Brief overview of the last 12 months

2. Brief overview of the last 12 months • Second Chance programme • Podium 2012 • HEFCE • Sport England • High performance camps

3. Second Chance • Sports programme targeting individuals with a substance misuse background • Run at university facilities by university students • Finance came into play at the start of this academic year • Football Foundation £187k over 4 years • Northern Rock Foundation £219 over 3 years • Each DIP area inputs £5k per year • 10 out of 12 areas currently involved

4. How are we doing so far? • NRF (Aug ’07 – Mar ’08) • 39 students qualified and active in the programme (4 clients qual) • 96 sessions run • 275 ‘new’ clients attended minimum of 1 session • Throughput of 1522 (total attendance) • 90 individuals have attended 4 or more (out of 8) sessions • Average weekly attendance of 56 • First prison session underway • FF (Aug ’07 – Mar ’08) • 212 clients involved in first 8 wks (194 second 8 wks) • Throughput of 2634 • 148 clients attended 4 or more (out of 8) sessions • Average weekly attendance of 107 • 17 teams at last regional finals • 20 people through FA level 1 • PhD student appointed

5. Targets 2008/09 • NRF • 150 clients engaged on a regular basis • 60 students qualified (non football) • 5 clients qualified and utilising their skills as part of the course • 2 clients on level 2 • Engagement with 3 prisons • FA • 100 people qualified at FA level 1 • 400 clients engaged (in total over 3 programmes) • 16 people qualified at FA level 2 • 50 people qualified as a referee

6. Podium 2012 • Podium is the Further and Higher Education arm of London 2012 • £30k to run a national pilot project as part of their ‘quick wins’ scheme • Volunteer programme targeting 100 young people aged 16-19yrs around Event Management • Volunteers will take an active part in the build up to targeted events • Series of related workshops written to create the structure to the programme • Targeting university events initially • Co-ordinator appointed one day per week • Utilising university students as mentors to the young people • Pilot project run over 4 weeks with young people from the Durham area • Final report due March 2009

7. Introduction to HEFCE • £1 million over 3 years (initially submitted as a 5 year plan) • 4 main strands – Looked After Children, Homeless, Schools, Volunteering • 5 x Sports Development Officer (SDO) responsible for the delivery of ALL of the strands in their university • Each SDO then ‘leads’ on a certain strand • HEFCE PhD student, John Hayton appointed • Administrative Assistant in place • Tracey Tait, 0191 2437567, t.tait@unn.ac.uk • The main outcome from HEFCE’s perspective is around the university student engagement

8. Looked After Children Targets: • Targeting LAC in school vacation times • University students act as coaches • 4 students qualified per year per uni (total of 60) • Utilising university facilities as a venue for the sessions (raising aspirations)

9. Homeless • Targets: • Targeting clients from homeless organisations on a REGULAR basis • University students act as coaches • 4 students qualified per year per uni (total of 60) + 5 clients per uni per yr • Utilising university facilities as a venue for the sessions (raising aspirations) • Bi-monthly programme around the universities • targeting homeless organisations?

10. 2012 volunteers • Continue of the Podium project, but HEFCE will continue to fund in years 2 and 3 • Targeting 20 young people in year 1. Year 2 we aim to maintain those 20 and gain another 10 (these 30 plus another 10 in year 3) • Programme linked to Event Management • Utilising university events in year 1, possibility of extending this into other community events in years 2 and 3 • University students act as mentors to the young people • Investigating qualifications available for young people and students • Workshop programmes (7)

11. Local Schools • Targeting 75% of schools from disadvantaged areas • Utilising university students as coaches linking in with local schools (extended activity agenda) • Additional finances available for volunteer transport, volunteer kit, CPD for volunteers and coaching equipment

12. ‘Lead’ staff

13. Role of the HEFCE SDO • Delivery of the 4 strands within your institution • Liaising with internal departments and external organisations • Creation of the sporting opportunities for the external partners • Organisation and training of student coaches • Booking of venues, food, equipment etc • Organisation of personal development routes for participants and students • M+E of the programme • Co-ordination of local operational meetings • Identification of issues/problems with the programme • ‘Leading’ one of the strands

14. Where are we currently? Looked After Children • ISSP groups at Sunderland and Durham, Places for People, Sunderland Children’s Services,DISC/Wear Kids, Hartlepool Settle Care, Swiss Foster Care, Foster+LAC Langley Moor, Collingwood College project plus many more conversations ongoing Homeless • TZ group, Beechwood, Places for People, YMCA, Wellington Street, Tees Valley Housing, Stonham Housing, Centre Point, Moving On, Stepping Stones, GAP, Cyrenians plus many more conversations ongoing Volunteering 2012 • Pilot project run, re-working of workshops, co-ordinator appointed, schools/colleges signed up for Sept/Oct start Schools • Discussions ongoing with PDM’s, CSP’s and local schools in order to fit in with the regions Extended Activity plans

15. Sport England CIF bid? • Submitted as a stage 2 application (Jul 08) • 2 x part time staff to deliver on current Second Chance project, but also: • Develop activity in Berwick • Develop activity in Darlington • Development of the volunteer programme • Develop regional multi sport programmes • Develop an 11 a-side football competition • In addition they will be responsible for creating new opportunities for vulnerable women and YES across the region

16. High Performance Summer Camps • University: Durham • Sport: Hockey • Who: open to girls, boys and goalkeepers targeted at advanced junior players with aspirations to play at a high level • Where from: regionally and nationally • Age group: 14-18 years • Dates: Girls – 27th July – 30th August, Boys – 31st August – 3rd July, GKs – 3rd August – 6th August • University: Durham • Sport: Rowing • Who: open to all levels and age groups, ie junior and senior/veterans • Where from: regionally and nationally • Age group: U18s and seniors/veterans • Dates: Juniors U18 – 11th August (5 days), Senior/Veterans – 18th August (5 days) • University: Newcastle • Sport: Fencing • Who: Performance camp: open to the more advanced fencer who has aspirations to fence at a high level. Development camp: aimed at those fencers wishing to improve to reach an advanced level. • Where from: locally, regionally and nationally • Age group: 13+ years • Dates: Performance Fencing Camp 11-15 August, Development Fencing Camp 11-15 August

17. High Performance Summer Camps • University: Northumbria • Sport: Netball • Who: Satellite or County Standard or above • Where from: Regional • Age group: 14-18 year olds • Dates: 18th and 19th August • University: Sunderland • Sport: Basketball • Who: boys and girls targeted at development and performance levels • Where from: regional, but applications accepted locally, regionally and nationally • Age group: 13-16 years • Dates: August (to be confirmed) • University: Sunderland • Sport: Trampolining • Who: boys and girls targeted at development and performance levels • Where from: regional, but applications accepted locally, regionally • and nationally • Age group: 12-16 years • Dates: August/September (to be confirmed) • University: Teesside • Sport: Slalom Canoeing • Who: Boys and girls targeted at talent development • Where from:  regionally and nationally • Age group: 12 – 18 years • Dates: 15 and 16 Nov 2008

18. “What Sport Universities North East England is doing really is an asset, this is an important collaboration between five universities determined to make a difference within their communities.” Rt Hon Richard Caborn, former Minister for Sport (2006)