Sports Leaders News

Mrs Allen (School Sports Co-ordinator)

Sports Leaders Update

Sports leaders in Years 10-12 will have been emailed a witness form for parents/carers to complete to confirm your planning and practical delivery to family. This is a requirement from Sports Leaders UK.

Please ensure all forms are completed as soon as possible and returned to Mrs Allen via email (jallen@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk).

CPD & Virtual Events

Mrs Allen has attended the Boys Move CPD session where discussions on identity, body image, conflicts and how sport and PE influence these were discussed, a Youth Sport Trust Zoom inclusion event and held the January Voice of Sport Meeting this week.

Uniting the Movement – Sport England’s new ten year strategy

Helping grassroots sport and physical activity recover from the effects of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and investing in tackling the challenges of the next decade are the cornerstones of Sport England’s new 10-year strategy.

Launched via an online event this week, ‘Uniting the Movement’ runs through to 2031 but is most immediately focused on helping the people and organisations delivering grassroots sport and physical activity to cope with the pressure of the pandemic – see full details in the link below: https://www.sportengland.org/why-were-here/uniting-themovement?utm_campaign=LFTP%20260121%20%20Strategy%20launch&utm_medium=email&utm_source=CMA_SPORT%20ENGLAND&utm_conte nt=

As well as announcing their new 10-year vision, they are also making £50 million available to support this network in 2021 – this is in addition to the £220m of National Lottery and Exchequer funding we’ve already invested in responding to the pandemic since last March