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Collection of initiatives aiming at promoting:

  • awareness of importance of sport at school level
  • social inclusion and prevent early school leaving
  • an ethical approach to sport
  • all types of sports at school level

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Title of the initiative:
Active Girls
Web site of the initiative:
Date of the Event:
July 2015 - ongoing
Country:
United Kingdom
City:
National
Aims:
promotion of all types of sports
promotion of an ethical approach to sport
promotion of awareness of importance of sport at school level
promotion of social inclusion and prevention of early school leaving through sport
Description of the initiatives:
Active Girls is a Scottish Government funded programme, managed by sportscotland and delivered in partnership with YDance, Youth Scotland and The Youth Sport Trust.

On Friday 2 October 2015, girls across Scotland will get up and get active to celebrate the amazing work happening in Active Girls.

Activities are happening across Scotland. Check the links below for more details and remember to check out the tweets and pictures @sportscotland and #ActiveGirlsDay #ActiveGirls hashtags.

Fit for Girls promotes PE, physical activity and sport amongst girls and young women. Through bespoke training for PE staff, Active Schools coordinators and other professional staff, Fit for Girls specifically addresses
the principles of Curriculum for Excellence and aims to get girls more active. Secondary schools that sign up are offered tailored support from an experienced trainer and up to £1,000 to develop their plans.

YDance Active is a national programme that inspires and motivates young women to become more physically active through dance. The project has two strands, a youth training programme to train dance leaders who can increase and promote opportunities for dance and champion dance in their local area. The second strand focuses on workforce development to create more dance opportunities for teenage girls and support YDance Active trained dance leaders in their school and community.

The project has two strands: A youth training programme to train dance leaders who can increase and promote opportunities for dance and champion dance in their local area. The second strand focuses on workforce development to create more dance opportunities for teenage girls and support YDance Active trained dance leaders in their school and community.

Since the programme began in 2012, YDance Active has worked with over 8500 teenage girls across 27 Scottish authorities (figures correct as of April, 2015).

The aim of YDance Active is to tailor a training and development programme which best suits the needs of every local authority so that physical activity levels in teenage girls are effectively targeted.

The Girls on the Move project is designed to increase physical activity levels among girls and young women in a variety of community settings across Scotland. Girls on the Move offers opportunities for girls and young women to participate in sport and physical activity and access leadership opportunities.
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