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The Sprint Project

What is Sprint?

London Community Sports Network (LCSN) received funding from the London Development Agency to deliver the Sprint Project and was launched on 27 February 2007 at the Emirates Stadium in conjunction with regional partner agencies.

The Sprint Project is a bespoke programme which aims to up skill the youth and community sport workforce who work with young people that are at risk of exclusion. This unique new Olympic inspired project provides continual professional development to the community sports and recreation workforce across the 33 London boroughs with a special focus on those working in the five Olympic host boroughs. The programme will be running for 2 years initially.

Through a package of over forty different FREE training courses (both accredited and non-accredited) Sprint will increase the skills of the workforce in order to support the diverse issues facing young people. What does the Project offer? Sprint has been specifically designed for the youth and community sports workforce.

This exciting programme of professional development focuses clearly on three vocational areas:

• Sports & Physical Activity leadership

• Youth & Community Work

• Project Management

Sprint will offer 500 learners from across every London borough (250 of those will specifically be from the five host Olympic borough) the opportunity to access accredited (Level 1, 2 and 3 qualifications) and non-accredited courses and provide informal learning opportunities with seminars, short workshops and masterclasses.

A wide range of topics in each field will be offered including:

Sports coaching certificates (e.g. football, cricket, basketball, boxing, table tennis, handball, volleyball, archery, boccia, kayaking, netball, badminton, CSLA, athletics, tag rugby, cycling leader, street dance)

  • Understanding Eating Disorders, Advanced Emergency Aid & First aid courses, Advanced Child Protection,
  • Disability Awareness in Coaching, Introduction to Fundamentals of Movement and How to Coach Effectively
  • Certificate in Community Sports Work and Certificate in Managing Community Sports
  • Introduction to Youth Work, Working with Gangs, Young men and Anger, Tackling Bullying, Working with Challenging Behaviour, Basic Counselling and Substance Misuse
  • Successful Project Management and Skills for Life

Sprint will also provide clear paths for progression with an employment support package which includes work shadowing, job swaps, Employment Brokerage linked to the 2012 Games and an employer’s fair.

Who can get involved?

The Sprint Project will be targeted at people who deliver (or wish to deliver) community sports programmes to young people at risk of exclusion which includes community sports coaches, youth sport officers, youth workers, activity leaders, community development officers and outreach officers.

For further details of eligibility click Eligibility

For further details of each course click Course listing

To download prospectus 3 click here

 


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Employment Support Workshop
Employment Skills Workshop Programme Overview:

This is a practical 3 and a half hour workshop delivered from 9.00am to 12.30pm or from 1.30pm to 5.00pm on the 16th & 30th June 08 and is aimed at developing three of the core skills required to access and secure employment.

This workshop is broken down into three modules as follows:

 How to write the best CV ever!

 Letter writing skills to help get that interview!

 Interview techniques to make a lasting impression!

Sprint 2008 Prospectus - Out Now!
The New Sprint Prospectus- is out now!
Loads of new Sport/Youth Work and Project Management courses has been added so it's well worth a look!

Events & Training

Football Coaching Certificate Level Two
Date: 1 September 2008
Duration: 5 days. The course length is 60-90 hours long including coaching experience and assessment days
Venue: Douglas Eyre Sports Centre, Walthamstow

Certificate in Community Sports Work Level Three VRQ
Date: 4 September 2008
Duration: 3 training days and 45 hours of field book (65 hours in total) Same day for three weeks

Amateur Swimming Association - Level 2 Swimming Coach
Date: 6 September 2008
Venue: Jags Sports Centre, Dulwich


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