Sainsbury's Inclusive Community Training and the European Week of Sport
This week is the European Week of Sport, which aims to promote sport and physical activity across the continent.
A European Commission campaign, the week’s activities are for everyone, regardless of age, background or fitness level. They are taking place in 34 countries continent-wide and across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The European Week of Sport has a particular focus on grassroots initiatives, aiming to inspire people to be active on a regular basis and create opportunities in peoples’ everyday lives to exercise more.
Sainsbury’s Inclusive Community Training increases the knowledge and skillset of carers, support workers, parents, volunteers and community groups and organisations, to better support everyone to be more active. As such, it fits perfectly within the ambitions of the Week of Sport.
It is a creative, informal and informative three hour practical workshop, supplemented by online resources.
More than 2,200 people have successfully taken part in a Sainsbury’s Inclusive Community Training workshop, with a recent participant describing it as an “excellent workshop which gave me fresh and new ideas.”
The European Week of Sport has four focus days of activity planned: Workplace, Outdoors, Sport Clubs & Fitness Centres and Education.
The latter, Education, brings into play the impact of Sainsbury’s Active Kids for All Inclusive PE training.
Thousands of teachers, trainee teachers and school staff who have attended the workshop since its inception. The programme provides free training and resources, and is designed to improve confidence, knowledge and skills in including, challenging and progressing all pupils by embedding inclusive practice in planning, delivery and assessment.
There are over 350 Education events across the UK as part of the European Week of Sport - they are listed on the official website. Consider too Sainsbury’s Inclusive Community Training and Inclusive PE workshops, as listed on the English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) website.
For further information, please contact EFDS, email AK4A@efds.co.uk or telephone 01509 227751. Find us on Twitter @Eng_Dis_Sport, Facebook and LinkedIn.
