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Doug Imrie. Sports Participation Manager Swindon Borough Council. Opening Up Leisure & Youth Services. My Story PINK and BLUE – Assumptions Youth Engagement Staff / Facilities Developing Youth Attendance by Youths Access to Leisure Centres Youth Insight. My Story.
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Doug Imrie Sports Participation Manager Swindon Borough Council
Opening Up Leisure & Youth Services • My Story • PINK and BLUE – Assumptions • Youth Engagement Staff / Facilities • Developing Youth Attendance by Youths • Access to Leisure Centres • Youth Insight
My Story • Sports Coach for 17 Years • Full time for 10 Years • Community Sports Coach 4 Years • Sports Development Team 6 Years • Range of Coaching Qualifications • History of Finance and Recruitment Roles • Keen Competitive Sports Person
PINK and BLUE • Girls like Pink, Boys like Blue • Where are you sat today and why? • Were the assumptions correct? • Do all youths follow the same pattern? • Why not?
Youth Engagement Staff / Facilities • Why do we deliver a lot of our sessions in partnership with Youth Engagement Staff? • Sharing Facilities? • Local Knowledge • Local relationships • Access to services outside of our reach
2 Minute Break • Feel free to move around and sit where you’d like to sit now.
Developing Youth Attendance • North, East, South and West • Did you go back in to your comfort zone? • Do we continuously review our sessions to ensure youths “Keep Going”? • Where do you advertise? How do you advertise? • Rewards – Events, T-Shirts, Hoodies & Water Bottles • Qualifications
Events Calender • March 5th 2014 – England v Denmark • April 17th 2014 – Swindon Skate Jam • May 17th 2014 – Us Girls Festival Cardiff • May 31st 2014 – Street Games Football Pools Fives Tournament • June 14th 2014 – Street Athletics (Linford Christie) • July / August 2014 – Commonwealth Games • August 20th 2014 – Street Games Festival – London • August 28th 2014 - Street Games Festival – Cardiff • August 2014 – Local Swindon Events • November 2014 – ATP Tour Finals @ O2
Access to Leisure Centres • Where do you run your sessions? • Barriers? • Youths Accessing Leisure Centres • Solutions to access
Youth Insight • Do we listen or assume? • Use of outdoor spaces to engage Youths • Personal Ownership • What young people want from sport and where sport fits into their lives • Options • Friends
Corey “I am not the bad person that I might look on paper.” “I have had opportunities to do voluntary work before that I wasn’t been too keen on, but I went to the Ability ice skating session and enjoyed myself helping people out. It’s a good feeling. “It was strange at first because I was seeing people who are different to me. A lot of them looked depressed and angry, but then when they were skating around I could see them smiling and laughing.”
Nathaniel ‘I had wanted to get any job just to get some money. I had never thought of an actual career, but this came up and now I want to do this for ever. It happens a lot that I go home after a session and feel good that the kids want to come back the next week because I have helped them enjoy it.”
Street Games Swindon • Facebook – Street Games Swindon • Twitter – StreetGamesSN • Web – www.leisureinswindon.gov.uk/street-games