Coach and Volunteer Academy (CVA) Annual Report 2016/17

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MARK E T C I O N M G M G N I U T A I C I F OF COACH & NICAT

ERSHIP OPMENT RAMME E

VOLUNTEER SPORT SCIE ACADEMY SUPPOR VOLVE EXPLORE

Annual Report 2016-2017

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COACH & VOLUNTEER ACADEMY Volunteering in sport is a crucial part of the culture of our society – people coming together to help each other or to support a particular sporting endeavour – and thousands of voluntary sports clubs, organisations and community groups would simply not be able to carry on without the support of volunteers. Loughborough is no exception as without student’ volunteers here at Loughborough University sport would undoubtedly come to an end. Motivations for volunteering are broad and varied. For some, this is the opportunity to learn new skills, build confidence and move closer to the jobs market, for others it’s a route to improved health and wellbeing, and for many it is the simple pleasure and satisfaction gained from helping others or ‘giving something back’.

With a small exception of professionally employed staff, the vast majority of sport at Loughborough University is run and led by approximately 1500 students.

This philosophy is what makes Loughborough Sport unique and is a key driver in delivering a number of Loughborough University’s strategic ambitions, with the most pertinent being ‘creating a life-shaping student experience’ & ‘a culture of delivering excellence in all that we do’. The CVA play an invaluable role in supporting this existing volunteer workforce throughout the participant pathway.

In addition to this, there are a number of support services at Loughborough University that enable the delivery of a world leading university sports programme. These services, alongside student demand, have shaped the development of the 8 strands that make up the core of the CVA. These are listed on the page opposite.

With this in mind, the aims of the CVA are: • To provide & deliver a high-quality programme of student development through sport that includes personal & professional development, employability skills and career progression • To support the delivery of the whole Loughborough Sport offer through a high-quality student workforce The CVA has worked hard over the past couple of years to engage and influence internal partners & programme leads to ensure that the current volunteering workforce is integrated, centralised under and supported by the CVA.

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MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS PAGE 8

SPORT SCIENCE SUPPORT

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STUDENTS WITH A PROFILE ON THE CVA PORTAL

680 MALE

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STUDENTS ACTIVELY LOGGING HOURS ON THE CVA PORTAL

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8492 Coaching

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734 FEMALE

395 UNKNOWN

Sport Committee Positions

24,332 TOTAL CVA VOLUNTEERING HOURS LOGGED

2855 Events

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ACADEMIC SCHOOL STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

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OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED THROUGH THE CVA

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MASTERCLASSES / WORKSHOPS

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QUALIFICATIONS

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641 SPORT, EXERCISE AND HEALTH SCIENCES

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SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCES

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BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS Student Data: 2016-2017

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E V I T U C EXE Y R A M M U S The 2016/2017 CVA impact & evaluation report has been designed to give students, colleagues, partners & stakeholders a greater understanding of the key achievements & successes in addition to highlighting the breadth of opportunities that are offered through the CVA.

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The 2016/2017 academic year has been immensely positive for the CVA with the key headlines being:

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STUDENTS UTILISING THE CVA PORTAL

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STUDENTS ACTIVELY LOGGING THEIR VOLUNTARY HOURS

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HEADLINE SUCCESS ACROSS THE CVA CVA PORTAL LAUNCH, DATA COLLECTION, ANALYSIS & INSIGHT The 2016/17 academic year saw the launch of the highly anticipated CVA portal. The CVA Portal (volunteer management system) was developed over a period of 18 months and is already starting to have a demonstratable impact on the type and quality of data we can collect from each of our students who are actively coaching and volunteering. The CVA portal acts as a centralised online hub, essentially a one-stop shop, whereby students can browse all of our volunteer opportunities, apply for roles, register for courses and masterclasses and keep a record of their volunteer hours.

From a staff perspective, it allows us to significantly improve the administrative processes associated with the CVA, and more importantly provides information on what our students are doing, and what they would like to do!

VOLUNTARY OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED THROUGH THE CVA

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HOURS LOGGED WITHIN SPORTS VOLUNTEERING

In summary, this data allows the CVA to gain deeper insight into student trends and demands and to tailor improvements and progressions that enhance student experience through personal & professional development.

