Get Active in Your Community

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PROJECTS
► Schools Coaching Service
► Get Active, Get Coaching
► Get Active, Get Volunteering
► Get Active in Your Community
► Get Active Holiday Programme
► Performance & Talent Identification
► Olympic Opportunities
► School Club Link

EVENTS
► Wigan Borough Sports Awards
► Gtr. Manchester Champions Challenge
► Gtr. Manchester Mini Games
► North West Street Games
► Game On Midnight Leagues

► Latest Newsletter

► Staff Contact List

► Strategic Objectives

RELATED LINKS

► Active Life

► Active Living

► SPORT Home Page

Get Active in Your Community

“Get Active in Your Community” has been developed to meet the dual aims of ‘Getting Wigan Active’ (Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust) and ‘tackling anti-social behaviour and issues of youth nuisance particularly amongst young people’ (Wigan Community Safety Partnership). The programme provides sports opportunities for young people in their local community. The regular sessions includes football, athletics, squash, handball and dance. Many of the sessions are free of charge.

The Sports Development Team works in partnership with local agencies to secure external funding to provide young people with regular sports activities in their local community. The funding enables young people to access a range of activities using high quality facilities for its activities.

In 2008, over 22,000 young people participated in community sports activities throughout the borough- an increase of 78% on 2007. The climax to each years activities is the chance for the young people of Wigan to take part in the NW Street Games at Sport City, Manchester every August.

► Download a copy of current Community Sessions here

Alternatively, to find a sports session near you please visit www.wbsc.org.uk or contact Sports Development on 01942 404982.