weather. The improved facilities will make it possible for the college to offer archery tuition to its students and the local community, throughout the year. The college also intends to make bow-making workshops available to local residents. Any fees generated from these activities will, it is hoped, help the college cover coaching, equipment and maintenance costs, making archery at Ruskin Mill even more sustainable in the future.

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Active Children and Young People14 15

The British athletes who competed at the 2012 Games did not just exceed expectations; they smashed them, winning 65 medals - 29 of them golds. Future young sporting stars have been able to experience a similar level of sporting comradeship through Active Gloucestershire’s Active Children and Young People programmes:

Active StartActive Start is an enjoyable, Early Years programme that aims to improve the health, well-being and physical activity levels of children and their families

Active SchoolsActive Gloucestershire coordinates the organisation and delivery of the Gloucestershire School Games. The games are part of a national programme that is at the heart of the government’s “Initiative for National School Sport”.

The games are an exciting competition that is creative, inclusive and at the forefront of the Olympic and Paralympic legacy.

Active YouthProviding sport and physical activity outside school is another way that young people’s participation in sport can be encouraged.

Active Gloucestershire organises the local delivery of Sport England’s national “Sportivate” programme, which is part of the “Places, People, Play” legacy scheme.

An introduction Active Start

Active Schools Active Youth

During the past year Active Gloucestershire worked with:

20 Children’s Centresin Gloucesterm Cheltenhm Cirencester and the Forest of Dean

15 Playgroups / Nurseries4 Out of School Clubsin Stroud, Cheltenham and Gloucester

5 Leisure Centresin Tewkesbury, Dursley, Cirencester, Gloucester and Cheltenham

1 Further Education College(Hartpury College)

In total, Active Gloucestershire delivered

3,041 participantsof which 1,978 were new to the programme and drawn from0 - 5 year olds5 - 16 year olds16 - 24 year olds

1,75990129

of these 1,123 were female and 855 male. 446 were from black orethnic mintority communities.

Active Gloucestershire organised a total of

from local providersfor10 training courses 206 staff

to a total of

The 2013 Level 3 Gloucestershire Sainsbury’s School Games saw:

2,107 schoolchildrenfrom

220 primary, secondary, independent and further education establishments

take part in

21 different sportsacross

4 major venues

The event was supported by:

289 School Games Makersthis is the name given to young people

who were involved as volunteers, undertaking a wide varety of roles in both preperation and delivery of the

programme.

14 Schools gained a School Games Kitemark

Qualification

100% of stakeholders either satisfied or very satisfied with Active

Gloucestershire’s delivery of the School Games

11 Pupils progressed to represent their region

nationally at the level 4 Sainsbury’s School Games

Working with partners Active Gloucesterhsire organised the delivery of:

79 blocks of activity(71 in 2011/12)

24 different sports(18 in 2011/12)

in

attended by

891 participants(target of 830)

Over the two years of the programme, Active Gloucestershire has:

£115,649Invested

allowing

2,107 individual young people to participate

with

1,805 being retainedagainst our combined retention target of

830

Opportunities were proivded in

Cheltenham (25)Gloucester (11)

Cotswold (7)Stroud (27)

Forest of Dean (7)Tewkesbury (2)

CASE STUDY: Active Start16 17

Evidence points to obese babies and children becoming obese adults. Data from the the National Child Measurement Programme shows that just under 9% of reception age children in Gloucestershire (4-5 year olds) are obese. In Gloucestershire obesity is becoming an increasingly acute problem both for children and adults.

The HENRY (Health, Exercise and Nutrition in the Really Young) programme was introduced by Public Health, when they were part of NHS Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust and has operated for the last 3 years. It supports families with young children to make small changes towards adopting a healthier lifestyle. HENRY is a unique, successful, national scheme aimed at tackling childhood obesity. It educates families with young children (0-5 years) about healthy eating and physical activity. HENRY also provides training for health visitors, children’s centre staff and other Early Years professionals.

Active Gloucestershire, through its Active Start coaches, has worked with NHS Gloucestershire Primary Healthcare Trust (now Gloucestershire Care Services), supporting the introduction of HENRY in the county. Active Start specialises in encouraging participation in physical activity amongst the very young.

Holly Taylor, Sports Development Officer, Active Gloucestershire, commenting on Active Gloucestershire’s involvement with HENRY, said, “Active Gloucestershire has worked with the local Primary Care Trust (now Gloucestershire Care Services) since 2007. We already had a very good partnership when the PCT asked us to become involved with the introduction of HENRY. We’re one of the leading Early Years providers in Gloucestershire and have worked in all of the children’s centres in the county. So for the PCT it was a natural step.”

