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The Sprint Project
The first phase of The Sprint Project will come to an end at the end of 2008. I am writing to thank you for your contribution and involvement in the project and to let you know how the project is happening in the future.
What has been achieved?
The Sprint Project has achieved on several levels. Over 1450 training opportunities have been delivered for individuals delivering community sport with young people in the Five Host Boroughs and across London. Over 170 individuals have achieved qualification at NVQ Level 1, 260 at NVQ Level 2 and over 30 at NVQ 3. We have delivered training in over 45 different subject areas and have worked with providers to create and accredit five new qualifications specifically to meet the needs of our beneficiaries. These are just some of the statistics but to find out more about how people have been affected by the training they have accessed please contact our team and ask for information on the Sprint Case Studies.
What happens now?
London Community Sports Network runs and manages the Sprint Project and is working behind the scenes to raise funding to develop and expand the project from 2009 onwards. For regular updates about how this is going please check our website www.communitysports.org.uk/sprint/.
Where else can you access training opportunities?
Although the Sprint Project is temporarily closing its doors for business, the project will be up and running again in Spring 2009. In the meantime if you want to find out about training availability you can do so through a number of other projects in London:
Technical Officials Project
The scheme aims to increase the number of qualified officials and upskill existing officials. The scheme is hoping to attract key target groups including people with a disability, women, Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups and is available to anyone including those already officiating looking to increase their qualification and complete newcomers. For more information contact: bursary@continuumleisure.co.uk or call 020 7554 8691 or check the website www.officialsports.org .
Sprint ED- Skills for Life Project
This is a new project developed by LCSN to provide opportunities to brush up your Maths and English skills and gain a national qualification. You can get access to training which is relevant to your job role and your area of work, flexible and which will be delivered at times and places which suit you, results in a national qualification and free or at low cost. Finally, you can contact your local authority Sports Development Team for local availability of training opportunities or continue to check our website for update information about dates and times of new courses starting in Spring 2009.
Finally, you can contact your local authority Sports Development Team for local availability of training opportunities as well as your local PRO-ACTIVEs.
Thank you in advance for your support with the project and I look forward to working with you in the future.
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