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Fit for Girls is specifically aimed at girls and young women who are least likely to be physically active, who are not currently active in the extra curricular setting and in some cases, those who opt out of curricular PE.
National Project Manager Michelle Livingston commenced employment in September 2008 to oversee the Fit for Girls programme. Five trainers have been recruited to roll out practitioner training workshops over the period September 2008 – June 2010.It is hoped the delivery of Fit for Girls will encourage collaborated working between practitioners at a local level. Each school will be asked to identify their key practitioners involved in PE, sport and physical activity, and in some cases their local community, that would benefit from attending a Fit for Girls workshop session. Representation should include key PE (SMT essential) and Active Schools staff but may also include sports development staff, youth workers, social workers and volunteers.
The workshops will provide practitioners with the tools and skills to focus on the specific needs of girls and young women by establishing an action plan, outlining key outcomes and identifying how these can be integrated within existing school/cluster development planning. Local authorities should aim to collate school action plans and submit to the Fit for Girls project manager within three months of the training date. Following approval of an action plan, Active Schools Managers will be provided with a start up grant of £700 to distribute to schools. There is flexibility in how this fund can be used to support the action plan, however it can not be used to employ staff/coaches as this is not viewed as a long term sustainable activity. Please refer to the Fit for Girls Case Studies to see examples of what schools in the pilot programme used the funding for.
The Scottish Government expects schools to continue to work towards the provision of two hours of good quality PE for each child every week. Physical activity and sport will take place in addition to planned PE sessions, at break times and lunchtimes and after the school day.
Together the combined experiences and outcomes of physical education, physical activity and sport are intended to establish a pattern of daily physical activity which, research has shown, is most likely to lead to sustained physical activity in adult life. (Health & Wellbeing for All, 2008)
The overall outcome for Fit for Girls is to increase the level of physical activity among those secondary school aged girls who are least likely to be physically active.
Youth Sport Trust and sportscotland will be responsible for monitoring Fit for Girls over the next three year period and will report against key performance indicators as follows:
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