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LAUNCH OF THE CVA REWARD & RECOGNITION SCHEME In 2016/2017 the CVA launched a comprehensive reward & recognition scheme that sought to recognise the outstanding contribution that our student volunteer workforce makes to sport. Though many of our students actively volunteer because of intrinsic motivations it is important to recognise students who may be extrinsically motivated. Our recognition scheme is linked to the CVA Portal and the logging of hours. These hours accumulate and are attributed to a milestone of either 50 – 200 – 500 hours. Nine student volunteers reached the 500 milestone in 2016/2017 and were recognised with an invitation to an exclusive dinner with VC Robert Allison in June 2017.

COLLABORATIVE INTEGRATION ACROSS ACADEMIC SCHOOLS The Sport Development Centre (SDC) and the School of Sport, Exercise & Health Sciences (SSEHS) have continued to collaborate on several integrated projects which have seen significant progress during this period. Going forward the CVA will play a significant part in the design and implementation of several applied modules across Sports Management & SCaPE (Sports Coaching & Physical Education). The academic integration & collaboration between SDC and SSEHS has enabled several academic programmes to move towards offering applied elements to both undergraduate and post-graduate modules. At present this includes Sport Management, Sport Psychology & Strength & Conditioning.

Looking towards 2017/2018 this collaboration will extend to the School of Social, Political & Geographical Sciences and will centre around applied marketing & communication opportunities.

LOOKING FORWARD TO 2017/18 Student Satisfaction, Monitoring & Evaluation A key priority moving forward will be to accurately measure the quality of experience that students are receiving within the coaching & volunteering pathways, as well as the impact that this volunteering has on students moving into employment and beyond.

This will be completed through a series of: • Bi-annual student satisfaction surveys • Strand specific student focus groups • Evaluative feedback of the training and development offer within each strand Alongside this to evaluate the longitudinal impact sports volunteering has on students, this year will see the launch of the a ‘Loughborough University Annual CVA & Sports Volunteering Graduate & Alumni Survey’. This will be sent to all CVA graduates from 2016 & 2017 (circa 400 graduates) and will be conducted each year.

This survey is aimed at tracking CVA graduates year on year to build a picture of graduate destinations and career progression (and as a way of staying engaged with alum who might in turn be able to offer opportunities for our students) whilst also being able to demonstrate the impact that sports volunteering has / had on students

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STUDENTS ENGAGED IN COACHING

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COACHING OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED

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COACHING HOURS LOGGED

MASTERCLASSES 44 375

COACHING MASTERCLASSES OFFERED

STUDENTS COMPLETING COACHING MASTERCLASSES

25 FOOTBALL COACHES IN 6 FOOTBALL CLUBS AND 1 SECONDARY SCHOOL 30 RUGBY COACHES DEPLOYED IN 5 SCHOOLS & 3 COMMUNITY CLUBS

STRAND SUMMARY

FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

This year Schools and Community Coaching has formed a large part of the Coaching strand. We have worked alongside a wide range of both primary and secondary schools deploying our student coaches into these opportunities.

Coaching within the Athletic Union Clubs has been identified as an area requiring much development and support. Moving forwards, we will be looking to develop an integrated, mutually beneficial relationship with AU coaches, though engaging with the Sport EO and Athletic Union Intern.

We have also continued to deliver SportMAD, the widening participation initiative in partnership with the School and College Liason Team, in a range of sports. In addition to this, the Mini Tennis programme has gone from strength to strength, and we have also seen the launch of badminton into our primary schools coaching programme.

With regards to internal coaching, we have continued to fund AU coaches to support their development, as well as recruiting coaches for some AU Clubs and supporting the My Lifestyle workforce in attaining their coaching qualifications.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • The Mini Tennis programme has qualified 46 coaches & engaged 9 schools as well as delivering an on campus community programme • The Badminton programme has deployed 13 coaches in 13 schools (4 primary & 9 secondary) • We have supported 52 coaches through qualifications and/or development opportunities; including but not limited to Gymnastics, Fencing, Lifesaving, Hockey and Futsal, plus individual support for coaches in certain sports including Trampolining • We have directly recruited coaches for Athletics, Badminton, Swimming, Basketball & Women’s Football

Further developing our relationship with the School and College Liaison team and the quality of experience that both schools and CVA coaches receive through this project is an additional priority for the coaching strand. We will be looking to reduce the output and focus on the quality and development of a smaller scale project initially.

Developing a bespoke training package focused around “participation” coaching for our My Lifestyle programme will also begin next year. Developing participation coaches who are experts in their fields will enhance the quality of experience for both participants and coaches alike.