One of the most important ways in which HENRY operates is through its “Let’s get healthy with HENRY” course. This is an eight week course which gives families practical information on achievable steps towards a healthier lifestyle, including healthy eating and being more active.HENRY courses have been run in Gloucester, the Forest of Dean and Cheltenham, in children’s centres. Families are invited to join, typically on the recommendation of children’s centre staff. The courses are part family time and part parent’s session and are two and a half hours long in total. The family time focuses on active games for parents, children, facilitators and crèche workers. The first twenty minutes of each HENRY course are spent on physical play in which both parents and children are involved. Active Start coaches lead the families in a variety of activities, for example, dancing, balancing skills and parachute games. Active Start coaches have developed their own activities for use on the HENRY programme, assessing the needs of parents and children when the families join the course and tailoring the sessions where necessary. As little equipment as possible is used, so that the games are easy for parents to replicate at home. Activity sheets are handed out to parents so that they can repeat the games.

Family time includes enjoying a healthy snack with everyone sitting together: the objective is to encourage sitting down, around a table, eating healthily. During this time, the children are looked after by children’s centre staff in the crèche. Active Start coaches continue to engage the children in physical activity. They also share ideas and teach centre staff new creative games to play with the children, making sure that increased physical activity levels are sustained, once the HENRY sessions have finished.

During the last year alone, Active Start has worked with 29 families, in five children’s centres, on the “Let’s get active with HENRY” programme. Over the last three years, Active Start has worked with 11 children’s centres on HENRY.

Gerry O’Brien, Health Improvement Practitioner for the Care Trust and an accredited HENRY trainer, commenting on Active Start’s contribution to the success of HENRY in the county, said, “Active Start coaches were fantastic. They were so good at supporting parents with age-appropriate activities that they could then transfer to the home environment. They brought a wide variety of activities that didn’t need special equipment and that were aimed at getting little ones less sedentary and parents learning new activities which they could bring into the family lifestyle.”

She continued,

Parents could be reticent at the beginning of the course but Active Start coaches were so welcoming and engaging that by the end of eight weeks it felt natural for them to join in. Active Start empowered parents to think ‘I could have a go at that’.

She added, “Active Start brought a lot of energy, knowledge and skills and were at absolute ease with the under-fives. The children loved it. Active Start coaches were very easy for the course facilitators to relate to and made the families feel relaxed, which helped the course be such a success.”

Feedback from parents about HENRY has been very positive. Attendees were asked to fill in a questionnaire at the beginning and the end of the

course. 100% rated the course either “good” or “great” and many said they would recommend it to others. The positive reception towards the

course is underscored by excellent retention rates. On average these were 75%-80% and, on some courses, as high as 100%.

Gerry O’Brien commented, “The parents have learnt a lot and feel much more confident about making changes to their lifestyle. Participants also feel they’ve adapted a healthier lifestyle. Parents have commented to me that they are now eating altogether as a family, with the TV turned off.

They are doing more cooking and are more active as a family.”

Holly Taylor, Active Gloucestershire, agreed with Ms O’Brien’s findings. She said, “One mother told me how much her little girl - usually very quiet and shy - had become confident after sessions with Active Start. Another mother said ‘I had no idea about the correct portion sizes, I realised after the sessions that not only was I giving myself larger portions, but that my little boy was having the portion size I should have been having’.”

Importantly, there is also an increasing amount of hard evidence to show that HENRY is having a positive impact in the county. Course information is collated, analysed and reported on by HENRY’s national office and early data indicate families’ lifestyles are beginning to change for the good. There is a shift amongst parents and children to a being more active for longer periods, with a decrease in the amount of time spent in front of the TV or computer screen.

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100% rated the course either ‘good’ or

‘great’.


CASE STUDY: Active Schools18 19

Active Schools - Gloucestershire Schools Games (2094)The Sainsbury’s Schools Games programme, part of the Olympic and Paralympic legacy, was introduced in 2011. It aims to increase the amount of competitive sport available to young people. Competition is available within school (Level 1), between schools (Level 2) and at county (Level 3) and national level (Level 4). Active Gloucestershire is responsible for organising and coordinating the Level 3 finals in the county.

The Schools Games were first staged in Gloucestershire in 2012. In June 2013, Active Gloucestershire put the Schools Games on a second time, building upon the previous year’s successes with an outstanding week-long programme of sporting activity.

The 2013 county finals opened with an impressive ceremony at Gloucester Cathedral. It was attended by 600 spectators, including competitors, parents and teachers. The event featured art and dance, as well as speeches from volunteers and VIPs. The work of local sports clubs was showcased with live demonstrations of cricket, trampoline, gymnastics, tennis and badminton. Sky Sport’s “Living for Sport Mentor”, Thinus Delport, supported the opening ceremony and spoke with many of the young people attending.

The June 2013 Schools Games finals took place at a number of prestigious venues including Cheltenham College, South Cerney Outdoor Education Centre, Hartpury College and the Prince of Wales Stadium in Cheltenham. This year’s Games offered young people the opportunity to compete in a wide variety of sports. These ranged from sports traditionally played at school, such as rugby, through to wind-surfing, archery and mountain biking.

