Issued 10th December 2014
EnergizeSTW E-News
Welcome to the latest issue of EnergizeSTW E-news. This newsletter is here for you‌ to help keep you informed of opportunities and developments influencing sport and physical activity across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin. Got something that you would like to share? Drop us a line at enews@energizestw.org.uk with an outline of your article and associated pictures / logos. Friends and colleagues who would like to receive this e-news directly can register via our home page: ww.energizestw.org.uk
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In this issue… Latest News
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Merry Christmas! West Midlands Awards This Girl Can Energize Activities Survey Managing a Capital Project Made Easy New Big Lottery Fund BHFNC Conference 2014 presentation notes BHFNC Physical Activity Update EFDS Being Active Guide England Gold Awards 2015
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Sport England Protected Playing Fields Funding Central
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Outdoor Adventure Sports Conference Sportivate 2015 funding launch night Storm the Castle Duathlon Event Social Enterprise Day 2014 Equestrian Workshop Energy Club Training Course Night Run @ Attingham Park Shropshire Athletics Cross Country Championships Kidz in the Middle
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Latest news
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Seasons Greetings from all the team
West Midlands Sports Awards 2014 Over 300 guests attended the annual West Midlands Sports Awards on Thursday 27th November at Villa Park, hosted by Nick Owen and Mary Rhodes from BBC Midlands Today and sponsored by the Association of Colleges West Midlands. Many Olympic, Paralympic, Commonwealth Games and professional sports stars were in attendance to honour the region’s community sports stars. Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin had 7 finalists with 2 winning awards on the night, they were: Climbing Out – Community Project of the Year Shifnal Cricket Club – Community Club of the Year Congratulations to all the finalists - click here for the full press release
Kelda (centre) from Climbing Out
Shifnal Cricket Club
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Energize Annual Report 2013/14 Energize’s website has been updated with our Annual Report 2013/14 click here to access Our Annual Report contains information on our objectives, financial review, the start of our work on Social Return on Investment (SROI) and our economic impact. Plus more detailed information on specific areas including; Sportivate, Satellite Clubs, Energize Volunteer Academy, School Games, Primary School Sport Premium, Olympic Champion Programme, Community Games and the Energize Awards. You can also access a shortened version from the link above for 2013/14 ‘Highlights’.
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This Girl Can England Athletics would like to make clubs aware of a Sport England campaign that will launch in the New Year. They have sent letters to clubs telling them about the campaign called ‘This Girl Can’, which is a major cross-media campaign For more information, follow this linkwww.englandathletics.org/thisgirlcan-clubs. More advice will be available on this page, that is specific to athletics and running clubs, once more resources and details become available. View the full details
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Please complete our survey! Energize, working with partners are considering putting on some team building activities for workplaces which are fun, social and require minimal commitment. Before we start planning these activities, we want to know what you would like to take part in and when. And if there are any special considerations we need to be aware of please let us know. If you're interested please complete our survey by the end of December 2014. Survey link https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/F9K97VS Thank you!
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Managing a Capital Project Made Easy Does your club need to build a new facility? Are you wondering what needs to be considered before starting a big project for your club? Here are some quick hints and tips of the things you need to consider to get started View the guidance article > 01743 453495 > info@energizestw.org.uk > www.energizestw.org.uk
Creative partnerships: Promoting physical activity by stealth The British Heart Foundation National Centre for Physical Activity and Health (BHFNC) recently held their 2014 conference to look at the concept of stealth interventions and explored how the latest research, theory and practice can be applied to the promotion of physical activity. Stealth interventions aim to piggyback on existing movements or causes where people are doing physical activity, but their primary reason for doing physical activity is something different. For example raising money for a charity through sponsored running or swimming events. From the individuals’ perspectives and those of the movement or cause, the potential benefits to health are considered a beneficial side effect.