7 I have absolutely loved being able to coach in schools whilst being at university! It is a great experience being able to work with a range of ages and abilities and see them develop! I have also made some good friends through the programme and it’s great to be able to get off campus and give back to the community.

PARIE PATEL Schools and Community Coach

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STUDENTS ENGAGED IN MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

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MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS HOURS LOGGED

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED

MASTERCLASSES 5 39

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS MASTERCLASSES OFFERED STUDENTS COMPLETING MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS MASTERCLASSES

STRAND SUMMARY

FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

The marketing strand has grown significantly towards the end of this year offering four main opportunities for students looking for marketing and communications experience. These include:

Our focus will be on the: • Continued development of quality voluntary opportunities with internal partners such as LSU Media Match Report, Lightning franchises and the tennis programme.

• The development & delivery of a series of a CPD sessions including masterclasses and formal training that are delivered by internal stakeholders and alumni following their experience with Loughborough Sport.

Lightning Assistants The Loughborough Sport marketing team have a small number of students that work with them across a range of sports and channels, e.g. match reporting, social media, website, graphics, photography etc.

Match Report We have recently partnered with LSU Media to give university support to a previously Union driven programme. Students are trained by former students to film matches to be included in the Sunday night TV show ‘Match Report’.

British Basketball This year we had seven students working with British Basketball on social media and insight and research.

They worked with the Head of Marketing, giving professional NGB experience.

Tennis Marketing Six students worked amongst tennis this year in a range of marketing and communications roles. They were mentored by a marketing expert from the LTA and attended tennis specific marketing masterclasses.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS One of the strands key achievements was that, from their work marketing the university’s tennis programme, two marketing volunteers were successful in gaining summer work at the Tennis Foundation. They spent two months gaining valuable applied experience and then had the opportunity to work as a Marketing and Communications Assistant during the British Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships, one of the biggest international wheelchair tennis tournaments after the Grand Slams..

Last academic year I was involved in the Tennis Marketing and Communication pathway. The experience helped me to progress and develop some valuable skills such as communication, team work and most importantly boosted my confidence.

Numerous workshops that we have received throughout the year increased my marketing and social media knowledge, the knowledge that I was able to use in my role. Moreover, through the pathway, I was able to take up a summer role with Tennis Foundation as a Marketing and Communications Assistant during the British Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships, one of the biggest international wheelchair tennis tournaments after Grand Slams. It was an amazing experience that would not be possible without the support from Loughborough Sport Tennis.

NATALIA PLAWECKA BSc International Business

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VOLUNTEER ZAMBIA HOURS LOGGED YEAR 1: 0 YEAR 2: YEAR 3: YEAR 4: 0 POSTGRAD: 0

STRAND SUMMARY

FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

Volunteer Zambia is an international development programme that has been running for the past 12 years, based in Lusaka, Zambia that forms part of the Wallace Group. It brings together a group of 8 UK Higher Education Institutions that have a shared commitment to support the development of sport in Zambia. Under the ‘Volunteer Zambia’ project the Wallace Group provides support to the Zambian Government and other key stakeholders in implementing an exciting new Zambian sports strategy.

The focus of Volunteer Zambia has changed slightly over the last 2 years with the Wallace Group now working directly with the Zambian Government to help them implement their strategy for sport. This has increased the breadth of placements that students are able to undertake from a purely coaching based environment to wider sport development roles. For 2017-2018, this will now include 3 new pilot community hubs in Lusaka, each one based around one key sport of either netball, volleyball or basketball. This will run in conjunction with the respective national federation for each sport in Zambia and as such will bring new opportunities for impact and sustainability.

Volunteer Zambia aims to focus on: • Investing in building capacity within sport development.

• Supporting the development of more effective talent pathways in key sports, initially volleyball and netball.

• Developing young Zambians skills especially in coaching and coach education, officiating, leadership and wider sports volunteering.

• Encouraging the sharing of expertise, knowledge and experience between themselves and the Zambian volunteers. The emphasis is to build the capacity in country to create sustainable opportunities for people to play and progress in sport.

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KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • Liz Hyde – Event managed the 50 in 50 challenge that saw Mel Marshall, Adam Peaty and many other Olympic athletes undertake 50 hours of sport to raise £50,000 in Zambia • The team fundraised over £10,000 for Volunteer Zambia • Successfully secured £5000 charitable funding from BOOST Charitable Trust • Jen Malings & Dylan Coe delivered over 55 coaching sessions to over 580 young people within volleyball & netball

Volunteer Zambia is a fantastic project and is really making a difference in Lusaka, not only engaging with children through sport and lifestyle skills, but how it is developing these children to be part of the project in the future.

