make a move autumn newsletter 2011
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Make a Move Autumn Newsletter 2011TRANSCRIPT
Welcome to the Summer Make-a-Move Leisure Inclusion Team Newsletter. If you have a story that you would like in the Make-a-Move Newsletter then contact the team at [email protected] or call 01670 542338. The next issue of the BVAL Make-a-Move Newsletter will be distributed in Winter 2011!
Welcome
Latest News
Autumn 2011 Issue 5
BVAL Summer Holiday Programme
Move It Community Dance
Blyth Valley Arts & Leisure delivered another successful Summer Holiday Programme in 2011. The Make-a-Move team engaged with 8000 people over a six week period. The Make-a-Move team also organised a range of events which were ex-tremely popular including National Play Day at Cambois and Ridley Park, Pirates Beach Party at Cramlington Town Square and Dodgeball & Multi Skills events at Carlisle Park. A range of partners supported this year’s activities and events including Northumberland Play Team, Sure Start, Newbiggin Town Council, Cramlington Town Council, Morpeth Town Council and Aiming High for Disabled Children. Please visit our Flickr page to see our new photo’s. For more information please contact Tom Lavender on 01670 542246.
Move It Community Dance continues to go from strength to strength as classes grow, performances continue and coaches develop and win awards! After completing her Dance Leaders Award with BVAL, Jemma Halliday supported Move It Dance sessions as a volunteer before progressing on to teaching classes in the community and delivering Dance sessions in schools. Jemma is now fully qualified in a number of Dance styles includ-ing Street, Street Cheer/Cheerleading, Zumba, Just Jhoom and Bolly-wood. Jemma is extremely passionate and enthusiastic about Dance and ‘would love to see you at one of our classes enjoying Dance as much as I do!’ Sophie Johnson, Dance Inclusion Officer who coordinates Move It Community Dance, recently won the Association of Dance Professionals ‘Young Profes-sional 2011’ award at the annual awards ceremony at Coventry in September. This award was given as the professionalism from Sophie’s work was noted and nominated by the Northern Area Committee. Sophie said, ‘to win a nationally recognised award is a huge honour and I am very proud’. For more information on Move It sessions please contact Sophie Johnson on 01670 542589.
Club News
Coast to Coast Cycle Challenge
London 2012 Open Weekend
Foundations laid for impressive Football project
A group of five young cyclists from Chantry Middle School completed the Coast to Coast Cycle Challenge over a period of three days. Supported by the Make-a-Move team, the cyclists set off from Workington in high spirits and returned to jubilant scenes at Tynemouth with friends and family all present to congratulate the team as they crossed the finish line. To read the full story please visit our website.
Families in South East Northumberland were set the challenge of complet-ing a short distance run along Newbiggin Promenade as part of the Lon-don 2012 Open Weekend, celebrating one year to go to the Olympics. The weekend was attended by over 700 people and included a Triathlon event, Couple Challenge Swim and a Family Fun Run which was started by Ian Lavery MP. Please visit our Flickr page to see event photos.
Ashington Netball Development Squad
Ashington Netball Development Squad has now been established for over a year, delivering high quality coaching to girls in years 5-9. Laura Taylor and Alex Hanson have gone on to be selected for Northumberland Netball Satellite Academy. Andy Hewitt (Bothal Middle School) said, “the Net-ball Development Squad has been really successful. It has developed the girl's ability in the sport as well as developing their confidence to play against other teams. Several pupils have even signed up to community clubs as a result of the development training.” For more information please contact Sarah Haigh on 01670 542407.
An ambitious £731,420 project has now started to create new sports facilities at a Northumberland School. The investment provided by The Football Foundation, Northumberland County Council and grassroots football clubs in the area, will be used to construct a full-size, floodlit, third generation, artificial grass pitch at The Blyth School Community College. The state-of the-art facilities will be used by The Blyth School Community College pupils as well as Blyth Town FC, Blyth Rangers FC and Blyth Spartans FC, who col-lectively contributed £4,500 towards the project. All clubs will use the new development to increase their combined number of teams from 56 to 76 over the next five years. This figure will also include a Blyth dis-ability team to be developed in a joint venture by the clubs. The site, on Chase Farm Drive, will be desig-nated primarily for Football, although it will be available for other activities such as Tag Rugby and general fitness training. It is predicted that when building work is complete, later this year, more than 800 local people will use the site every week in addition to 1,300 school children. BVAL will manage the site for club and community use. Nathan Rogerson, Leisure Development Manager said: “We have reached this stage after a huge amount of hard work by all of the partners involved in the project. On behalf of everyone in-volved with the new centre I would like to thank the Northumberland FA for its guidance and the Football Foundation for its grant and continued support.”
