Latest News – May
Victoria Park treasure hunt marks first year of Playing for Success. The ‘Mathletic’ Team Challenge was held at the popular park on 22 April to celebrate the first anniversary of the borough’s London Marathon Playing for Success centre. Click here for more information.
Celebrating Success in Waltham Forest. Leyton Orient star Adrian Patulea was on hand at the PfS end of cohort celebration event for pupils from local schools. Click here for more information.
The Grendon Study Centre has opened as an international and Olympics inspired learning venue. Click here for more information or visit their website http://grendon.northantsstudycentres.org/
Huddersfield Giants captain, Brett Hodgson, and Club Chairman, Ken Davy were joined by Barry Sheerman, MP for Huddersfield, to present pupils from four local schools with awards for their efforts and achievements. Click here to view the article in the Huddersfield Examiner.
Brighton and Hove PfS has a new website. Click here to see it.
The Official opening of the Playing for Success centre based at Shaw Lane Community Sports Ground will take place on Friday 18 June 2010. Any enquiries should be made to jeanwyatt@barnsley.gov.uk.
You may be interested in applying for a Grassroots Grant. Grassroots Grants has funded thousands of projects, including for example, sports for the disabled, arts for older people and activities for young people.
Applying for Grassroots Grants is quick, easy and help is available. You can apply for funding until March 2011. If your group ticks all the boxes, then you could apply for a Grassroots Grant of £250 – £5000. Click here for more information.
Love football…love reading 2010. Tom Palmer, official writer for the Premier League Reading Stars scheme and author of two football fiction series for children, offers Ten Top Tips on using the World Cup to encourage children to read. Click here for more information.
On Saturday 8 May the Cobblers Study Centre welcomed a group of young people and staff from The Albion Foundation to Sixfields. The pupils enjoyed a tour of the stadium, a practical football session and were able to watch the last game of the season from the West stand. Please visit the MDA/Photos/PfS Centres/West Bromwich Albion to read more and to view the photos.
This September will see the introduction of an exciting new programme at the Bath REC to compliment their existing daytime provision. ‘Tackling the Future – Foundation Learning’ has been developed to meet the needs of KS4 learners who require something different. Click here for more information.
The National Literacy Trust has released an article on how the Liberal Conservative Coalition will impact on literacy policy. Click here to read more.
Bolton PfS has a new website. Please click here to view.
For the first time in QPR FC’s history a young volunteer was awarded the highly coveted Community Award at the annual QPR Player of the Year Awards evening. Omar Salih was awarded the prize in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the local community through his involvement in QPR’s Study Support Centre programe. Please visit the MDA/Shared Documents/Queens Park Rovers to read more.
A good example of a PfS website is the Grecian Centre in Devon which showcases images of children’s work. To view the website, click here.
The latest Playing for Success award evening at Preston North End was held on the 30 March to celebrate the achievements of PfS pupils over 10 weeks in the spring term. Click here for more information.
Preston North End FC, formerly Playing for Success Preston and North End Learning and Community Centre has changed its name to ‘The Study Lab’ @ Preston North End FC. The Launch of the new centre will be on Friday 2 July.