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Let's Play: Breaking Barriers to Participation in Sports for University Students

Conducting a student survey to identify obstacles to sports involvement and offering casual, affordable sessions to increase participation among non-active students and staff at the Medway campus. Varied activities, inclusive environment, and support for disabilities and female students. Seeking NGB engagement, coaching qualifications, and innovative ideas to promote physical activity.

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Let's Play: Breaking Barriers to Participation in Sports for University Students

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  1. Research • Student survey to highlight the barriers to participation • Cost • Fear of the ‘sports centre’ • Prefer drop in sessions – casual format • Sociable with friends • Cater for non-sporty people • Peer to peer delivery • Medway campus lacks opportunities

  2. What is it? • Increasing participation among non-active students and staff • Participants to complete 1 x 30 minute session per week • 5 themed blocks of 6 weeks • Fun, social, non-competitive, flexible • Members and non-members welcome • Cheap - most sessions only £1 • On and off campus • Rewards for achievements

  3. Activities • Swimming • Cycling • Boxfit • Climbing • Korfball • Tennis polo • Canoeing • Lots more….!

  4. Targets Each participant on average will attend 9 – 10 sessions per year. Year 2 & 3 we will be looking to increase our provision for students with disabilities, female only sessions

  5. How Can You Help Us? • We are looking to engage with NGB’s. • We want to qualify our students in coaching & officiating to help us deliver our project. • We need innovative and new ideas to encourage students to get active.

  6. Questions??

  7. Find out more • letsplay@kent.ac.uk • www.kent.ac.uk/sports/letsplay • letsplaykent • Facebook • Twitter • Instagram

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