Encourage participation for all ANGUSalive aims to promote participation in activities at all levels and for all sections of the community to enable residents to fulfil their potential in their chosen area of activity. Summer Athletics (Run, Jump, Throw) Programme n the summer of 2019, ANGUSalive delivered a five-week summer holiday athletics programme aimed at 5 to 12 year-olds. The Run, Jump, Throw programme runs yearly during the summer holidays across ANGUSalive’s Sport & Leisure
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facilities. It is an introductory athletics programme for children to gain an opportunity to participate in athletics and was delivered in Brechin, Montrose, Forfar, Carnoustie and Arbroath. The aim of the programme was to engage children in the sport of athletics and promote
pathways into junior coaching programmes with ANGUSalive or local athletics clubs. The programme is the first stepping stone for children to participate in athletics and highlights the various athletics clubs across Angus. In the 2019 summer programme there were 111 participants across the five centres, an increase on the previous year. The programme provides ANGUSalive with an opportunity to provide sport specific coaching through our professional workforce. Children are provided an opportunity to develop new skills and gain a positive experience of a sport, which may be new to many.
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