Work with YA Lead to increase representation of BME YA’s across Wales by recruiting ‘Young Ambassador Equality Champions’ who will drive this agenda. Work with StreetGames to raise the profile of BME volunteers through media campaigns and create some local BME role models. 4 YA Equality champions with the remit of promoting BME leadership within YA programme. 2 Local BME role models identified with the remit of promoting sport for BME people within the local community. 2013 Identified by June 2013 workshops. Action plans being developed for 2014/15 Role models identified – need to be clear as to how these are best utilised (Ali Abdi & Rajma Begum) Increase the amount of children from a BME background who are members of a sports club Specifically target Community Chest resources to support BME community sport by; - raising the profile of CC to BME groups. - via the network group explore why there are so few CC applications - ensure the CC grant is easily available to BME communities. An increase from 7 community chest application to 20 in 2013/14 Analyse CC investment quarterly Qtr 1 - Qtr 3 Highlights BME Com Chest 11 in 2012/13 Com Chest 40 in 2013/14 DGs 5 in 2012/13 DGs 8 in 2013/14 Promote BME work internally and externally Via Sporting Snapshots 12 BME specific case studies March 2014 Profile of BME sport is being raised through the network and through targeted work with Swansea, Cardiff and Newport. To date there is 1 BME snapshot around Cymru Fefugee Football DISABILITY LGB&T
CHILD POVERTY Identify barriers to participation facing children and young people in deprived communities Research commissioned into barriers published and disseminated internally and externally. New Active Adult Survey and School Sport Survey data to be packaged in relation to what we know about poverty and participation/volunteering Learning from research applied to Sport Wales and partner approaches to increasing participation Partners have information on how they are impacting on those living in poverty September 2013 Plans with local authority and priority sport governing bodies to contain reference to how they will be providing opportunities for participate and volunteer for those living in our most deprived communities Via self assessment process (equality question) and in final plans All plans to have identifiable action indicating how partners will deliver more participants and volunteers from deprived communities March 2014 SAT piloted and being rolled out across all 22 LAs by end of 2013/14 Work with Community First to develop delivery of sport in these areas Funding for StreetGames to deliver doorstep sport in every Community First area, in conjunction with funding from Welsh Government As per StreetGames agreement March 2014 QTR 2 Update - 25 ‘live young people volunteer programmes 86 delegates engaged in the Training Academy 98 of the top 200 LSOAs have doorstep sports sessions supported by StreetGames 1 US Girl project 10 Doorstep Sports Clubs identified
Action point Details By when Who is responsible Produce 6 month review Produce a video showcasing what Equality Champions have been doing Include action points for the future Incorporate an equality group legacy statement End of year All Equality Champions to gather pictures and videos of everything they are doing Dylan to put everything together in the form of a Prezi Create YA Toolkit Gather PowerPoint presentations used in workshops and presentations delivered by Equality Champions Integrate into a 'YA friendly' presentation which can be downloaded and used for assemblies or YA training etc Include guidance on general equality and more specific information about protected characteristics provided by Sport Wales ‘Things to think about’ when organising an event guidence January - February All Equality Champions YA newsletter takeover Share the work of the equality group Appeal to YA's for anything they are doing linked to equality (YA's might not realise some of the work they are doing is promoting equality) Provide Sport Wales with Snapshots March newsletter All EC's Emma Roberts YA’s