Dover project – Starts Monday 7th December 5-8pm at Dover Grammar Schools for Boys. We are currently recruiting for this project, so if you are interested or would like more information then please contact tom@kentyouth.org This is an exciting vinvolved funded project, which recruits, trains and supports young people aged 16-25 to be effective young volunteers . . . able to deliver sports and dance programmes in local groups, clubs and projects for children and young people.

Sport and dance are global passions of young people. They have been proven time and time again to be very effective ways to engage young people and change lives. Between April 2008 and March 2011, we will deliver eleven locally  based projects in different areas. Each project will see a  minimum of 25 young people trained using the nationally recognised Sports Leaders UK Community Sports Leaders Award or the Dance Leaders Awards. Once trained, the young volunteers will undertake minimum 30 hour placements in local community based groups where they will intrioduce and develop new active lifewstyle programmes with children and other young people.

The programme is open to all young people aged 16 to 25 with the desire to train and make a difference to other young people through sports and dance. We particularly want to encourage young people who do not usually tend to volunteer. This includes young people who are not in education, empl,oyment or training and young people from black and ethnic minority communities.

We will keep our local project list up to date (see below) so you can see where we are currently recruiting and what we are up to. We will also include stories and news from the programme. So, if you are aged 16-25 and you think you might be interested in this programme, you can email tom@kentyouth.org or call him on 01634 281841

If you are a local community children and young people's group which is interested in receiving young trained volunteers from this programme, please also contact Tom.

If you would like to find out more about the Awards, go to www.sportsleaders.org and click on Awards/Qualifications.

 SUMMARY OF OUR PROJECTS                                                                                                                                                                     

CSLA Dartford and Gravesham. This course is currently running at the Riverside Centre in Gravesend.

CSLA Maidstone. Starts Wednesday 25th November, 5-8pm, at Shepway Youth and Community Centre, Cumberland Avenue, Maidstone.
We are currently recruiting for this project.

CSLA Dover. Starts Monday 7th December, 5-8pm, at Dover Grammar Schools for Boys, We are now recruiting for this project.

If you are interested in either course, please email tom@kentyouth.org.

We will be recruiting shortly for new projects in Tunbridge Wells and Sevenoaks. Details will be posted here shortly.

Download our Level 1 Award in Dance Leadership and Level 2 Award in Community Sports Leadership brochures here.

 LINKS                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Aged 16-25 and into volunteering, go to www.vinspired.com.