For general,
all-year publicity, make sure your club is
included on the
Kingston Sports Club Directory and that
your details are up to date.
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Sport England & how you can take advantage
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available > about the three different
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runningsports, and how you could too!
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Kingston’s
Borough Sports
Awards 2011
Kingston’s sporting achievement and success
will be celebrated once more this year on
20th October at Chessington Community
College.
These awards highlight the
wealth of talent, commitment and dedication
in abundance within our local sports clubs
and gives the opportunity to say ‘Thank You’
to those that not only make achievement at
all levels possible but also to our athletes
who put Kingston on the map of sporting
excellence.
Nominations are welcome
and you can download the Nomination Form and
Criteria here or visit Kingston Council’s
website and complete the online
nomination form.
The closing date
to receive nominations is 31st August 2011
Affordable Bus Hire For Our Local Sports
Clubs
BUDGETS UNDER PRESSURE ?
ARE THERE ACTIVITIES YOU’D LIKE TO PLAN
IN THE SUMMER, BUT BUDGETS ARE TIGHT ?
WE HAVE BUSES AVAILABLE FOR TRIPS AT LOW
COSTS !!
We’ve had lots of
recent interest from schools for them to use
our SEN Home to School buses (on school
days, this is generally 10am – 2pm), at far
lower cost than obtaining buses through
private hire companies. One Primary School
has told us that we’ve saved them a huge
amount on their transport budget to regular
swimming lessons !
We have 17 vehicles
available, 16 of which carry 16 passengers
(excluding the driver), and 1 of which
carries 28 passengers (again, excluding
driver). All the vehicles are fully
wheelchair accessible and all the drivers
are trained to very high standards, as they
all work on our regular Special Educational
Needs Home to School routes.
Sport Kingston
are proud to support the Kingston Squad at
the London Youth Games. We were very
impressed with yet another outstanding
performance by Team Kingston who achieved
13th place overall, out of 33 boroughs this
is an amazing result and shows the quality
of young athletes we have in the borough.
Team Kingston
were awarded Gold Medals in Gymnastics F&V
Tier 1 (male); Trampolining; Girls Rugby;
Hockey (male) and Squash (male).
This event is THE BIGGEST Youth Sport event
in the Country and a big thank you goes out
to every single member of Team Kingston,
Team Managers and Coaches and all of you who
took part in the trials and of course Liz
Foster from the Active Kingston Team who
co-ordinated Kingston’s entry.
We hope that you enjoyed the experience and
look forward to seeing you again next year.
Kingston ‘Talks’
Sport!
Facility on this site for Kingston borough
sports clubs and their members to contact
each other -see
Kingston
‘Talks’ Sport! page
Joint Guidance by Sports Coach UK & the
Child Protection in Sport Unit
The document outlines suggested best
practice, not minimum legal requirements.
It builds on the work of many governing
bodies of sport and other coach employing/
deploying organisations who already issue
specific advice on minimum
coach-to-participant supervision ratios (and
a range of other factors linked to the
welfare and safety of participants).
It is hoped that the document will: •
enhance existing practice • provide
guidance in areas where none currently
exists
Click on the underlined link above
Active People Survey
This Survey, carried out by Sport England
can help clubs to evidence need, track
trends, understand participation and much
more to support funding applications and
gain an overview of sport locally.
See the Sport England survey here
Sport England Market Segmentation Toolkit
Why do some people play
sport? And why do some simply not want to
join in? Sport England has developed
nineteen sporting segments to help us
understand the nation's attitudes to sport,
their motivations and barriers.
Find
out more about Segments and answer questions
such as ‘what is the dominant segment in my
local authority area’ or ‘which segment
lives within the catchment of my sports
centre’ or ‘where can I find Leanne?’
Explore a particular Sport and answer
questions such as ‘which segments are more
likely to play my sport’ or ‘which segments
play team sports’ or ‘in this area, where
are the people located who are more likely
to play tennis?’
Investigate further
Characteristics about the segments and
answer questions such as ‘where are people
located who would like to play sport to lose
weight?’
For more detail on the development of these
segments follow
this link
What The Spending Review Means To Clubs
The first article of what is likely to be a
series of news releases on this subject can
be found
here.
The ISA registration stage of the Vetting
and Barring Scheme has been halted to allow
the new Government to conduct a remodelling
of the scheme.
Theresa May, Home Secretary states 'the
Government has made clear its intention to
bring the criminal records and vetting and
barring regimes back to common sense levels.
Until this remodelling has taken place, we
have decided to maintain those aspects of
the new Scheme which are already in place,
but not to introduce further elements'.
Read the full article on the CCPR website
here. Also see below;
Changes to the Vetting and Barring Scheme -
12.11.2010 News Update:
The Home Secretary has announced Terms of
Reference for the Vetting and Barring System
(VBS). A review of the Criminal Records
regime has also been announced to run
alongside the VBS review. Read the full
article on the Pro-Active South London
website
here. (Includes written Ministerial
statement dated 22 Oct 2010).
There are many organisations both national
and regional that are here to support clubs
across the Country, some you may have met
during one of our Club Nights. They can
provide practical help such as resources,
guidelines, fundraising ideas and event
organisation to information about coach
development and First Aid courses.
There are many
ways to promote your club to the community.
See our page with suggestions and help,
including assistance from the Active
Kingston Team and Local Media Contacts.
Clubmark is a national cross sports quality
accreditation scheme for clubs with
junior sections. It is built around a
set of core criteria that ensures that clubs
operate to consistent, accepted and adopted
minimum standards.
Clubmark can either be
awarded by the Sports Governing Body (if
accredited) or by Pro Active South London. More about
Clubmark
Listed below are some helpful courses and
information.
CLUB
DEVELOPMENT COURSES
Running Sport courses
For example; 'A Club For All' This workshop identifies the benefits of
opening up your club, to include a wider
membership base - meaning more coaches,
players, officials and increased revenue,
improved eligibility for lottery funding,
and quality ratings such as Clubmark; whilst
ensuring the involvement and support of the
local community.
Pro-Active South London provide a
comprehensive list of coach and club
development courses/workshops
This comprehensive report by Change4Life is
intended to help promote sport and activity.
It shows where interest in different sports
and activities is highest in Kingston upon
Thames. and an be used to help plan and
promote different activities for the area.
