Upcoming Courses

7th May, 6-9pm

This workshop provides learners with a foundation of what is going on in a young person's body, the short and longer term impact this has on their behaviour and how we can make small changes by being Trauma Informed to achieve better life outcomes for young people. The workshop explores ACEs and the impact they have on Young People’s health as well as our role in using sport to build resilience with a ‘Trauma Informed approach’.

12th May, 9:30am-12:30pm

This workshop explores how Doorstep Sport can be used as an engagement tool to address social exclusion, anti-social behaviour and community tension and build stronger communities. Participants learn the characteristics of ‘hard to reach’ young people and how to effectively engage with them.

21st May, 6-8pm

There are a high number of young people from low income/lower socio-economic groups that are either inactive or not active enough for health (and wider social) benefits. This workshop will offer ideas for how you can attract inactive young people to Doorstep Sport sessions.

2nd June, 6-9pm

This introductory three-hour session raises awareness of young people’s mental health. We discuss some of the common mental health issues affecting young people, including depression, anxiety, eating disorders and psychosis. We cover the different skills to work more effectively with young people living with mental health issues and the different ways to support young people with a mental health issue and relate to their experiences.

11th June, 6-9pm

This 3-hour workshop promotes a whole organisation approach to safeguarding and is suitable for project managers, coaches, leaders and volunteers working in community sport environments with regular responsibility for children and young people. Using specific examples and scenarios taken from the community sport context, learners will have the opportunity to discuss and explore key topics including welfare, safeguarding, child abuse and radicalisation. Learners will develop their knowledge and understanding of the importance of early intervention and identifying, responding and reporting concerns.

16th June, 9:30am-12:30pm

This interactive workshop equips participants with practical ideas on how to best engage women and girls in physical activity. The workshop explains the sporting needs of young women and girls, and defines the techniques for delivering successful sports programmes for young women. The workshop covers what works to both engage and retain female participants and includes case studies from projects that are successfully engaging females.