Please download the keynote presentations and breakout session slides from this page
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Physical Activity Update 01 December 2014 The latest BHFNC physical activity update provides a round-up of the latest news from the BHFNC as well as the latest publications, reports and news related to physical activity. The December edition includes:
BHNFC vision Summary of the annual BHFNC conference Training from the BHFNC Latest resources from the BHF Conferences and events you may find relevant Physical activity news from around the UK
http://www.bhfactive.org.uk/resources-andpublications-item/41/495/index.html
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“Being Active” guide supports disabled people to enjoy a more active lifestyle A new guide released ahead of International Day for Disabled People supports more disabled people to enjoy an active lifestyle. “Being Active”, unveiled today by the English Federation of Disability Sport in partnership with Disability Rights UK, talks directly to disabled people. It gives inactive disabled people access to relevant information, so they have control over where, what and how they can start being active. Research shows that most disabled people are not as active as they would like to be. According to Sport England’s Active People Survey four out of five disabled people take little or no exercise. But that is not because disabled people do not want to be active. In the English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) Lifestyle Report released in 2013, it found that seven in ten disabled people want to increase their physical activity. The national charity is recognising Wednesday 3 December is International Day of Disabled People with the release of the “Being Active” publication. It aims to improve the number of disabled people choosing to lead an active lifestyle and provides enough guidance on where to start.
“The publication of the ‘Being Active’ guide will hopefully give disabled people interested in being more active information and advice to help get them started.” The Being Active guide is available in accessible PDF and EasyRead formats through the link below: http://www.efds.co.uk/news/3313_being_active_guide_supports_disabled_people_to_enj oy_a_more_active_lifestyle Find out more about International Day for Disabled People For more information on EFDS, visit www.efds.co.uk
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Awards 2015 The search is on to find golf's unsung heroes who give up their time to inspire others to take up and enjoy golf. England Golf is seeking nominations for its first annual awards, which will recognise, celebrate and reward individuals and groups who have made outstanding contributions to ‘raise our game’ and build a bright future for the sport. The winners will be those who contribute within golf clubs, schools, county golf partnerships, training schemes or many other programmes. To nominate please click here and complete the easyto-follow nomination form. The closing date is Friday 27 February, 2015. The awards will be presented at a national conference in April 2015 View the full news item
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Funding
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Sport England Protected Playing Fields Protected playing fields offer large grants from ÂŁ10,000 ÂŁ65,000 for the voluntary and education sector and up to ÂŁ100,00 for local authorities. These grants are to improve the condition of pitches, support the purchase of playing fields, bring disused playing fields back into use or offer help to communities to protect their playing fields. The applicant must hold ownership or a long-term leasehold of 25 years or longer. Match funding is not necessarily required for the voluntary and community sector. Round 7 will open on 10 December 2014 and close on 09 February 2015. Round 8 will open on 14 September 2015 and close on 02 November 2015. https://www.sportengland.org/funding/our-differentfunds/protecting-playing-fields/
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Looking for funding? Try Funding Central Funding Central is a free website for charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises - providing access to thousands of funding and finance opportunities, plus a wealth of tools and resources supporting organisations to develop sustainable income strategies appropriate to their needs. Access the website and start searching for funding straight away http://www.fundingcentral.org.uk/ Or you can register to: • View all funding information (including full contact details) and download useful documents directly from the site. • Create your own personalised user profile where you can tailor information interests, save searches and store funding programmes you are interested in. Plus other benefits Funding Central is managed by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations in partnership with Idox Information Solutions Ltd and is funded by the Office for Civil Society. It covers national funding and finance opportunities for voluntary and community organisations operating in England from European, national, regional and local government and charitable sources. Energize maintain our own spreadsheet with funding opportunities for sports/physical activity projects – contact info@energizestw.org.uk for further details.