The 2013 Schools Games also contained a strong cultural element which provided an alternative way for those not physically competing to take part in the Games. A “Spirit of the Games” programme was held alongside sporting events in primary and secondary schools. It featured creative writing and photographic competitions, as well as the opportunity for children to act as sports reporters for the Games. A competition was also held to develop an “Athlete’s Promise” which was used to open the Games.

A great deal of careful organisation underpins the Gloucestershire Schools Games. Active Gloucestershire has put in place a local organising committee on which head teachers, local authorities, national governing bodies of sport and local media are all represented. The local organising committee is chaired by Steve Brady, head teacher of Dene Magna School. In addition, five schools games organisers work with schools and colleges, providing support and training, as well as promoting opportunities for young people with disabilities to compete.

To ensure that the competition format at school, inter-school and county level is consistent, Active Gloucestershire works closely with national governing bodies of sport. Active Gloucestershire goes to considerable lengths to make sure that the Level 3 event is of very high quality and that competitors face the best young athletes in the county.

Backing up the local organising committee and schools games organisers is an enthusiastic force of volunteers. A team of “Schools Games Makers”, recruited from school and sixth form students, carried out a variety of roles at the 2013 county finals. Some formed a media team, taking photos and reporting, while others gave out information and directions. Another group of volunteers worked with national governing bodies of sport.

One hundred volunteers assisted at the 2013 Schools Games finals and many more gave their time in support of school and district events.

The Gloucestershire Schools Games are proving a major hit in the county. In June 2013, 2000 young people competed in the Level 3 finals, nearly double the number of entrants on the previous year. Competitors were drawn from 43 primary schools, 37 secondary and 12 independent schools, as well as from 7 special schools and 4 further or higher education institutions. 2013 saw a marked increase in the number of primary and independent schools taking part.

A number of reasons underlie the success of the Schools Games. There is clearly an appetite for competitive sport amongst the young. As Kel Monstad, a sports education student at the University of Gloucestershire and volunteer at the 2013 Schools Games noted, “The Schools Games offered the competitive side of sport children have been craving. It is something that has disappeared in recent years.” As well as meeting this need, the Schools Games offer the opportunity for young people who would not ordinarily compete with each other, for example, from state and independent schools or from mainstream secondary and special needs schools, to do so.

The event has gained a high profile in the county. Information is given out to schools through the county network of schools games organisers so that teachers are well aware of the calendar of events and can integrate them with schools’ timetables. The popularity of the competition has been added to greatly by extensive media coverage. Active Gloucestershire has strong links with Gloucestershire Media and both the Gloucestershire Echo and the Stroud Citizen have introduced “Young Sport” pages. These run throughout the year and cover Level 1, 2 and 3 events. Sustained media attention has raised the profile of the Schools Games, generating interest in the competition and increasing the number of young people who want to participate.

The high participation levels are also due to the mix of sports chosen. Kirsty Dunleavy of Active Gloucestershire explained, “We wanted to include sports that were traditionally taught at schools but also to encourage a competitive aspect in certain sports, for example, mountain biking and equestrianism, that children took part in outside school but had few opportunities to represent their school in.”

One of the sports Active Gloucestershire opted to include in the 2013 Schools Games was archery. The decision proved to be a good one. It raised the number of children who took part in the Schools Games significantly - archery particularly appealed to pupils who did not enjoy traditional

ball games, team sports or sports that involved physical contact. It also allowed disabled and non-disabled performers to compete alongside each other in the same competition.

Deer Park Archers, a local archery club, was heavily involved in the organisation of the 2013 archery event. Roger Crang of Deer Park Archers commented, “In the run-up to the 2013 Games Deer Park Archers went to schools and ran archery sessions at lunchtimes and after school. We followed this up by organising the district competitions to see who would go on to the Level 3 competition. We had over a thousand children participating in archery during the year prior to the Games. At after school clubs there would be from twelve to seventy participants. There was a phenomenal interest in archery driven by the fact schools were keen to participate in the Schools Games.”

The archery competition generated a huge degree of enthusiasm and schools made a great deal of effort to support teams. Roger Crang explained, “The team that won the archery competition in 2013 (Archway School) came fourth in 2012. They won this year with virtually the same team. What made a difference was that the school really put itself out for the team. It provided additional training sessions, equipment and special kit.”

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Talented young archers have been identified as a result of the Schools Games competition. As well as winning a gold medal in this year’s Level 3 finals, some of Archway School’s archers have gone on to compete at national level. Others are taking part in GB trials later on in 2013. Deer Park Rangers is taking a number of competitors from this year’s Schools Games to compete in the National Junior Championships in December 2013.

The inclusion of archery on the Schools Games programme also provided a huge boost for local archery clubs. Deer Park Rangers has seen a great increase in interest both from children and their parents. Roger Crang, emphasizing the importance of the Schools Games, said,

The Gloucestershire Schools Games are the most important development for recruitment and participation we’ve had in recent years, both for Deer Park Archers and other archery clubs in Gloucestershire.

