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Youth Sport
Youth Sport
aims to create an environment in which every child can take part
in sport irrespective of their economic circumstances, religion,
gender, race or ability. Youth Sport is also about helping young
people improve in their chosen sports.
Youth Sport
caters for children of all abilities at three levels:
(1) Neighbourhood
level - giving young people an introduction to sport at primary
schools and community settings.
(2) Local
level - giving young people opportunities to develop their sporting
interests at schools and clubs
(3) District
level - giving opportunities for those with talent to have that
talent developed at schools, clubs and leisure centres.
Youth Sport
concentrates on helping young people in the following sports:
| Athletics |
Hockey |
Netball |
| Badminton |
Hurling |
Soccer |
| Basketball |
Gaelic
Football |
Rugby |
| Cricket |
Lifestyle
Sport |
Tennis |
| Camogie |
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The Youth Sport
programme is developing across Northern Ireland. Youth Sport is
helping young people through:
6 major Youth
Sport projects involving:
- all the Education
and Library Boards
- 24 out of
the 26 District Councils
- 120 School
Sports Co-ordinators
- 600 primary
and post primary schools
- 900 coaches
involved in coaching after school programmes
In June 1999
the Centre for Leisure Research based at Moray House in Edinburgh
produced an evaluation of the Youth Sport NI programme , the key
findings of which are published in the Sport
Facts channel.
e:
[email protected]
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