CLAIRE MOORE Sports Facilities Manager at Loughborough University and Pastoral support for students in Zambia

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STUDENTS ENGAGED IN SPORT SCIENCE SUPPORT

SPORT SCIENCE SUPPORT HOURS LOGGED

18 PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS 10 S&C 7 SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY 8 PERFORMANCE LIFESTYLE

1651 PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS 839 S&C 268 SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY 0 PERFORMANCE LIFESTYLE

STRAND SUMMARY

FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

The Sport Science Support strand has seen significant growth over the past academic year with the introduction of several new pilot pathways in addition to the Performance Analysis pathway that is currently being delivered. Pathways that have been added are Sport Psychology and Performance Lifestyle.

The shape of the Sport Science strand is changing rapidly as result of the continued collaboration between SDC and SSEHS. As a result the role of the CVA will change from direct delivery to a collaborative and supportive role including the identification and recruitment of students wishing to gain applied experience in Sport Science at a volunteering level.

• Performance Analysis – 35 students attended three training sessions with 18 students gaining applied experience within various performance sport teams/ programmes.

• Sport Psychology – 7 students were successful in gaining a place on this pathway and gained experience within the tennis programme.

• Performance Lifestyle – 8 students were recruited into the pathway enabling them to access approximately 4 CPD sessions and to performance sport athlete mentors.

In addition our focus will be to: • Input where appropriate into the development of existing sport science pathways / structures and to add value to conversations relating to pathways.

• Support the monitoring of the student experience for students who are undertaking voluntary roles.

• In collaboration with performance sport provide a mechanism in which students can gain access to appropriate CPD, masterclasses and formal qualifications related to their roles.

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KEY ACHIEVEMENTS Andy Rhys Jones (PA – Rugby) was offered a full time Performance Analysis role at Premiership Rugby Club Leicester Tigers.

As a result of their continued commitment to the Tennis program two of the Tennis Analysts were given the opportunity to work with the LTA over the summer on the grass court season which included Wimbledon.

My involvement in performance analysis has not only given me a strong technical grounding, but has challenged me to work using own initiative and develop my personal skills such as confidence and communication. The experience has been vital in shaping my career goals and has enabled me to secure work experience within professional football.

TOM NEWPORT (Performance Analysis – Football Performance programme)

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STUDENTS ENGAGED IN EVENTS

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EVENTS HOURS LOGGED

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EVENTS OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED

STRAND SUMMARY

FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

The events strand has expanded and now provides 4 main opportunities:

• Appoint an Industry Professional Advisor for the strand, to give advice & direction for future developments.

• Development of a partnership with ARC Consultancy to produce training and mentoring programme for all those involved in events opportunities. They will deliver a series of workshops across the year focusing on event planning, contingency planning, volunteer management and evaluation of events.

• Recruitment of Community Volunteers. By engaging the local community, we not only meet our volunteer requirements, but we also create a sense of cohesion with students and residents through sport.

• Investigating and sourcing a range of external positions and destination roles with NGBs and sporting organisations. This widens the networking opportunities for students and provides roles within the sports industry for students to undertake following their experience with Loughborough Sport.

Go-Tri Triathlon Event Planning A partnership between Loughborough Sport and British Triathlon with the two main drivers to increase recreational participation in triathlon in Loughborough, as well as student development in events planning.

Students work on this project for one academic year Fest Series Event Planning (Participation events) A series of participation events spanning across a variety of sports, giving 5 different short-term projects.

Mentored by a member of the SET to plan and deliver student-led events.

Sports Presentation with Alan March Ltd Consists of training students in commentating, lighting, sound, keeping event timelines and event hosting. The students receive initial training before learning ‘on-thejob’ within our Lightning franchises.

Event marshalling (internally and externally) Loughborough Sport hosts a large calendar of events, for which we need marshals and event volunteers. The CVA recruits these volunteers to staff the high-level events on campus.

“After originally joining the Coach and Volunteer Academy just to boost my CV, I had no real idea of what I wanted to achieve. I started off by casually volunteering at some of our word class sporting events on campus and instantly got hooked. Since then, the CVA provided me with the training and support needed to deliver my own sporting events to hundreds of students across campus. The CVA played a massive part in my experience as a student and opened my eyes to a future career in event management” ALASTAIR RICHARDS (Event management volunteer)

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • The events strand has expanded significantly in the last year, providing a wider range of opportunities for students. By engaging the SET team through the Fest Series, one student secured a placement at PwC, being told in her interview that her experience on Football Fest was what separated her from the other candidates.