Archery’s national governing body (Archery GB) has also indicated that it may use the Gloucestershire approach as a template for archery competitions in Schools Games in other counties.

Along with archery, sports such as softball, windsurfing, equestrianism and mountain biking have been included on the Schools Games programme. The decision to introduce these sports has opened up the Games to many children who would not otherwise have been able to compete. Sharron Bates, a school sports co-ordinator from Katherine Lady Berkeley’s School said, “There were many comments from parents about sports such as equestrianism and mountain biking that weren’t usually offered at school. Parents felt that in the past the children hadn’t had the opportunity to represent the school, show how good they were or gain recognition for it. The Schools Games changed this.”

Kirsty Dunleavy, Active Gloucestershire, added,

PE teachers’ eyes have been opened. Through the Schools Games they have been made aware of talented athletes, for example, a talented equestrian team that they would otherwise not have known about.

Another area in which the Games have met with success has been disability sports. The Project Ability programme offered disabled young people a much needed opportunity to participate in competitive sport. One teacher commented, “The opportunities for SEN pupils to compete in the Schools Games are really positive. They have had a great experience at the Games …the enthusiasm and engagement from some of our students has been remarkable. Many are now regular members of our Inclusion Club and some have joined a club outside school.” The Games also offered young people with disabilities the chance to compete with children from mainstream schools. For example, the inclusive sailing event - first held in 2012 and repeated in 2013 – saw students from secondary schools and from special schools racing together in teams.

Leon Ward, Disability Development Officer for the Royal Yachting Association and one of the organisers of the inclusive sailing event, said, “The kids all raced as one big team.”

The competition also held valuable lessons for the organisers, “The kids with learning difficulties got really involved. They wanted the racing to be more complicated. We realised that they could do a standard sailing competition and that we didn’t need to modify it as much as we had done.”

The Gloucestershire inclusive sailing event may prove influential in other ways. Leon Ward commented, “We’ve been asked to run inclusive sailing events at Schools Games in other counties. Gloucestershire is a model for how it might be done.”

The Schools Games have given Active Gloucestershire, in partnership with national governing bodies of sport, the chance to provide teachers with professional development opportunities in specific sports. As a result, knowledge of competition formats has been increased amongst school staff. Teachers have also been shown how to adapt sports for young people with special educational needs or disabilities. This work is important for the future sustainability of sport in schools, particularly in the case of less widely known sports.

Chris Rawlings, National Development Manager, Baseball/Softball UK Ltd commented, “Baseball/Softball UK was involved in the Gloucestershire Schools Games at both a district and county level. We provided umpires at the county finals, gave advice on equipment and sent resources to the schools so they knew the correct format of the games. It worked very well from our perspective. We were able to empower schools and students. We gave them the skills and the knowledge and then they took it upon themselves to do the rest. It was sustainable. It was very different from other instances where coaches and equipment are provided but the minute the coaches go the whole thing falls flat.”

Looking to the future, organisers hope that the Games will go from strength to strength. They

are already an established fixture on schools’ calendars and have provided a powerful means of getting a large number of young people involved in sport.

John Stevens, CEO, Active Gloucestershire, concluded,

This year’s event was a fantastic success, with almost double the number of young athletes taking part. One of the greatest strengths of the competition lies in its structure. It isn’t a one-off event but the culmination of a year-long programme competition in and between schools. The format means a large number of youngsters are physically active and engaged in competitive sport at school throughout the year. It is also helping to establish pathways – particularly in sports such as archery – from school to club. This means that many of the young people who have linked up with clubs as a result of the Schools Games will continue to play those sports and sustain good levels of physical activity into adulthood.

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CASE STUDY: Active Youth22

Active Youth – Wotton Hockey Club (708)


Joining a sports club is an important way in which young people can become more physically active. Recently, Active Gloucestershire funded transport for a group of girls attending coaching sessions at Wotton Hockey Club. Active Gloucestershire provided funding as part of Sport England’s Sportivate initiative, which aims to give young people access to coaching in a sport of their choice. As a result of the project, Wotton Hockey Club has seen a significant increase in the number of young women wanting to become involved in hockey.

Sharron Bates works as a school sports co-ordinator at Katherine Lady Berkeley’s School in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire. Her remit is to increase the range of sports played at her school and to raise the level of participation in sport. She is also an enthusiastic and committed member of Wotton Hockey Club.

Sharron commented, “In recent years, the number of young hockey players at Wotton Hockey Club has been on the decline. Five years ago, with funding from the Sport Unlimited programme, Wotton Hockey Club gave a number of boys the opportunity to get involved, providing funding for a coach and transport. We wanted to repeat the model for girls, due to the declining number of young women involved in hockey.”

