Charnwood Borough Council

‘Sport Unlimited’ is a national £36 million initiative to get more children and young people taking part in sports that interest them most outside of school.

The three-year programme will enable 900,000 more 11-19 year olds to choose from a vast range of sports including several in which Team GB has excelled at the 2008 Olympics - such as sailing and cycling - as well as less traditional sports like dodgeball, snowboarding and American football.

Sport Unlimited offers young people 10-week taster sessions in sports which they have requested and aims to get 300,000 participants to join clubs and continue with sport when the 10 weeks are up.

The programme, run by Sport England in partnership with the Youth Sport Trust and County Sports Partnerships across England, has already been successfully trailblazed in 12 areas and will now be fully rolled out across the country, resulting in 4,000 new sporting projects being set up.

Sport Unlimited will make a significant contribution to the Government’s target of giving children and young people the opportunity to do 5 hours of PE and sport a week at school and in the community. The funding is part of the additional £100 million investment in sport for young people announced by the Prime Minister in 2007.

For more information visit www.sportengland.org

Charnwood Projects

Through the local sports alliance - Charnwood Sport and Active Recreation Alliance, or CSARA - partners have bid in for projects to support the Sport Unlimited initiative. A full list of projects is available by clicking here.

The activities currently going on include:

For more details on these projects and the Sport Unlimited concept contact Arran Coggan, Senior Sports Development Officer on 01509 634592 or email: arran.coggan@charnwood.gov.uk