Newcastle United Foundation is interested in developing a project that provides free support to commu-nity sports clubs to help them become more enterprising and sustainable. If your club needs help in any of the following areas, increasing revenue, writing business plans, developing policies and procedures, budgeting, marketing, customer service and governance then take part in our survey to help the Foun-dation shape a project that could benefit your sports club and its members.
Sustainable Sports Projects
What’s On
Funding Opportunities All of the links below provide information on funding opportunities for sports clubs and organizations in Northumberland. Northumberland Community Chest Scheme Make-a-Move Volunteer Package Northumberland Sport Sport England Inspired Facilities Other funding opportunities can be found at www.bval.co.uk or by contacting the Make-a-Move team on 01670 542338.
Newbiggin Sprint Triathlon – ETU 2012 Championship Qualifier
Communities for Health—Valley Moves
Ability to Play
BVAL October Half Term Holiday Programme
Tri Northumberland hosted their second qualifying event of the year on Sunday 11th September. This time the prize was qualification for the Eilat ETU Sprint Triathlon World Championships on what turned out to be an epic day for all concerned.
The event was completed by over 360 competitiors. To view the Race Report please visit our website.
BVAL will be delivering sport and play activities and events during October Half Term. This can be viewed online on our website. Highlights during the holidays include Halloween events at Blyth, Cramlington and Newbig-gin. For more information please contact Tom Lavender on 01670 542246.
A programme of adult and family activities are now available in Seaton Valley. This includes Buggy Fit, Baby Boogie, Zumba and Archery. There are also activities available for young people which range from FREE to 50p! This includes Multi Sports, Rock to the Beat, Football and Archery. For more information on Valley Moves please contact Michael Firek on 07540 412080. Further information is also available on our website.
The Ability to Play programme provides activities on evenings and week-ends for young people with disabilities. The programme is currently ex-panding with new sessions on offer across Northumberland. For more information on Ability to Play please contact Ronnie Scheu on 07889 320377. Further information is also available on our website.
Blyth Valley Arts and Leisure Make-A-Move Leisure Inclusion Team offer a wide range of sport and play activities. For more information on these exciting activities please contact the Make-A-Move team on 01670-542338 or 542587 or you can email us at [email protected]
Leisure Inclusion Team
www.bval.co.uk
Sophie Johnson Dance Inclusion Officer Tel:01670 542587 Mob:07540412082 [email protected]
Tom Vickers Cricket Development Officer Mob: 07782375863 [email protected]
Lee Paris Sports Activator Tel:01670 542338 Mob:07540412090 [email protected]
Martin Deagle Sport Inclusion Officer Tel:01670 542589 Mob:07540412083 [email protected]
Tom Lavender Sport Inclusion Officer Tel:01670 542246 Mob:07540412079 [email protected]
Chris Scurfield Sport Inclusion Officer Tel:01670 798405 Mob:07540412088 [email protected]
Nicola Hargreaves Sports Coordinator Tel:01670 542589 Mob:07850900402 [email protected]
Michael Firek Sports Activator, Health & Fitness Tel:01670 542413 Mob:07540412080 [email protected]
Sarah Haigh Women & Girls Development Officer Tel: 01670 542407 Mob:07540412085 [email protected]
Amy Foggett Women & Girls Development Officer Tel: 01670 714154 [email protected]
Adam Dixon Play & Disability Officer Tel:01670 542587 Mob:07540412084 [email protected]
Ronnie Scheu Play & Disability Activator Tel:01670 542587 Mob:07889320377 [email protected]
Luis Perales Outdoor Development Officer Tel:01670 542297 Mob:07540412087 [email protected]
Hemant Desai Athletics Network Officer Tel:01670 542297 Mob:07540412089 [email protected]
Nathan Rogerson Leisure Development & Inclusion Manager Tel:01670 542268 Mob: 07843357864 [email protected]