She continued, “At Wotton Hockey Club we were keen to create a pathway from school to club and we wanted to encourage more young female players. We decided to focus on girls of eleven to eighteen and to open the project to girls from Katherine Lady Berkeley’s School and to other local schools, including primary schools. We obtained funding from Sportivate for the fourteen plus age range, while Wotton Hockey Club paid for the children aged eleven to fourteen.”

Coaching consisted of an eight-week course of hockey lessons. Fifteen girls attended the sessions (ten of whom were funded by Sportivate). “Some were complete novices,” recalled Sharron, “some were quite sporty but with no knowledge of hockey, while others already knew the game.” At the end of the course the girls were offered reduced rate membership of Wotton Hockey Club, as well as the opportunity to play in a couple of games with other clubs.

Using the Sportivate funding provided by Active Gloucestershire, Wotton Hockey Club was able to provide transport to and from hockey coaching sessions. This proved to be of critical importance as Wotton – at the time the Sportivate project took place - had no astroturf of its own.

Sharron Bates explained,

At that point, Wotton didn’t have its own astroturf, so we had to take the girls to Castle School in Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, which is fifteen miles away. Without Sportivate funding we wouldn’t have been able to provide transport. And without transport there would have been a barrier to participation and we wouldn’t have had such a good uptake.

The project proved a huge hit with the young people involved. “The girls became very enthusiastic and this led to other children becoming interested,” remembered Sharron Bates, “and there was a massive expansion in the number of people wanting to play hockey at Wotton Hockey Club. The original fifteen girls have brought their friends and so numbers have gone up even further. We’re now getting twenty-five girls along some evenings.”

Thanks to funding from a local benefactor, Sir David McMurtry, Wotton now has an astroturf hockey pitch. Owned by and located at Wotton Community Sports Foundation, it is managed as a joint venture with Katherine Lady Berkeley’s School and Stroud District Council. The pitch is a community-based facility which both students of the school and Wotton residents can use.

The new facility will allow Wotton Hockey Club to recruit more young people. It will also play an important role in sustaining the momentum of the Sportivate project. In order to generate further interest amongst young players, Wotton Hockey Club held an Open Training Day (September 7th) to attract new members. It also put on a number of taster sessions during September. Some 70 children have attended these events. Over twenty girls aged 11-16 have taken part, including many from the Sportivate project and a number of their friends. Sharron Bates is confident that a significant proportion of these young female players will go on to sign up to Wotton Hockey Club.

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Active Communities24 25

Active ClubsPeople take part in physical activity and sport in their immediate locality which is why the provision of strong, active and sustainable community sports clubs is so important. Active Gloucestershire offers free advice, support and resources to clubs across the County.

Active GamesThe National CSP Network was contracted by the Cabinet Office to support the deliver of Community Games across England inspired by and as part of the celebration of London 2012.

Active CoachesAfter the participant or the performer the coach is the most important person in sport. From the school playground to the Olympic arena it is coaches that make sport happen. Good quality and fit for purpose coaching available in the right place and at the right time will be crucial to efforts to increase and sustain participation.

Active VolunteersThe 70,000 volunteer ‘Games Makers’ became the defining and distinctive image of the London Olympic and Paralympic games and captured the hearts and acclaim of the world. This inspiration has been mirrored in Gloucestershire at a county level, through the 682 residents who were inspired to sign up and become sports volunteers through the Active Gloucestershire programme - Sport Makers.

An introduction Active Clubs

Active Coaches Active Volunteers

Active Learning

166 clubs across the countythat hold a current Clubmark accreditation (or NGB equivalent).

(160 in 2011/12)

249 individuals attended workshops

provided through Active Gloucestershire’s training and education programme.

Safeguarding and Protecting Childrenremained the most popular course

Active Gloucestershire also supported Trampolining to qualify

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level 1 coaches and

level 2 coaches

735 coachesregisted on Active Gloucestershire’s online coach database:

of which:41% are female and

59% are male

£12,940.75allocated in the latest round of the Active Gloucestershire Coaching Bursary to increase the amount of qualified coaches in the county.

63 successful applicants completed courses in

Archery (3)Athletics (6)Badminton (7)Basketball (1)Canoeing (1)Cycling (6)Equestrian (2)Football (5)Gymnastics (7)Handball (1)Hockey (1)Movement & Dance (1)Netball (6)Rowing (2)Rugby Union (1)Swimming (7)Tennis (5)

www.connect2coaching.org.uk

Other (7)Level 1 (24)Level 2 (23)Level 3 (8)Level 4 (1)

qualifying them in

1,346 sport maker volunteers

registed with Active Gloucestershire and logging

16,974.5 hours of volunteering

between them. That’s the equivilent of

707 daysand assuming each of the sport makers were to be paid minimun wage they would have earned a combined total of

£107,109.10Of the sport makers in Gloucestershire:

23 sport makers have logged over 100 hours

each

And finally:

Active Games

68 events31,925 participants

1,393 volunteers

51% 49% Male

Female 46% 54%

Under 21

Over 21

CASE STUDY: Active Coaches26


Volunteer coaches are at the heart of sport. Without their passion, commitment and expertise much of what goes on simply would not happen. Julie Andrew’s story epitomises this.

