Sport and Physical Activity Development Team

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What we do

Our localities

Community Sport and Physical Activity

l Club Durham

l Volunteer Durham

l County Durham Coaches Conference/Mentorship Durham

l Durham Institute of Sport

Target Groups

l Join In/50+ activities

l WaGs Durham/Sportsability Durham

l Wellness on Wheels and well-being hubs

l Walking, running and cycling

Community Health

l Check 4 Life/Exercise Referral

l The Weighless Scheme/FISCH

Inspiring Partnerships

l Community Sport and Physical Activity Networks

l Sport and Physical Activity Awards/Big Challenge events

Useful contacts

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What we do

This booklet aims to provide you with an overview of the key programmes from Durham CountyCouncil Sport and Physical Activity Development Team, and to outline some of the services wherewe work alongside and on behalf of partners, to help local people to start and to stay active.

At a local level, we offer a range of support and funding to help voluntary sport and physicalactivity organisations to develop and grow in strength and capacity; to increase opportunities toparticipate for all ages and levels. Additionally, we have a number of area based teams who helpto create a menu of sport and physical activity opportunities led by the community for thecommunity. We compliment this work by providing a community health programme supported bySpecialist Physical Activity Consultants, to inspire and reach those who are not yet active.

On a strategic level, we focus upon attracting resources and planning withpartners to ensure that there is a high quality choice of activities forall residents across County Durham.

Finally, we try to inspire, by supporting a range offun activity challenges and celebratory events tohelp engage with non-participants and raise theprofile of all that is good about taking part in sportand physical activity.

Our goal is to increaseparticipation in sportand physical activity inCounty Durham.

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Our localitiesOur work is informed by five Community Sportand Physical Activity Networks. These help usto plan with our partners for an area, attractfunding and to encourage joint working.Durham County Council and Leisureworks

(in former Derwentside) have skilled staffbased in each locality to deal with local issuesand projects, but also to coordinate countywide programmes and opportunities at acommunity level.

Peterlee

Stanley

Bishop Auckland

Consett

StanhopeCowshill

Middleton in Teesdale

EgglestonStaindrop

Barnard Castle

Chester-le-Street

Shildon

Sedgefield

Spennymoor

Newton Aycliffe

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l Durham Dales

l Durham and Chester-le-Street

l East Durham

l Sedgefield

l Derwentside (managed by Leisureworks)

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Club Durham

This free support scheme helps clubs to develop plans that will sustain them into the future andachieve their full potential. The support package includes:

l Access to the Club Durham small grants scheme

l One-to-one help with other funding - advice on where to find it and support with your applications

l Advice and support on club governance, safety, operations and accreditation

l Tips and advice on recruiting and keeping members

Each of the five locality areas across the county hold regular Club Durham network meetings

to plan joint taster events, share good practice, access local funding and to find out about

new initiatives.

We also work closely with a range of other organisations to help support your needs and

hope we are therefore a good local ‘phone a friend’ service.

For further details on Club Durham and to register for support and advice, call us or email clubdurham@durham.gov.uk

Community

sport and

physical

activity

Over 300 clubsalready takeadvantage of thescheme.

03000 28 2012 www.durham.gov.uk/clubdurham

Over 1000 volunteers receive our support.

Withoutvolunteerscommunitysportwouldn’thappen.

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Volunteer Durham

Being a volunteer or coach requires commitment and passion,however it can be very rewarding and can help you ‘givesomething back’ to your community. For you, the individual, it’s agreat way of enhancing your employability through gaining newskills and qualifications and can be a good opportunity to meetnew people, make new friends and provide an escape from yourwork or personal routine.

Our scheme supports a workforce of quality and committedvolunteers. Our officers work with National Governing Bodies(NGBs), County Durham Sport and a range of partners toprovide a coordinated plan of training opportunities, to helpupskill the present volunteer and coaching force, successfullyrecruit new volunteers and match new recruits with clubs andplacement opportunities.

Anyone who lives, plays, volunteers or studies in County Durhamcan benefit from Volunteer Durham support. For further detailscall us or email sportandleisurevolunteers@durham.gov.uk

03000 28 2012 www.durham.gov.uk/clubvolunteers

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County Durham Coaches Conference

Following the success of the London 2012 Olympic andParalympic Games, which inspired the first CoachesConference, this is now an annual event. Delivered inpartnership with County Durham Sport, the conference isaimed at inspiring our local coaches, both experiencedand new and includes a range of presentations, as wellas motivational guest speakers, clinics and workshops. Not to be missed by coaches.

Mentorship Durham

This scheme provides the opportunity for developing coachesto benefit from workshops and one-to-one mentorship fromthe county’s and region’s best coaches.

