Highlights

Highlights

Year 2 highlights:

• Dundee and Angus College have established and enhanced deeper, more meaningful partnerships both internally and externally to drive sustainability and ensure the best possible experience and outcomes for learners, employers, and the wider region to support the framework now and within the future.

Curriculum and services are being delivered in new and innovative ways that drive success and are engaging, flexible and streamlined.

• Learn to Swim officially launched at Forfar Community Campus in partnership with ANGUSalive & Scottish Swimming, attended by Great Britain’s most decorated swimmer in Olympic Games history

Duncan Scott MBE

• Active Schools saw a continued recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic and this year over 8000 extracurricular physical activity sessions were on offer, delivered by over 440 volunteers

• 181 Higher Education pupils completed education courses through the Sports Leadership Academy (19 different courses were delivered)

• New 3G surface laid at Forfar Athletic FC using the new Scottish FA Facility Fund

• New 3G surface and asset transfer of Arbroath High School Astro to Skilz Academy, part funded by sportscotland’s Sports Facility Fund, Place Based Investment Fund, Seagreen Community Fund and Angus Council Participatory Fund

• The launch of a new Athlete Support Programme for young aspiring athletes “Developing Athlete Support Angus”

• Over £150k of funding attracted to Angus through sport and physical activity type projects and initiatives including “Awards for All Funding”

Priorities

of the Framework working groups for 2023/2024 are as follows:

Develop a skilled network of people to deliver sport in Angus

• Development of an Angus Club and Community organisation online tool to support safeguarding and development

• Support Community Sport Hubs network to understand community mapping and identify local need

• Create a more aligned, person centred higher and further education placement offering that puts the needs of the individual first

We ensure quality physical education, physical activity and sport opportunities for all children and young people in Angus

• Development of an Early year/First Level motor skills development programme, aimed at helping teachers and parents understand whether their child is meeting key developmental milestones in terms of their physical literacy and improving confidence in engaging in activity opportunities. To be piloted in a small number of schools during the 23/24 session

• Developing a clearer and more consistent evaluation process for the sites delivering the primary swim programme across Angus, to ensure this can be used to identify children and young people needing further support and improving data sharing with the ANGUSalive LTS offer. Initial pilot to target non swimmers in P6/7 who have already had their primary school swimming input during the summer of 23/24

• Pilot of a secondary PE department supporting and delivering primary PE in an associated cluster primary school

• Closer collaboration between ANGUSalive and Early Years’ service to promote pre-school activities and look at direct support/tasters to EY settings

Ensuring sport and physical activity is accessible and inclusive for everyone in Angus/Social Prescribing and closer links to Health and Social Care Partnership

• Develop a communications plan and campaign around physical activity messaging ‘What is PA?’, How much is enough?, ‘Am I active?’ and What is available for me?’

• Development and delivery of Angus Green Health Partnership

• Continued support to Primary, Secondary and Community services and organisations to adopt and implement National Physical Activity Pathway

• Ensure there is clear and collaborative communications approach for engaging residents in sport and physical activity

• Map, develop and implement the support for local athletes on the pathway to performance sport

• Support clubs and Community Sport Hub’s in their aspiration to develop local infrastructure

• Have strong and sustainable sports clubs that are an integral part of our communities

*Please note the Pathways group leadership & representation has recently changed and are working towards a refocused set of priorities based on current need’*