Julie Andrews comes from New Zealand but is now settled in Cirencester. She learnt to play netball in New Zealand but over the years had drifted away from the sport.

Three years ago, England Netball’s local Netball Development Officer, Rachel Bussey, ran a ten week “Back to Netball” (B2N) programme in Cirencester, providing local girls and women the chance to get back into the sport. Julie decided to take advantage of the opportunity and joined twenty other women on the programme. Experienced local coach, Katie Noonan, led the programme. Towards the end of the course, it was clear the group wanted to build on and sustain their involvement in the sport. They decided to establish a club called Ciren Stars, only the second netball club in Cirencester.

Coach Katie was employed directly by the club to continue providing training and playing opportunities. Julie agreed to take on the role of club administrator, dealing with matters such as booking facilities, linking with the County Netball Association and obtaining grants to secure obtaining basic equipment.

After several months, some group members wanted to experience regular competitive netball again while others simply wanted to continue to train. As most of the women had children they found it difficult to enter the County Association’s league, which played its matches on a Saturday,

and instead joined the Gloucestershire-based Netball Fun League, a commercial league active in the county.

After just a season, Ciren Stars won their division and were promoted. The club continued to participate in the England Netball county league and regional “Back to Netball” competitions and also began to recruit new members. Julie continued to act as the spearhead for the group and was appointed Chairwoman of Ciren Stars.

Meanwhile, a distinct gap had emerged between those who wanted to train and play recreational netball and those keen to commit to a more competitive experience. The need for more coaches became apparent and a plan was developed to meet this.

At this point, Julie was already helping lead coach Katie on an informal basis. The club felt that it would be appropriate for Julie to obtain a formal coaching qualification and so she agreed to undertake her UKCC Level 1 coaching award.

Julie was able to access a Sport Makers bursary via Active Gloucestershire. Julie’s bursary – which covered £150 of the £170 cost of the level one qualification –

was one of several coaching bursaries Active Gloucestershire has made available as part of its drive to increase the number of coaches in the county.

The provision of coaching bursaries is also one of the ways in which Active Gloucestershire supports the UK’s national governing bodies of sport - of which England Netball is one – to carry out their “whole sport plans”. The objective of these plans is to increase the number of people who participate in sport. Their aim is also to retain those currently active in sport and to identify talented sportspeople.

Katie Noonan, lead coach, commented,“Julie is an excellent example of how the B2N incentive empowers and unites women in sport. Julie attended the first B2N session in Cirencester three years ago and from here she developed as a player and now a coach. Having sailed through her level one Julie is now embarking on her level two coaching qualification. It’s been a pleasure witnessing Julie’s impressive journey as both a player and coach. She has great rapport with those she coaches.”

Julie attended the three day course in autumn 2012. The first day covered the role and responsibilities of the netball coach. It provided guidance on effective communication and on safe and ethical coaching practices. Participants on the course also learnt about effective warm-up practices, basic netball techniques and shooting goals, as well as how to observe players and manage relationships with them. Day two focused on defending and attacking skills. In addition, the trainee coaches were given instruction on how to provide feedback, as well as on how to plan, adapt and review coaching sessions. The final day consisted of an independent assessment of the trainee coaches.

As part of the level one qualification coaches must gain practical experience. In order to gain the necessary experience Julie worked with Ashton Keynes Primary School, coaching High Five netball. Through a lot of hard work and commitment during the season, the school won the prestigious School Games County High Five final in 2012/13.

Recently, the opportunity arose for Julie to assist in a B2N programme but this time as a coach. Cirencester Netball Club wanted to mount a recruitment drive through a B2N programme as it had experienced a drop in membership. In order to act as a lead coach on the programme, Julie required a UKCC Level 2 qualification.

Julie has now applied for, and received, an Active Gloucestershire coaching bursary. This will provide her with 75% of the £370 cost of undertaking the coaching award.

Julie starts her role as coach of the Cirencester “Back to Netball” programme next month, with her original coach, Katie, as her mentor. This will help Julie fulfil the practical requirements of the Level 2 award.

Julie Andrews commented, “Netball was always something that I had enjoyed at school but as so often happens life simply gets too complicated, especially with a family. Netball became one of those things that ‘I used to do’. When England Netball launched the “Back to Netball” programme in Cirencester three years ago it gave me the chance to return to the game with some excellent coaching and join other women in the same position. Our club was formed to accommodate women with family commitments but who still wished to have competitive and fun games. And it

works! Having been able to train as a coach and encourage others to play the game is wonderful; I get a great sense of satisfaction seeing the girls find confidence as they develop their skills in the game.”

As a result of Julie’s passion and commitment, as well as her developing expertise, Cirencester now has two netball clubs. Through her dedication to the sport, many more girls and women are participating in recreational and competitive netball.

