As of September the Education department are going to be very busy delivering a number of sports related curriculum across a variety of levels to the Rotherham community. The extended partnership with Rotherham College has enhanced the quality of the provision by supporting the further education academy with quality assurance and funding from its previous successes as the education academy’s official funding partner. The Education Academy says goodbye to its successful level 3 sport graduates and wishes them all the best for their futures at University and in employment. The group achieved very good grades across the board and achieved above average UCAS points with all students who required the minimum MMM grade in order to progress into University. At the start of July Rotherham United Community Sports Trust employed eight new apprentice sports coaches to assist across all themes and community work currently been delivered. The new apprentices are crucial element in the workforce and vital for sustaining and delivering quality and valuable community work assisting with our very popular soccer camps, health initiatives and within our community inclusion sessions. During their initial 1 year apprenticeship the learners will complete both their practical coaching elements alongside successfully completing a NVQ level 2 in Activity Leadership along with a variety of coaching badges and training courses to help them specialise across all the themes. All apprentices have started well with positive feedback from all lead coaches and staff. The apprentices are enjoying the sun and coaching elements before the theory based classroom sessions begin in September! “The apprentices have really got stuck in and settling in well with their new routines. For most this apprenticeship is their first experience of employment and been paid so they have adjusted really well and I am pleased with their progress so far. I hope the apprentices continue to enjoy this experience and realise how fortunate they are to work within a professional football club at their age, I look forward to seeing their development both as an employee and learner over the next year”. Alongside the new activity leadership apprenticeships the Education Academy is pleased to announce the following courses will starting as of September; Foundation Degree in Football Coaching and Community Development BTEC Level 3 Sport – Futsal Scholarship BTEC Level 2 Sport Community Job Club Staff development Alternative Curriculum For further information please contact: Mark Wilkinson Education Manager Email: mwilkinson@rotherhamunited.ne
Rotherham United Community Sports Trust’s health department have been working alongside Rotherham Parents Forum for the past 6 weeks Rotherham Parents Forum work with those who provide services for disabled children and their families. The forum shares knowledge, experience and what families tell them to help plan and improve the quality, range and accessibility of services for all disabled children and their families in Rotherham. Rotherham United Community Sports have been running the Fun, Active and Able sessions down at the centre, this has involved covering all matter of current health issues with the children such as; the importance of eating a wide varied diet, avoiding sugars in drinks, the dangers of energy drinks, a healthy human body, confidence building and self-esteem, and much much more! Alongside the health sessions we ran physical activity sessions which the children very much enjoyed, the get to try a different sport every week and it increases their participation in sport. Our Health department organised and delivered a long health conference to the NCS wave 3 participants. The health aspects that we decided to cover were, Sugars in Drinks and the Danger of Energy drinks which was led by our community health coach Abbi Walker, a CSE awareness workshop which was led by our community manager Mark Cummins, a Nutrition and Sporting performance workshop led by our Health and Nutrition Officer Lauren Kerry and finally a practical circuit training workshop that was led by Kirsty Maxey who is part of the education department here at the trust. We decided to focus on these 4 key health subjects as they are the most apparent at the moment amongst young people today. The health conference was a massive success and the young people thoroughly enjoyed it. We are looking forward to running our next health conference at Sheffield University to the next NCS cohort. For more information please contact: Lauren Kerry Health and Nutrition Officer Email: