Active Schools Network

What is Active Schools?

sportscotland's earlier work on Active Schools

About the Active Schools Staffing Network

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Out of School Hours Learning

Sporting Champions

Health Promoting Schools

Sporting Champions

We all had our childhood heroes, people we admired and want to emulate. Our sports stars of today can be a major influence on our young people and help inspire our heroes of tomorrow.

The Sporting champions scheme sees our top stars visit schools and encourage young people to participate in sport and adopt healthy, active lifestyles.

Not everyone has the ability to make it to the top but giving our young people an insight into the lifestyle of our top athletes can encourage them to make positive life choices.

Champions are involved in a range of activities, including:

• Visits to primary, secondary and special schools
• Presentation of cups, certificates and badges
• Speaking at schools assemblies and to small groups of youngsters about their experiences and life choice they have made
• Coaching groups of young people, passing on their knowledge and enthusiasm

Although the scheme uses prominent personalities who have been successful in their sport, it focuses on sport participation rather than sporting excellence.

For further information please contact Tina Reid (PMP Consultants) on 0131 243 2594.