Extending Activities

EXTENDING ACTIVITIES

Introduction
Progress to date
Guidance & How to Apply
Presentations - Further Information
Strategic Links

INTRODUCTION

Extending Activities is part of the new 5 hour offer for young people in England. Nationally, £36m of new Government funding for young people's sport has been ringfenced for this programme.

Extending Activities funding is targeted at "semi - sporty" children, young people and young adults living in Surrey's 11 boroughs & districts. It will engage them in an extra 1-2 hours a week (minimum 10 weeks) of high quality sport and physical activity.

In 2008/09 the Surrey programme will be able to fund local organisations, clubs, schools, etc, to deliver approximately 50 sport and activity projects per school term (Autumn and Spring).

Surrey has been allocated £98,700 to engage 2,592 semi sporty young people by March 2009. A further £292,200 will be available in Year 2 & 3 to support another 8,892 young people participate in more sport.

PROGRESS TO DATE

144 applications were received in May 2008. Following a steering group and submission to Sport England and the Youth Sport Trust 31 projects will be delivering in the Autumn Term.

Projects interested to start in the spring (Jan - March 09) can also now apply.

Projects interest in year 2 (April 09 - March 10) should contact Paul Ainlsie on 01483 518944 to register their interest.

GUIDANCE & HOW TO APPLY

For detailed information about the programme, including eligibility for your project and future deadlines for applications, please read the Guidance Notes (below) and then complete the appropriate Form:

Guidance Notes
Application Form (spring term 2009 only)

(These are large documents so may take a while to download)

Please note - the timescales and details of this programme are nationally agreed and cannot be changed.

If you have already placed an expression of interest for the spring term (May 08) you will be shortly receiving a letter outlining how you should progress.

PRESENTATIONS - FURTHER INFORMATION

Many thanks to everyone who attended and gave feedback on the development of this programme in Surrey at the latest ASSP Conference on 3rd April. For more information on the presentation and workshops, check out the links below:

STRATEGIC LINKS

It is important to link your application with local, regional and national activities, research and agendas. Please see below for links that will be of use:

Local & National Strategy Links document
Local Authority Strategy Links document
TellUs2 Survey
National Governing Body of Sport plans
School Sports Partnership plans

DEADLINE FOR SPRING APPLICATIONS is

17th October 2008

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