Rachel Bussey, Gloucestershire Netball Development Officer, commented,

Julie came to the “Back to Netball” programme in Cirencester having not picked up a netball for a good few years! She grew in confidence to the point where she was able to undergo her UKCC Level 1 coaching award and is now preparing to become a lead coach and run a “Back to Netball” programme. Her passion and commitment is exceptional and she really has come full circle.

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75% of coaching cost paid for

by Active Gloucestershire Coach Bursary

£150 towards a UKCC Level 1 for becoming a

sport maker

CASE STUDY: Active Volunteers28


Active Volunteers – Jake Pryszlak (1,096)

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With some three hundred and eighty-eight hours of sports volunteering clocked up since September 2012, Jake Pryszlak, a student at the University of Gloucestershire, is one of Active Gloucestershire’s most proactive Sport Makers. Jake has been heavily involved with student football at the University of Gloucestershire, as well as with coaching cricket, futsal, basketball and dodgeball. Through the “No Limits” disability sports club, Jake has made it possible for a number of disabled young people in the county to take part in a variety of different sports.

Jake was recruited through Active Gloucestershire’s Active Volunteers programme, part of the nationwide Sport Makers campaign. Funded by Sports England, Sport Makers forms part of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic legacy. It aims to bring the Olympic and Paralympic values (excellence, friendship, courage, respect, determination, equality and inspiration) to life in every community and to inspire people to do at least ten hours of sports volunteering.

Like every other person in the county joining the Sport Makers programme, Jake registered his interest via Active Gloucestershire’s online Sport Makers portal. Jake then attended a two-

hour Sport Makers workshop run by Active Gloucestershire.

The workshop, held in September 2012 at the University of Gloucestershire, gave volunteers information about the Olympic and Paralympic values and focused on leadership skills. It showed participants how to keep sport fun and safe and taught them how to plan activities, for example, organising a day’s sport or setting up a sports club. It looked at ways in which the volunteers could best motivate groups of mixed abilities.

Jake, as with all Sport Makers in Gloucestershire, is able to log his volunteering hours on Active Gloucestershire’s online portal.

Jake is one of 728 people in the county who have attended a Sport Makers workshop. Of these, some 517 have logged 10 or more sports volunteering hours on Active Gloucestershire’s portal. Activities range from the formal, for example, creating a sports club through to the informal, for example, organising a run with friends. Volunteers have set up boxing classes for colleagues, put on group fitness sessions for students, co-ordinated badminton for beginners, organised disability cricket sessions and run school football for students at the National Star College.

Andy Herbert, Senior Sports Development Manager, Active Gloucestershire, commented, “In Gloucestershire, Sport Makers has created a whole new workforce. Since the programme started in the county in November 2011, over 10,000 new volunteering hours have been logged on Active Gloucestershire’s online portal. And that means a lot of new people taking part in sport.”

During the past year, Jake Pryszlak has helped many other university students and members of the local community to become more physically active. One of the areas in which Jake has been able to make the greatest impact is football. Jake, currently responsible for all student football at the University of Gloucestershire, explained, “The University has a student team and many people – perhaps a couple of hundred - do trials to get into this. Most don’t get in. My focus has been to set up teams for all those other people to encourage them to keep on with football. Last year there were eight teams, this year fourteen and, I hope, there will be eighteen to nineteen teams next year. This means that people who have got involved with football don’t just give up but stay with the sport.”

Jake has been able to forge links with national governing bodies of sport and their county associations, such as the Gloucestershire FA and the Gloucestershire Cricket Board. He has also created links with a number of disability sports clubs. Making these important connections has come about through attending the Sport Makers workshop, as well as having his profile and volunteering hours posted on Active Gloucestershire’s Sport Makers online portal. The new contacts have helped Jake further his sports volunteering activities. For example, through his relationship with the Gloucestershire FA, Jake now has a role increasing participation in student football both at Gloucester University and other colleges and universities, including Hartpury College, UWIC and Bristol University.

Jake has made a significant contribution to the local community through his involvement in the disability sports club, “No Limits”. This offers sports sessions, including volleyball, rugby and football, to disabled young people. Funding for the club is provided by Active Gloucestershire.

Jake commented, “With the disability sports club ‘No Limits’ there isn’t a club like it in the county. We sort out all the transport, buses, bring them (the disabled young people) to the University and put on a session on for them. Because of the Paralympics, there’s a great deal of interest from disabled people - a lot of people are scared of taking part in sport but this club shows them that they can do it.”

As a result of the work he has done with the ‘No Limits’ club, Jake has been asked recently to organise a disability sports club for young people in Stroud.

Jake currently also volunteers for a student-run Futsal team. Futsal – indoor five-a-side football – is offered to students on a weekly basis and has proved extremely popular.

“We run a session at Cheltenham Leisure Centre, it’s a great ‘meet and greet’ for students, especially foreign students. People can interact with one another and there are many different nationalities. We often have 18-20 students on a Friday night. They’re all abilities and they just keep on coming back and coming back. We’re now looking to establish three venues and not just one.” Jake Pryzlak.

