Despite the challenges of 2020, the Shuttle Time programme has performed remarkably well. Total reported participation in 2020 was 65,754 which was 73% of 2019 levels, pleasing to see given the restrictions most of our members faced for periods of the year.
Shuttle Time 2020 Statistics Country
# # Tutors Teachers trained trained
Obviously COVID-19 impacted on grassroots activity, with many countries participation rates impacted. Whilst the total number of participants may have been down, the quality of participation has increased again, up from an average of 4.2 sessions per participant in 2019 to an average of 5 sessions each in 2020.
# # % Avg # Youth % Female % Disability Participants Participation sessions per Leaders participation participation involved vs 2019 participant Awarded
Australia
55
24,307
↑ 20%
52*
2.0*
4.3*
Cook Islands
12
1,153
↓ 29%
54
1.6
6.0
137
5,398
↓ 40%
51
2.9
2.4
45
↓ 93%
27
100
1.0
162
↓ 73%
33
0
1.4
29,443
↓ 28%
48
0.5
5.2
Fiji
1
Guam Kiribati
3
Nauru
18 9
New Caledonia New Zealand
7
54
73
Norfolk Island
↓ 100%
Northern Marianas
83
↑ 100%
45
0
4.9
Papua New Guinea
3,194
↓ 57%
42
9.0
9.2
78
↓ 92%
51
0
3.4
Samoa Solomon Islands
↓ 100%
Tahiti
626
↓ 78%
45
3.7
4.9
Tonga
713
↓ 88%
48
2.0
5.8
Tuvalu
552
↑ 100%
49
0
8.2
↓ 27%
49 %
1.1 %
5.0
TOTAL % Female
11
285
73
65,754
27%
54%
60%
49%
* Estimated figures as Sporting Schools reporting does not provide all data we require
38%
6/16 Members increased their Shuttle Time workforce in 2020
75% 12/16 Members reported on Shuttle Time participation
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School sets distributed to Pacific countries 22
