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Step Into Sport
Sport relies on 1.5 million volunteer officials, coaches, administrators and managers. Step into Sport is encouraging children, young people and adults to begin and continue an involvement in sports leadership and volunteering. At the same time, it is encouraging governing bodies, county sports partnerships and clubs to develop and implement volunteering strategies. By addressing the supply and demand sides of sports volunteering in this way, Step into Sport will ensure that local clubs are geared up to receive, develop and deploy a steady supply of new volunteers. The programme has clear links to citizenship.
How is it being delivered in Wirral?
Step Into Sport is being delivered since 2003 in 2 School Sport Coordinator partnerships across the Wirral by a consortium of the YST, the British Sports Trust and Sport England, each of which has specific responsibilities:
YST - introducing young people in Wirral schools to volunteering; deploying 60 young people through the TOP LINK programme in organising festivals of sport for pupils from local primary and special schools; and organising programmes of mentored volunteering by young people in the community.
For more information on Step Into Sport, contact Dave Simmonds (School Sport Liaison Officer) Tel: 0151 653 1316, email: davesimmonds@wirral.gov.uk