The
Youth Sport Trust is charged with increasing participation and
engagement in sport across the UK and one of the many initiatives the
Trust is involved with on an ongoing basis is the development of
links between schools and clubs within local communities.
The
Trust works closely with various organisations, National Governing
Bodies and Schools to deliver activities designed to encourage
children of all ages to take up regular sports training.
As approved partners in The Youth Sport Trust’s Business Honours Club, NEST is at the forefront of promoting martial arts classes throughout 2012.
As approved partners in The Youth Sport Trust’s Business Honours Club, NEST is at the forefront of promoting martial arts classes throughout 2012.
The
Youth Sport Trust’s Annual Conference at The Telford International
Centre last month brought together School Games Organisers or SGO’s,
(formerly known as School Sports Coordinators or SSCo’s) and Head
Teachers from both Primary and Secondary Schools across the country
and NEST was proud to promote a range of services that you as martial
arts academy owners provide for schools.
These
activities included:
- Free taster sessions, conducted either on or off school premises
- Breakfast sessions, classes conducted on school premises between 8am and 9am
- Lunchtime sessions on school premises
- After School classes on school premises
- Holiday camp activities, run in your academy or on school premises, and
- Club promotion of academies using ParentMail or Book Bag Leaflets.
At the conference, NEST also
had the opportunity to showcase some of the features and benefits of
martial arts through physical activity demonstrations.
Terry Lee, Coaching Director
of Warrior Martial Arts and Little Tiger Cubs franchisee for the
Nottingham area directed physical demonstrations with Foundation aged
children and their parents. The objective was to highlight how
martial arts can help children effectively make the transition into
full-time education whilst having fun and spending quality time with
a parent or carer.
Terry said of the event, “This
conference has been a fantastic opportunity to showcase Little Tiger
Cubs to a much wider audience and we’ve had some terrific feedback
from teachers about what we do. I think that events like this help
promote martial arts as a sporting activity that’s relevant to
children of all ages and we’re now looking forward to seeing growth
in our business as a result of this additional exposure in schools.”
[Insert
image of Terry Lee of Warrior Martial Arts with Little Tiger Cubs and
Baroness Sue Campbell, Chair of The Youth Sport Trust and Olympic
Medallist, Jason Gardener. Image to follow.]
NEST will be encouraging all
member academies who teach children to be involved in a range of
local and national initiatives with the Youth Sport Trust in the
coming months. These are likely to include the development of
relationships with individual School Games Organisers and Regional
Sports Development Teams as well as national promotion through NEST.
The
Martial Arts Show Live, returning for the third consecutive year at
the NEC Birmingham. Hope to see you there on 12th-13th of May 2012.
Nest Management will be at Stand 21
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