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Courses and Events
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Sportivate 2015 Funding Launch Night Sportivate funding launch night (an essential for any group looking to develop a Sportivate project in the new year): Date : January 13th – 6:30pm – 8:00pm: (Free Event) Venue : Telford College of Arts and Technology. Click here to book now On the 13th January 2015 Energize STW, Shropshire Council Leisure Services & Telford and Wrekin Council Leisure services in partnership are hosting a night to share the new Insight tools, project planning resources and themes of Sportivate 2015 , with a view to help projects get on the right track for success with Sportivate in 2015. This event is for anyone interested in developing a project next year for Sportivate. On the night you will have the opportunity to start to develop your project idea, ask questions about the new criteria and access some planning tools developed from the new Sport England Youth Insight resources. Sportivate has helped thousands of young people across the county get more active and this may be your chance to secure a small bit of funding to get your workplace, school, community or club more active! For more info on the event please email info@Energizestw.org.uk or for more in-depth discussions about future projects please contact : Telford and Wrekin : Marvyn Joseph (Marvyn.joseph@telford.gov.uk) Shropshire Council : Emma Tomkins (emma.tomkins@shropshire.gov.uk) Sportivate Overview: Sportivate gives young people between 11-25yrs who are not particularly sporty access to six-to-eight weeks' of subsidised coaching in a range of sports. There’s a wide range of activities on offer including judo, golf, tennis, canoeing, athletics, and parkour/free running (To name just a few). Reserve your place via Eventbrite : https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sportivate2015-funding-launch-plan-develop-and-secure-your-project-for-2015-tickets14782403567
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Storm The Castle Duathlon.....It could leave you in ruins A new event for South Shropshire is planned for next year with organisers claiming it will be the UK's toughest Duathlon! ‘Storm the Castle’ is to be held in Ludlow on Sunday 19th April 2015 and will see competitors undertake a 10km run around the outskirts of the pretty market town. The route will be a mixture of road and trails and will include some steep climbs. The 33km bike course that follows has approximately 500m of elevation. Athletes will then undertake a final 5km run finishing in Ludlow Castle. Please click here for more information about the event or to enter.
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Social Enterprise Day 2014
Not-for-profit organisations are to benefit from FREE HR services, launched to mark Social Enterprise Day by Roots HR CIC. The UK’s first HR consultancy to operate as a social enterprise, Roots HR reinvests its trading surpluses in the development of people management in the social sector. To celebrate SE Day it is announcing an offer of free people management courses, to be run in the West Midlands, the North-West and London. Roots HR is also offering 12 hours free HR support, kindly donated by Citizen Coaching CIC for use by another CIC. To take advantage of these free opportunities please visit: http://tinyurl.com/kmpblnx
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Free Equestrian Workshop Wednesday 21st January 2015 Berriewood Farm, Condover 10:30am – 1:30pm Cost: Free After the recent success of the Equestrian: How to deliver engaging sessions to adults workshop, we are delighted to announce there will be a second course running in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin in January 2015! Click here for the event poster Please take advantage of this FREE great learning and networking opportunity taking place for Equestrian and promote within your centres and organisations. For further information or to book on the course please click here
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Energy Club Training Friday 23rd January 2015 9am – 3:30pm Shrewsbury Sports Village Thursday 15th January 9am- 3:30pm Oldbury Wells School Energy Club encourages children aged 4-11 to play and learn about healthy food choices through fun, physical activities. Sports Leaders UK will provide certificated training and support for leaders and staff at primary schools to prepare them to deliver 30 minute extracurricular activity sessions. Who can deliver an Energy Club? Energy Clubs can be delivered by anyone who has undertaken the Energy Club Leader Award and is over 16 years old. Energy Club Leaders include: Teachers / Teaching Assistants Lunchtime supervisors Parents PTA members Sports Leaders from local secondary schools 6 key reasons to set up an Energy Club: 1. Builds a sustainable extra-curricular club by training Energy Club Leaders. 2. Engages children, especially the least active ones in extra-curricular physical activity. 3. Links with the home encouraging parents to become leaders. 4. Data to evidence the impact of PE and sport funding. 5. Builds partnerships between cluster primary schools and develops primary/secondary school links. 6. Provides a transition to the Playmaker Award - a first step on the leadership pathway. Book via: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/energy-club-training-tickets-13627629607
£95 per ticket - This ticket incorporates the 12 month license fee (£50 per school) to access all Energy Club on-line materials and up to 3 places on the training course. For more information please contact Harry Cade; harry.cade@energizestw.org.uk
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Night Run @ Attingham Park Saturday 14th March 6:30pm Here’s your opportunity to discover Attingham Park in a different light and explore the grounds in the dark. Adventure, explore and see what you can find with route options for all abilities and ages.
