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In February 2003, Active Schools was identified as a key element of the Scottish Government's drive to get more Scots more active. The Scottish Government has since developed a range of partnerships and tasks to take this work forward. A fundamental aim of Active Schools is to give school-aged children the tools, motivation and opportunities to be more active and for these opportunities to be available before, during and after school, and in the wider community.

Renfrewshire Active Schools
This is a partnership driven initiative between Sportscotland and Renfrewshire Council's education and leisure services. A team have been appointed with responsibility to put in place and drive forward a range of planned activities in both school and community settings. The objectives of the initiative are:

• to increase physical activity levels among school-aged children in general with a focus on girls, women, young people from ethnic minority backgrounds, young people with physical and learning disabilities, and young people in areas of socio-economic disadvantage
• to improve the motivation and attitude of children and young people and to help increase their achievement potential within school and community life
• to increase levels of sports participation in both formal and informal community settings
• to increase the numbers of young people acting as sports leaders, coaches and volunteers in community settings

In August 2011 1,500 young athletes from around the world will gather in Lanarkshire when it hosts the International Children's Games. If you are interested in a unique opportunity for volunteering you can get more information from the Volunteer for International Children's Games - Lanarkshire 2011.

Active Schools are running additional new clubs for children and young people.
In partnership with St. Mirren Football Club and Johnstone Blackbelt Academy, a Football club and a Tae Kwon Do club has been set up for children with a physical disability. In partnership with the Scottish Hockey Union, 3 community hockey clubs are running in 3 separate venues within Renfrewshire. If you are interested in any of these clubs you can get more information from New Sports Clubs for Children and Young People

Find out more information about the work of the active schools coordinators throughout the year:

• Active Schools Case Studies

Contact us

• email: Active.Schools@renfrewshire.gov.uk
• Telephone: 842 3000
• visit or write to:
  

Active Schools
West Primary School
Newton Street
Paisley
PA1 1JT

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