Supporting Your Participants Through Solid Foundations
These are the corner stones on which we believe all those supporting activity should base their foundations upon. The follow opportunities have been developed with local and national partners to support our people to create safe, welcoming, and enjoyable environments for all participants.
Sharing Experiences
We believe the power of sharing experiences with unrepresented communities is vital to support everyone delivering physical activity and sport to become truly inclusive in their practise. Working with individuals and organisations across Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland we have created opportunities for people to develop their understanding of how to tackle inequalities and support the following:
- Ethnically Diverse Communities
- People With Disabilities and Additional Needs
- Women & Girls
- LGBT
- Older People and those living with long term health conditions
Whether you are an individual looking to develop your own practises or an organisation looking to engage with different communities local to you, please make contact directly with Luke Green (Workforce Development Officer) to discuss how you can access these opportunities.
Case Study: Stride with Pride
This case study outlines the Stride with Pride project undertaken during the 2021 summer period, which had the aim of encouraging more members of the LGBT+ community to engage in exercise. Have a read and get the thoughts and reflections of the project from Active Together Running and Walking Activator and Leicester's LGBT+ Funding and Development manager.
Support
We have a fantastic range of local and national providers delivering a wealth of training and development across a broad range of topics. This section highlights who those providers are and how to access training beyond local opportunities.
Physical Activity for Health Training
Training opportunities for health care practitioners to access physical activity training.
Providing a platform to make it easier to find the information you need to create change in your local area. Including the Data and Statistics portal, Research and Evidence portal and the Tools and Resources portal.
UK Coaching has a wealth of online resources and courses to help you to get ready for the future in your coaching and club experiences.
Club Matters provide online modules and have adapted their face-to-face workshops to be delivered virtually.
CIMPSA membership gives you access to hundreds of online CPD courses. CPD on offer ranges from quick ebriefings to certificate courses.
Sport Structures are a large national training organisation, providing education and training in a variety of sports.
HM Government: The Skills Toolkit
You can find free, high quality digital and numeracy courses in The Skills Toolkit put together by experts.
Small/Medium enterprises in Leicester or Leicestershire can access digital focussed seminars and workshops - including many tailored specifically to the current climate.
In response to Covid-19 and lockdown restrictions GoLearn has created NEW online learning resources for adults across Leicestershire to access for FREE.
OpenLearn gives you access to materials and expert opinion on topical issues including Sport, Health and Education.
Play Their Way Digital Toolkit
Join the movement, Build the movement, Be the movement Play Their Way digital assets designed to support sector partners in their child-first coaching journey
Additional Guidance
The following guidance is for anyone involved in the physical activity and sport sector, whether working professionally or in a volunteer capacity.
Here are some recommendations which can help structure your personal development:
Create a personal development plan (or review the one you currently have).
Invest time in reviewing your plan, assessing if it's still applicable and amending it to support you in the future. If creating a plan for the first time, think about the following:
- Consider the skills you already have.
- Identify the skills you think you need now and in the future.
- Work out what you want to achieve and how to achieve it. Ensure you can access the relevant training resources and that they are in a format that supports you.
Build the learning/ development opportunities into your weekly routine.
This will help with structuring your working week so that your development fits in well with your personal and professional life.
Explore ways to plan for the future.
Ask yourself 'how will I take this learning forward and implement it? What can I do differently in my role now this learning has taken place? How can I think creatively?'.
Connect with colleagues and friends.
Discuss your findings and new knowledge with others - it will help you embed your new skills and will no doubt help others too. This is also a great way to create opportunities to share best practice!
For more information please contact:
Luke Green
Workforce Development Officer
Active Together
I am working flexibly in the office or at home, therefore please contact me via email or phone number provided.
My areas of responsibility are:
- Developing People
- Graduate Programme
- Blaby Link Officer
- Telephone
- 01509 467479
- l.green@active-together.org