Adventure Course 6km Explorer Course 2km Entry fees range from £7-£15 Click here for the Poster
Please book online prior to the event: Click here for more information
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SHROPSHIRE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS SATURDAY 3rd JANUARY 2015 LILLESHALL NATIONAL SPORTS CENTRE U13 GIRLS U13 BOYS U15 GIRLS/U17 GIRLS U15 BOYS/U17 BOYS PRESENTATIONS SENIOR/JUNIOR & VET WOMEN SENIOR/JUNIOR & VET MEN
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Selection for the Inter County Championships will be automatic for the first 6 finishers in each age group with 2 discretionary places. Ages at 31st of August 2014 (Juniors note IAAF age groupings) Entry Fees All teams 3 to score except senior men 6 to score. Please enter as many teams of 4 (or 8 senior men) or individuals as you wish. Under 13 & Under 15, Under 17 £2.50 Junior, Senior & Vet Women £3.00 Junior, Senior & Vet Men £3.00 Cheques with entries made payable to Shropshire A.A Entries to: Colin Lancaster, Bircher Cottage, Ludlow Road, Little Stretton, Shropshire SY6 6RE Mobile 0750 388 3132 Entries close 31st December 2014. Late entries will not be accepted Clubs wishing to claim athletes entered by schools, who are not running for their school must notify the results team 30 minutes before their race. Contact Colin Lancaster for more information & a booking form colin@shropshirefitness.com 0750 388 3132
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Kidz in the Middle 9.30am – 4.30pm Thursday, 19th March 2015 Jaguar Exhibition Hall, Ricoh Arena, Coventry, CV6 6GE Free Entry, Free Parking, Fully Accessible! Information on: funding, seating, beds, mobility, accessible vehicles, bathing, education, transition, communication, sensory, sport, leisure and much more! Come and join us at this free exhibition for children and young adults with disabilities and special needs, their parents, carers and the professionals who support them! 120+ exhibitors Kidz in the Middle is a one stop shop offering the most up to date advice and information on equipment, products and services and much more. The advice and information you gather at the events can really help improve independence and quality of life. Funding Point In view of the current economic climate the Kidz Team have introduced a Funding Point to all the Kidz events. Here you can access information on alternative funding streams for equipment and much more. Voluntary and service organisations will also be on hand with information on services, support, respite, holidays, publications and so on. Free CPD seminar A full programme of free, CPD seminars for professionals and parents will run alongside the exhibition, offering visitors the perfect opportunity to update their knowledge and understanding on particular hot topics such as: moving and handling, sleep, behaviour and much more. A full timetable will appear on Disabled Living’s website and within the visitors free entry ticket and show guide as plans progress. For your visitors free entry tickets or information on any of our Kidz events contact the organisers:- Disabled Living:- Tel 0161 607 8200 Email info@disabledliving.co.uk www.kidzexhibitions.co.uk
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December - January Calendar Click the events for more information. If you have an event to add, email enews@energizestw.org.uk December Mon 1
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Twitter Highlights! Every fortnight Energize will pick out our favourite tweets from team members and partners, from those who’ve been helping hearts beat faster in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin through sport and physical activity! Tweet away @EnergizeCSP
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Contact Us CHRIS CHILD: Chief Executive BEN HARPER: Senior Sports Manager HELEN FREEDMAN (nee Redwood): Senior Business Manager IAN DUCKMANTON: Marketing & Communications Manager HELEN MADDEN: Office Manager JOE LOCKLEY: Club Development Manager HARRY CADE: Youth Sport Manager GEMMA BRITTON (nee Harrison): Coaching and Volunteering Manager HELEN WHITE: Business Development Officer JESSICA LIGHTWOOD: Shropshire Inclusion Officer firstname.surname@energizestw.org.uk Central telephone: 01743 453 495
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