Sportivate Info
Sportivate is a £32 million Lottery programme that gives 14-25 year olds access to six-week courses in a range of sports including judo, golf, tennis, wakeboarding, athletics, and parkour or free running.
Not only is it a chance for them to learn a new sport or improve on existing skills, but if they keep taking part after the course is finished, they could find themsleves on their way to watch the London 2012 Olympic or Paralympics Games. All participants who complete their course, missing no more than one session, and keep playing the sport for at least another three months will be entered into a ballot for free London 2012 tickets.
The programme is aimed at those who are not currently choosing to take part in sport in their own time, or are doing so for a very limited amount of time – and will support them to continue playing sport in their community after the six weeks is up. During the six weeks a participant may work towards an event or personal challenge.
Sportivate is fully inclusive and target participants across this group, including young people who have a disability, males and females and people from people BME groups.
Background
Nationally, £32 million of National Lottery Funding (revenue) will be invested in Sportivate with further partnership funding (cash and in-kind) being invested by local partners. In West Yorkshire, this equates to £1,580,000 investment.
Sportivate began in April 2011 and will run for 4 years until March 2015. The Sportivate programme is part of the Play strand of Sport England’s London 2012 mass participation legacy programme ‘People Places Play’.
For documentation to apply - please go to Deliverers and Coaches pages (or click on the links on the right of this page)
Identified District Co-ordinators across West Yorkshire facilitate the application process for Sportivate projects.
Local Co-ordinators
Bradford – Bradford Council
Paul Evans – Community Sport and Active Development Officer
Bradford MDC - Community Sport and Active Development Unit The Leisure Centre, Victoria Park, Hard Ings Road, Keighley, BD21 3JN
Email: paul.evans@bradford.go.uk | Tel: 01535 681763 / 07582 104790
Calderdale – Calderdale Council
Chris Shiroda – Sport and Activity Development Coordinator
Safer and Stronger Communities Directorate Activity and Community Development, Shaw Hill Halifax, HX1 2YS
Email: chris.shiroda@calderdale.gov.uk | Tel: 01422 264746 / 07734 482903
Kirklees – Kirklees Council
Debra France-Sargeant – Sport Development Officer
Active Sport and Recreation, Red Doles Lane, Huddersfied, HD2 1YS
Email: debra.france-sargeant@kirklees.gov.uk | Tel: 01484 234012 / 07814 679639
Leeds – Leeds Council
Lisa Moseley Sport Development Officer
John Charles Centre for Sport, Middleton Grove, Leeds, LS11 5DJ
Email: lisa.moseley@leeds.gov.uk | Tel: 07891 275384
Wakefield – Wakefield Council
Shaun Selby – Acting youth Sport Manager
Town Hall, Normanton, Wakefield, WF6 2DZ
Email: shaunselby@wakefield.gov.uk | Tel: 01924 307254
For further information and application deadlines, please contact your local co-ordinator.
Sportivate in the news
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nternational Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge has hailed London 2012 as a “legacy blueprint” for future Olympic Games at a ...
33,000 youngsters inspired into sport as legacy programme gathers momentum
33,000 young people have been inspired to do sport in their own time in the first six months of Sportivate - Sport England’s Olympic and Paralym...
London 2012: Torch Relay in West Yorkshire The Olympic torch will pass through Huddersfield, Halifax and Bradford with an overnight stop in Leeds on ...
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