Community Sport Hub Intern / Assistant
Renfrewshire Leisure
Paisley, United Kingdom
Working with the Paisley West Community Sport Hub to improve the sport on offer in the area and increase awareness of the work the Hub is doing.Conducted a Paisley West community wide consultation that involved the pupils, parents and teachers of 6 local primary schools, the pupils, parents and teachers of a local high school, the students at a local College learning centre, local library users, shop workers and also the wider community through an online survey. These results were then used to help shape the Hub's plan for the next year as it allowed us to learn what sports people in the community actually wanted to see and why the local community weren't playing as much sport as they should.As a result of the survey, I created and organised the Paisley West Community Sport Hub Come and Try Day that was held in the centre of Paisley for free. The purpose of this was as a response to the survey results informing us that many parents etc stating that cost and accessibility were major issues in getting their child involved in sport. Hosting free taster sessions on a Sunday in Paisley helped solve this problem with the day being promoted in every school in the area. This helped make the day successful with over 300 children coming down on the day to try their hand at some new sports. Following the success of the work done with the Paisley West Community Sport Hub, my post was extended to help conduct similar community consultations in the other 4 Sport Hub areas. These consultations involved around 10 high schools and 20 primary schools, taking in over 4000 survey responses.