Through the Sport Makers workshop and Active Gloucestershire’s online portal, Jake has also built up links with coaching companies, District Sports and School Sports Gloucestershire. He coaches primary school level children in basketball and parkour (outdoor gymnastics). He also coaches dodgeball through the same two companies.In addition, as a result of posting his profile on the Active Gloucestershire website, Jake has been approached by parents seeking cricket coaching for their children.

Jake has been assisted by Active Gloucestershire with bursaries which have helped him meet transport costs and gain extra coaching training. These, he underlines, have turned out to be “a big help” with his volunteering activities.

Jake has proved to be an exceptionally proactive volunteer, encouraging many others – some of whom possibly would never have had the opportunity to take part in sport – to be become physically active. When asked how many people he has helped through his sports volunteering Jake estimated, “200 to 300 people … especially with the football and disability links – a lot of people have become involved in sport that might not have done otherwise.”


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2) Active Gloucestershire - £240,0003) Active Gloucestershire - £70,0004) Active Gloucestershire £340,0005) Active Gloucestershire - £40,0006) Avon Sailing Club - £9,7507) Berry Hill Rugby Football Club - £50,0008) Bowmoor Sailing Club - £8,8689) Brockworth Enterprise School - £5,86010) Cheltenham & County Cycling Club - £50,00011) Cheltenham Borough Council - £24,00012) Cheltenham Canoe Club - £1,96313) Cheltenham Rugby Club - £40,00014) Cheltenham Rugby Festival - £2,80415) Cheltenham Saracens FC - £4,40816) Cheltenham Saracens FC - £4,40817) Cheltenham Saracens RFC - £50,00018) Cheltenham Saracens RFC - £50,00019) Cheltenham Unit 76 of Sea Cadets - £1,70020) Cheltenham Youth Football League - £6,00021) Cirencester Town Council - £40,00022) Cirencester Town Council - £40,00023) Coney hill junior rugby team - £8,14124) Corse & Staunton Playing Fields - £50,00025) Corse & Staunton Playing Fields - £50,00026) Cotswold BSAC - £8,00027) Dowty Judo Club - £7,06328) FODDC - £58,63029) Forest of Dean Sea Cadets - £5,84430) Frampton on Severn Sailing Club - £6,73331) Frampton on Severn Sailing Club - £3,20032) Futsal Club Gloucester - £10,00033) Gloucester City Council - £47,00734) Gloucester City Council - £100,00035) Gloucester Young Farmers’ - £1,04236) Gloucestershire Cougars Korfball Club -£3,18037) Gloucestershire Mountaineering Club-£50,00038) Gloucestershire Sport Partnership - £163,00039) Great Rissinton Cricket Club - £9,95040) Katharine Lady Berkeley’s School - £50,000

41) Katharine Lady Berkeley’s School - £150,00042) Katharine Lady Berkeley’s School - £150,00043) Newent Community School - £40,00044) Old Patesiams Sports & Social - £45,00045) Oxstalls Community School - £97,00046) Oxstalls Community School - £55,00047) Quedgeley Parish Council - £1,18048) Quedgeley Wanderers FC - £6,38249) Quedgeley Wanderers FC - £3,76850) Quedgeley Wanderers FC - £8,98851) ROYAL AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE - £10,00052) Sir Thomas Rich’s School - £50,00053) South Gloucestershire & Stroud Col-£105,00054) South Gloucestershire & Stroud Col-£105,00055) South Gloucestershire & Stroud Col - £8,48556) South Gloucestershire & Stroud Col - £8,48557) St Mark’s CofE Primary School - £1,85458) St Peter’s Catholic Primary School - £3,00059) St Peters RC High School - £6,00060) Stroud District Council - £19,34061) Tewkesbury Rugby Football Club - £39,00062) Tewkesbury Rugby Football Club - £39,00063) Thameswey Canoe Club - £6,60064) Thameswey Canoe Club - £10,00065) The Cotswold School - £210,00066) The Great Rissington Club - £5,02567) The SW Rugby League Coaches Ass. - £8,00168) Toddington Bowls Club - £3,59669) Tornadoes Basketball Club - £1,65070) Tornadoes Basketball Club - £1,65071) Tubbs Turf Management Committee - £34,31772) Uley Playing Field - £50,00073) University of Gloucestershire - £166,53274) University of Gloucestershire - £225,00075) University of Gloucestershire - £50,00076) University of Gloucestershire - £400,00077) University of Gloucestershire - £200,00078) University of Gloucestershire - £164,16379) World Jungle Limited - £7,225

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National Lottery Awards

Gloucestershire sporting facilities and projects have benefited from a wealth of National Lottery funding. In total, £4,618,622 has been invested in 79 projects since April 2009.The list of sucessful applications can be seen below and on the adjacent map.

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