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Holiday Activities

Energized is a District wide sports and activity programme for 4 to 12 years olds that takes place during February half-term, Easter, Summer and October half-term holidays. Many different sports and activities are involved and range from Horse Riding and Adventure Days to Tennis, Hockey and Football. Also included are a number of taster sessions to enable participants to try out different sports and learn new skills and coach education courses to train new coaches. Courses are run in many different areas across the District including Ditton Priors, Worfield, Albrighton, Alveley, Broseley and many more.

May school holidays 2008

Download the Energized Brochure.

Download the Energized Timetable.

For more information about Energized or Xtreme please contact the Youth Sport Development Team on sportsdev@bridgnorth-dc.gov.uk or 01746 713191.

Holiday activities for young people are also available at:

• Bridgnorth Sport and Leisure Centre - 01746 761541
• Much Wenlock Leisure Centre - 01952 727629
• Idsall Sports Centre - 01958 460499
• Severn Centre, Highley - 01746 860000

Xtreme

Can't travel to one of our sports and leisure centres to take part in activities? Nothing on in your area? Then Xtreme may be the answer to your problems, be a boredom buster and a parent saver in the Summer holidays!

The fully qualified Xtreme Rangers are easily recognisable in their black xtreme t-shirts and will carry a bag full of FUN sports and arts equipment. The Xtreme Rangers will also have ideas on games and activities that you may not of thought of before, and will be able to point you in the direction of any other organised activities happening in your area.

Xtreme may be visiting your area during your Summer holidays, look out for posters in your village or information at your school. All activities will be FREE of charge, young people MUST provide emergency contact details when taking part in all activities. Xtreme activities are suitable for 12 to 17 years olds.

Xtreme has been made possible through funding from Active England and Building Safer Communities Fund on behalf of the Bridgnorth Community Safety Partnership.

Download the Xtreme Easter Holiday 2008 brochure.

Download the Xtreme Easter Holiday 2008 Timetable.

After-School Sessions

TOP Play and TOP Sport are national schemes that are implemented locally through an extensive programme offering weekly coaching sessions. The aim of the programme is to enable young people to enjoy top quality sports opportunities appropriate to their age and stage of development. TOP Play offers core skills and fun sport for 4-9 year olds and TOP Sport provides coaching in a variety of sports for 7-11 year olds.

Sessions are currently run after school in many primary schools across the district. If you would like more information about After-School sessions please contact the Youth Sports Development Officers.

Coaches and Volunteers

To ensure that there are sufficient leaders and coaches to deliver programmes, and to increase the number and quality of coaches within local clubs, a coach education programme has been developed. This involves the provision of various courses and workshops throughout the year, which are accessible and affordable.

For further details on coach education courses and to see if you are eligible for a coach education subsidy please contact the Youth Sports Development Officers.

If you are interested in becoming involved in coaching, undertaking coach education/training or furthering your development as a coach in any sport please let us know.

Sports Clubs

Support can be provided to local sports clubs to increase membership, recruit new coaches and volunteers, train existing coaches and volunteers and raise funds. Particularly important is supporting clubs to achieve Clubmark Accreditation. Clubmark (or other National Governing Body of Sport equivalent accreditation) shows that a sports club offers a safe, effective, equitable and friendly environment for young people to gain sports coaching, competitive experiences and social skills. For further information about the accreditation scheme in your sport either contact the Youth Sport Development Officer or your local Governing Body Officer.

Shropshire Youth Games

The Shropshire Youth Games is held during the summer term and is a festival of sport covering over 10 sports. Teams are selected in each District in Shropshire through trials, schools festivals and competitions.  The chosen team then competes for their District at the Shropshire Youth Games.

Bridgnorth District Sports Advisory Council

The Bridgnorth District Sports Advisory Council (BDSAC) provides financial support to residents of Bridgnorth District to undertake different sporting experiences. The grants include:

• Individual Coaching - for individuals with County honours or higher to undertake a specific specialised coaching session or course in order to improve standards of performance
• Coach and Official Courses - for coaches, volunteers and officials to access education courses
• Club Based Coach and Official Courses - for clubs to organise education courses for their coaches, volunteers and officials
• Sports Coaching Courses - to organise new coaching sessions for clubs to develop their junior sections or to establish new clubs
• Capital Projects and Equipment - for clubs to purchase new equipment or for small scale facility development

To be able to access the above grants, clubs must be affiliated to BDSAC.

Complete the Affiliation Form and return it with the £5 fee to the address at the end of the form.

Contact:

Youth Sports Development Officers telephone: 01746 713191 fax: 01746 764414 email: sportsdev@bridgnorth-dc.gov.uk