• As a result of the Sports Presentation programme, one of our most engaged students was invited to South Korea to work on a series of events.

• The BUCS Conference Cup finals were held on campus in 2017, in which a senior leadership team comprised of 15 students came together to structure the team, divide the roles then plan and deliver the campus wide sporting event. The event attracted thousands of student spectators and delivered an exceptionally well ran marketing plan; with the team going on to win the CVA award for Team of the Year.

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OF IMS FOOTBALL GAMES WERE OFFICIATED

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OF IMS RUGBY GAMES WERE COVERED BY OFFICIALS

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OFFICIATING HOURS LOGGED

QUALIFIED 30 FOOTBALL REFEREES TO SUPPORT THE IMS PROGRAMME AND SMALL SIDED PROGRAMMES

QUALIFIED 14 NEW RUGBY REFEREES 14 STUDENTS TOOK PART IN THE ENGLAND NETBALL “INTO OFFICIATING” COURSE HELD ON CAMPUS.

STRAND SUMMARY

FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

There are currently 4 key sports within the Officiating pathway: Tennis, Football, Rugby and Netball. These are based both on student and programme demand.

The CVA currently offers the following opportunities and development within these sports:

Next year, our aim is to create an identity and sense of community and pride within our football and rugby referee programmes by developing Officiating Hubs.

Tennis Competition Organisers’ course and R5 Referee course.

Rugby Two Entry Level Referee Award courses hosted on campus, with 14 new rugby officials qualifying, and continued mentor support from our links with the RFU Referee Development Officer. Opportunities to referee in the IMS programme and in some community club games.

Netball Two “into officiating” short courses held on campus to up-skill volunteer netball umpires volunteering in the IMS, Department and Society Sport programmes.

Football Two football officiating courses held on campus this year with opportunities to referee within the IMS programme, BUCS and the social leagues programme.

The courses were really well structured and concise. The professional lead has been brilliant at suggesting places to officiate at and I have had some great opportunities since on my way to Wimbledon, and hopefully many more to come!

TOM PLOWMAN BEng Mechanical Engineering

We will be looking to assess our current pathways in officiating to ensure that whilst it is key that we recruit and qualify a workforce to service our programmes and partners, that student development and experience still sit at the heart of this.

Identifying and progressing talented officials is currently an unexplored area for the CVA. The aim for next year is to develop and cement the appropriate links and relationships to ensure that our talented officials can continue to develop at a high level.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS Tennis • The National Student Officiating Academy (SOA) is in its second year, following a successful trial with the LTA during the 2015/2016 academic year. The NSOA is hosted at Loughborough whereby students from GB universities are ‘talent identified & fast tracked’ through the officiating qualifications • As part of the SOA we have offered two pathways for our students this year: – Umpire pathway (court supervisor/line umpire and chair umpire course) – Referee pathway (competition organiser and R5 referee course Football • We hosted out first ever officials’ induction evening for all football referees to welcome them to the programme • Football Referee Development sessions were delivered on a weekly basis throughout the year

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STUDENTS ENGAGED IN GYM, HEALTH & FITNESS

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GYM, HEALTH & FITNESS OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED (HOLYWELL & POWERBASE)

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GYM, HEALTH & FITNESS HOURS LOGGED

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GYM, HEALTH & FITNESS MASTERCLASSES OFFERED STUDENTS COMPLETING GYM, HEALTH & FITNESS MASTERCLASSES

GYM, HEALTH & FITNESS QUALIFICATIONS BY LEVEL: LEVEL 2 CERTIFICATE IN FITNESS INSTRUCTING (QCF): OFFERED 1 COMPLETED 7 ZUMBA: OFFERED 1 COMPLETED 6 DANCE BOUNCE FIT: OFFERED 1 COMPLETED 6

STRAND SUMMARY

FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

The Gym, heath and fitness pathway attracted 34 applications with 7 students being accepted onto the pathway in total.

• All students completed their YMCA gym level 2 qualification as well as completing 50–60 hours of applied experience within Holywell or Powerbase • Student volunteers from within the pathway were offered the opportunity to access industry insight masterclasses • Gym, health and fitness students had access to additional opportunities to apply for internships and/or relief contract at Holywell or Powerbase gym of which 3 went on to secure.