All our mentors are experts chosen by their NGBs and the aimis to inspire and give future coaching talent the confidenceand skills to follow in their footsteps.

This scheme is developed with full support of the NGBs in a range of sports and delivered in partnership with our key performance clubs.

If you would like to be involved in Mentorship Durham, or for further information please contact us.

903000 28 2012 www.durham.gov.uk/durhaminstituteofsport

Durham Institute of Sport

Durham Institute of Sport (DIS) is a key part of County Durham’s legacyfor the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics. It is a new partnershipinitiative aiming to provide support services to foster the talents ofDurham’s most elite athletes, whilst increasing their potential for medalwinning success.

Working hand-in-hand with the best performers, coaches and sportspractitioners, the scheme will provide cutting edge assistance to optimisetraining, preparation and performance.

Support may include free facility access, strength and conditioning support,sport science analysis, small grants and high level development workshops.

The scheme has the full endorsement of the NGBs.

If you are performing at regional level or above, this scheme is for you.Places are awarded on a competitive basis. For details of the applicationprocess please contact us.

Supportinglocal talentto performon theworldstage.

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Sport teaches youngpeople transferableskills such assportsmanship, fairness,perseverance and adesire to succeed.

Join In

This legacy project delivers pathways to childrenand young people aged 5-25 and inspires a newgeneration to engage in learning new skills,physical activity and sport.

Whether it’s recreational sports at the park, anafter school club or a basic multi-skills session,our team provides a programme to helpencourage an active lifestyle through to adulthood,and supports young people to reach their fullpotential.

If you would like to Join In or find out more pleasecontact us.

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50 years+

In addition to activities within leisurecentres and the big outdoors, we support aprogramme of age sensitive activities incommunity centres and well-being hubscounty-wide. Over 40 classes per week areoffered, some in partnership with Age UKand Leisureworks which all support gentleexercise opportunities.

1103000 28 2012 www.durham.gov.uk/sportsability

WaGs Durham(Women and Girl’s Sport)

This is a community based sport and fitness offer aimed atfemales aged 16 years and over, providing the support forindividuals to come along and try something new or differentand give them the motivation to keep coming back.

We offer high quality affordable sessions at beginners level, aswell as ‘come and try’ fun events such as runs, walksand sponsored workouts. There is somethingon offer for every women and girl, nomatter what their fitness levels orwhere they live in the county.

Only 1 in 5women and 1 in 10 girlsdo enoughexercise tostay fit,healthy andhappy.

Sportsability Durham

This is our programme of sport and physical activity for disabled adults,young people and children. Sportsability clubs are multi-activity and adaptedto meet individual needs. The main focus is on having fun through sport andindividuals are encouraged to play regardless of ability.

Structured sports sessions are led by coaches who make sure allparticipants stay involved and active. We have a number of sessions runningthroughout the county targeting both children and adults in each locality.

Through Club Durham we are also working with our local clubs to make theminclusive and accessible for participants looking for a structured pathway.

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400 hours ofcommuntiy ledactivity every week.

03000 28 2012 www.durham.gov.uk/wow

Wellness on Wheels and community well-being hubs

Wellness on Wheels (WOW) is an award winning mobile fitnessand lifestyle resource, providing free physical activity to residents.WOW visits targeted areas for 8-10 weeks providing opportunitiesto people who may not have otherwise taken part due to barrierssuch as confidence, cost and distance.

Whilst the WOW Truck visits, the Community Action Team workwith the local community to inspire and encourage a legacyproject to remain, delivered by the community and for thecommunity. This could be a community gym, a walking group orexercise programme and ideally a growing menu of options.

The county now has 16 established ‘well-being hubs’, led anddeveloped by over 300 regular volunteers across ourcommunities.

Durham County Council provides the support and advice for thissustainable model, but we believe the models’ success is basedon the energy and investment made by communities themselves.If you want to find your nearest well-being hub, or have an ideaplease contact us.

67% of men and74% of womenin CountyDurham are notmeeting therecommendedamount ofphysical activity.

Walking, running and cycling

These are great activities to help you get started and the countyboasts a number of walking, cycling and jogging routes as wellas a range of supervised and volunteer led activities. These linkto other options such as the countryside’s extensive walking andcycling opportunities which explore our beautiful county.

Where possible we aim to develop supported programmes froma well-being hub or nearby park, so there is a social meetingplace. We do not always directly deliver these activities, but wemay act as funders or coordinators with organisations such asPublic Health, England Athletics, Leisureworks and the CountyDurham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust.

We aim to develop a county-wide map of independent routes andsupervised opportunities in all these modes of exercise. For anup-to-date list of opportunities please contact us.

