Who benefits from school club links?
Young People benefit through;
- Increasing knowledge and understanding of variety of sports available to them
- Providing an introduced to healthy lifelong participation
- Extending their learning to practice and to try new skills
- Realising ambition, develop talent and progress in their sport
- Providing equal access to participate in their local area at all levels for all young people
- Increasing confidence to pursue sport in their own time and after leaving school
- Gaining access to high quality training (coaches and facilities)
- Progressing into accredited clubs which should ensure a safe and friendly environment
- Developing self esteem, social skills, self development and teamwork
- Developing leadership skills inc coaching and officiating
- Providing high quality sport specific training from experienced coaches
- Enabling lifelong participation, make new friends, and develop skills
- Raising awareness of how to join and regularly participate in community clubs, as players, coaches and volunteers
Schools / School Sports Partnerships benefit through;
- Raising the schools profile in the community
- Supporting development for ALL students beyond school in a variety of activities (including those gifted and talented) to participate
- Increasing awareness of exit routes for players, coaches and volunteers
- Identifying high quality clubs to recommend clubmark/ accreditation
- Supporting PSA target 85% opportunities for pupils
- Enabling transition for young people into life long participation & providing positive recreational opportunities for young people outside school
- Sharing facilities and resources (hire charges for school facilities)
- Enabling more people (club coaches) to deliver clubs (support teachers)
- Providing opportunities to access funding (PESSCL link) & recognition (Sportsmark)
- Healthier, fitter pupils
- More ideas for teachers, by working with quality clubs and coaches
- Supporting extra curricular clubs and festivals through high quality coaching
- More skilful, able pupils with higher standards displayed in lessons & teams
Clubs benefit through;
- Increasing their profile in the community, especially for minority sports
- Increasing awareness of what schools are providing
- Enhancing potential to recruit new members
- Increasing numbers and membership of young people
- Supporting the development of young people beyond the school
- Providing the opportunity for young people to develop both as players and as volunteers within the club, including coaching/ leadership and officiating
- Increasing the potential to recruit adult players, coaches and volunteers
- Sharing facilities and resources & providing support for PE specialists
- Encouraging skilled players to join the club thus greater pool of players with talent
- Attracting adult and young helpers to the club
- Helping to achieve accreditation and quality assurance (promote to parents)
- Increasing club funds through increased membership
- Improving access to more training and resources
Local Authorities / County Sports Partnership / National Governing Bodies / Other Sporting Organisations benefit by;
- Sharing info and profiling sport, co-ordination and number of opportunities
- Increasing participation opportunities (and to meet PSA target)
- Increasing effectiveness of working & quality of provision
- Identifying, nurturing and developing talent
- Improving retention in sports participation beyond school leaving age
- Promoting the individual and communitywide benefit of a physically active lifestyle
- Encouraging club modernisation, including accreditation
- Supplying a vibrant and growing membership and volunteer base
- Developing schemes linked to LTAD
- Focusing grant giving and support for accredited clubs
- Embedding the principles of equality through delivery of club links
- Ensuring quality controls in place to raise standards
- Developing capacity of local sports clubs inc training of coaches
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