The role of Gym Activator will become Volunteer Fitness Instructor and in addition we have added a new Dance Fitness Instructor pathway enabling us to provide volunteers for the recreational sport pathway and school visit programme.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • Tom Berry (Gym Activator) logged in excess of 75 hours and was voted Gym Activator of the year.

He is now on placement but will be re-joining the programme next year to pursue applied experience in S&C. • Hannah Churchill a former Gym Activator is now undertaking the role as a Gym Activator, kid’s club coordinator at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates for her placement year.

Our focus going forward will be: • Students will be recruited at the end of their first year enabling us to deliver the YMCA Level 2 qualification, Zumba and Dance Bounce Fit qualifications pre summer vacation.

• The applied experience element to the pathway will commence at the start of the new term (Sept) and will run during term time until end of April 2018.

Student Volunteer Fitness Instructors will be given opportunities to undertake Les Mills qualifications in addition to the YMCA level 2 & access placement positions at Holywell fitness centre or relief hours at either Holywell or Powerbase.

“With the help of the CVA I have achieved my Level 2 gym instructing qualification. This has helped develop both my knowledge of health and wellbeing and my personal skills.

Without the CVA I wouldn’t have been able to secure part time work at Holywell gym and also gain a placement in Dubai being a fitness instructor. I have learnt more about fitness and how I can inspire and help others to get active and have fun”!

HANNAH CHRUCHILL16/17 Gym Activator

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STUDENTS ENGAGED IN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

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LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT MASTERCLASSES OFFERED

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STUDENTS COMPLETING THE REQUIRED ELEMENTS OF THE CVA LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME

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STUDENTS COMPLETING LEADERSHIP MASTERCLASSES

STRAND SUMMARY

FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

• The CVA leadership development programme attracted 22 applications with 16 students being accepted onto the programme • The 16/17 leadership programme was made up of 5 core leadership sessions, 2 masterclasses, a 2 day residential and 2 employability sessions ran by careers • Feedback from students at the end of the programme indicated that there were too many sessions that were mandatory and that a review of how much commitment required should be looked at • Students who completed the programme in 16/17 felt that the consistency of delivery and deliverers could be improved. This will be an area of focus moving into the new year.

• Student volunteers from outside of the leadership programme were offered the opportunity to access some of industry insight masterclasses

The CVA Leadership Development programme is a valued part of the personal development offered to our student programme and club leaders and as a result we are continually looking to improve the content and the way in which the programme is delivered.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

Our focus going forward will be: • A more consistent delivery approach to how the leadership programme is delivered in terms of who and what is being delivered • A revised schedule of industry masterclasses that are open to a wider student audience not just the leadership programme cohort • To gain feedback on the quality and content of delivery after each sessions to enable us monitor the quality of delivery • The University Employability Award is still an important part of a student’s journey however it will be offered outside of the leadership development programme • Improved awareness and marketing of the programme and benefits of getting involved for student leaders

All but 1 student who entered the leadership programme completed the required number of core sessions and employability workshops plus reflections on their experiences over the course of the programme

The programme was engaging and inspiring allowing me to explore my personality and leadership within sports as well as aligning my future career goals. I would highly recommend this programme to anyone!

LIZ HYDE CVA Leadership programme

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SUPPORTED PROGRAMMES

In addition to the strands that we directly deliver, we also support other programmes within the Loughborough Sport offer to recruit, train and deploy an appropriate workforce that then goes on to deliver an exceptional student experience.

This academic year (16/17) has been the first year that we have had the software and resource to enable all of these students to associate themselves as a member of the CVA. The launch of the CVA Portal has provided a centralised place for all programmes to advertise and recruit for their student volunteers, as well as giving the students somewhere to collate their experience no matter which programme they are part of.

The progress we have made in this area has been vast, but future years will see the CVA improving the quality of data capture through the portal, as well as devising bespoke training programmes and distributing recognition for every student who gives voluntary hours towards sport. This is a long term, cultural shift, aiming for all students to associate with the CVA if they are volunteering in sport in any sense. This will also see the CVA creating campaigns to encourage students to log their hours, strengthening the association of the CVA across our sports programmes and increasing the data collection on our student volunteers.

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STUDENTS LOGGING HOURS

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LOUGHBOROUGH SPORT HALL COORDINATORS

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DEPARTMENT SPORT

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249

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SOCIAL LEAGUES

STUDENTS LOGGING HOURS

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373

TOTAL HOURS LOGGED

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MY LIFESTYLE

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973

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