These are thesimplest andone of themost effectiveexercises youcan do.

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Check4Life

Check4Life is a community based programme aimedat every adult.

The programme offers a simple health MOT coveringcholesterol, blood pressure and lifestyle advice.

It is delivered within community settings and leisurecentres county-wide by a range of providers. Cultureand Sport has over 50 staff qualified to make checksin a variety of locations and will also help signpostclients to suitable further support if required.

If you would like to arrange a healthcheck, or wouldlike us to consider your venue, please contact us.

Exercise Referral

This programme supports individuals over 16 yearswho have been referred for tailored exercise supportby a health professional, to improve an existingmedical condition, or to prevent developing furthermedical complications. Specialist Physical ActivityConsultants will work with you to develop your ownprogramme of exercise to suit your needs, abilitiesand goals. The service currently offers over 300hours of supported gym and class provision eachweek. For more information please contact us.

Culture and Sporthas a history ofsuccessfullydeveloping,coordinating anddelivering a range ofhealth programmesto the community,some directly andsome in partnershipwith funders. We arecurrently supportingthe followingprogrammes, each to target a specialcondition oraudience.

The Weigh Less Scheme

This community weight management scheme isa 12 week slimming on referral programme forindividuals over the age of 18, living in CountyDurham, with a BMI of 30 and above.

Following a referral by a health practitioner youcan access the support you need and attendweekly slimming on referral sessions to helpwith healthy eating and weight loss. Deliveredby Slimming World, it aims to help individualsgain the confidence and skills to make healthiereating choices.

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FISCH

Family Initiative Supporting Children’s Health(FISCH) is a countywide school-based programmefor children aged 8-10 years, which helps them tounderstand the importance of leading an activeand healthy lifestyle, as well as aiming to engagewith families if any further assistance is required.

The programme is delivered in schools within termtime, offering curriculum sessions with additionalpre and after school physical activity clubs.

For more information call us or visit the website.

27% ofchildren arenow overweightin the UK andone third ofadults will beobese by 2020.

To increase levels ofparticipation in sportand physical activity itis vital that keyagencies worktogether to developand promoteopportunities forlifelong participation.As a local authorityservice we play a keyrole in supporting thisapproach. We do thisat a county-wide leveland a locality level asdetailed.

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InspiringPartnerships

Community Sport andPhysical Activity Networks

The county has five sport and physical activitynetworks led and coordinated by Durham CountyCouncil and Leisureworks.

The networks support a partnership approach toprogramming, resources, marketing and attractingfunding. They also support data exchange, sharingand learning, to address shortfalls in opportunities.

The networks bring together knowledge,enthusiasm and resource and have emerging areaaction plans for sport and physical activity whichwill help partners with future planning and toensure that we meet local needs.

If you want to find out more about the networks andtheir plans please contact us.

Sport and Physical Activity Awards

There is some exceptional workhappening in our communities andthese awards seek to recognisethe talent and commitment ofindividuals, coaches, volunteers,clubs and schools for theircontribution to sport andphysical activity over the pastyear. Durham County Councilsupports four locality basedevents with the fifth supported byLeisureworks.

Following these events all localaward winners are entered into thenext stage to compete against all thewinners across the county, within theircategory, at the prestigious CountyAwards event coordinated by CountyDurham Sport. The county award system is agreat way to celebrate achievements or thanksomeone who works hard. If you wish tonominate a ‘star’ then please contact us formore information.

03000 28 2012 www.durham.gov.uk/spaawards

Big Challenge events

These are London 2012 Olympic andParalympic inspired multi-partnerchallenges, from rowing and walking tostepping and swimming. Thechallenges run alongside Check 4 Lifeevents to encourage both active andnon-active participants to challengetheir abilities or try something new.

In addition, we operate a series of trailraces for beginners and are growingrange of fun recreational events toencourage people to enjoy outdoorsport and physical activity.

For more information please contact us.

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We work with a number of organisations that can provideadvice and support on increasing your physical activitylevels, or help find funding and activities in your local area.

www.durham.gov.uk/leisure

www.sportengland.org

www.countydurhamsport.com

www.efds.co.uk - English Federation of Disability Sport

www.countydurhamfoundation.co.uk

www.nhs.uk/Change4Life

www.walk4life.info

www.walkingforhealth.org.uk

www.runengland.org

www.cdsupport4sport.com - Coach web

www.impact.cdd.nhs.uk

www.tonyblairsportsfoundation.org

www.sportenglandleaders.com

www.wsff.org.uk – Women’s Sport and Fitness Foundation

03000 28 2012sportandleisure@durham.gov.uk