PRO-ACTIVE South London Newsletter - Issue 32

PRO-ACTIVE South London Newsletter - Issue 32

Welcome to the latest edition of the PRO-ACTIVE South London Newsletter.

Last weekend saw another successful Wandle Valley Festival. 16 Sporting events took place during the festival including a new parkrun 5km event in Morden Hall park.

Over 80 runners braved the bad weather to take part in the debut event. The run, which will take place every Saturday at 9am, is the 4th parkrun event to be established in south London with the others located in Richmond Park, Bushy Park and on Wimbledon Common.

For pictures and results for all of the parkrun events visit www.parkrun.com.


LATEST NEWS

10.06.2009 | Official Sports London (Bursary Scheme) - June Update PRO-ACTIVE South
It’s been another exciting month for Official Sports London, the bursary scheme that offers Londoners aged 16+ the opportunity to become qualified sports officials in the run up to the London 2012 Games.

04.06.2009 | London 2012 Open Weekend
Opening up arts, culture and sporting opportunity for everyone across the UK

02.06.2009 | 'Get Active London' Project Update
The ‘Get Active London’ project (formerly known as the Active London Web Portal) aims to create a ‘one-stop-online resource’ of sport and physical activity opportunities in London.

01.06.2009 | PRO-ACTIVE South London Re-Launches its Funding Database
PRO-ACTIVE South London has re-launched its funding database on the PRO-ACTIVE South London website. The funding database is a tool provided by the PRO-ACTIVE Partnerships for anyone involved in sport and physical activity.

31.05.2009 | Inclusive Fitness Week 2009 at Kingston and Wimbledon YMCA
In partnership with the Inclusive Fitness Initiative (IFI) and local partners in both the Royal Borough of Kingston and London Borough of Merton, YMCA Hawker Centre and YMCA Wimbledon ran Inclusive Fitness Week.

26.05.2009 | PRO-ACTIVE London Celebrates London's Top Sports Learners at prestigious Award Ceremony at the London Docklands Museum
PRO-ACTIVE London Celebrates London’s Top Sports Learners at prestigious Award Ceremony held on Tuesday 12 May 2009 at the London Docklands Museum

21.05.2009 | Logos function up and running on the Promoting Activity Toolkit
The ability to add your own logos to a Change4Life poster was by far the most requested feature for promotingactivity.com.

12.05.2009 | Innovation Fund - Now Open
The Innovation Fund will create innovative sporting opportunities enabling existing participants to do more, or to bring sport to those people who currently play sport only occasionally, or not at all.

07.05.2009 | PRO-ACTIVE Partnerships support 'A Sporting Future for London'
'A Sporting Future for London’, which was unveiled by the Mayor Boris Johnson and his Sports Commissioner, Kate Hoey last week, will see a total of over £30 million invested into grass-roots sport in London by 2012.

DIARY DATES AND TRAINING

Learn more about the Future of Qualifications in Sport and Active Leisure
Date: 11.06.2009
Time: 10AM - 4PM
Region: Central London


Pro-Active Islington Festival of Sports & Cycling
Date: 20.06.2009
Time: 12pm-6pm
Region: Central London

Invitation: Future Stars International Basketball - Reception & Tournament
Date: 11.07.2009
Time: 1.45pm - 6pm
Region: South London

Dragon Boat Challenge
Date: 19.07.2009
Time: 9AM - 4PM
Region: South London

SIMMSport Multi Sports Camp (July)
Date: 27.07.2009
Time: 09.00 - 15.00
Region: South London

SIMMSport Multi Sports Camp (August)
Date: 24.08.2009
Time: 09.00 - 15.00
Region: South London

FUNDING

Sport England - Innovation Fund (Revenue)
Applications Deadline: 10.08.2009
£ Available (Up to £0)
The Innovation Fund will seek to harness new ideas and attract new partners to find breakthrough solutions for grassroots sport.

Sport England - Sportsmatch (Revenue)
£ Available (Up to £100000)
The Sport England Sportsmatch programme increases investment in community sport by matching sponsorship money pound for pound. Sportsmatch is funded by Sport England to support the development of grassroots sport in England. It makes awards to organisations running projects aimed at increasing participation in sports at community level. We do this through matching eligible funding invested in community sport.

Sport England - Small Grants Programme (Revenue)
£ Available (Up to £10000)
The Sport England Small Grants Programme has been set up to support local community sport projects which seek to increase participation, sustain participation or develop opportunities for people to excel at their chosen sport.

JOBS

Rugby League Development Officer | South London Rugby League
Type: Managerial
Closing Date: 19.06.2009
Salary: up to £24,000 pa

Sports administrator/Assistant Partnership Development Manager | Cambridge Education @ Islington, Islington School Sport Partnership
Type: Support Staff
Closing Date: 19.06.2009
Salary: £27,669 - £29,277 pa

Boxing Development Officer (Central London) | Amateur Boxing Association of England
Type: Sports / Community Development Officer
Closing Date: 29.06.2009
Salary: £25,000

Basketball Development Officer | Croydon Council
Type: Sports / Community Development Officer
Closing Date: 10.07.2009
Salary: £28,515