SPORTIVATE - Kent youngsters urged to give sport a go in Olympic legacy push
Thousands of teenagers and young adults across Kent are to benefit from a new sports programme that aims to fulfil the legacy promise made by Seb Coe in Singapore in 2005 to ‘inspire young people to choose sport’.
Sportivate will give 14 to 25-year-olds the chance to receive six to eight weeks of coaching in a sport of their choice. Launched by Sport England and Kent Sport today, the £32 million National Lottery-funded project will help those who aren’t currently playing sport in their own time to get out and give sport a go.
Thanks to £966,960 of Lottery investment in Kent, at least 9,064 local people will be able to take part in activities such as:
- Watersports
- American Football
- Rugby League and Rugby Union
- Golf
- Football
- Boxing
- Cricket
- Athletics
- Volleyball
To help inspire and motivate the participants, Sporting Champions - a team of current and retired elite athletes - will visit Sportivate sessions to share their experiences and enthusiasm for sport.
As an additional incentive, teenagers and young adults who stick with sport will have the chance to enter a ballot for FREE London 2012 tickets. Sport England has hundreds of Olympic and Paralympic tickets available for Sportivate participants via the London 2012 Ticketshare initiative.
In order to be eligible for London 2012 Ticketshare, participants will need to complete the sports course, missing no more than one session, and then continue to participate in sport for at least three months.
Sportivate is an inclusive programme that will create opportunities for disabled and non-disabled participants.
For more details about Sportivate in Kent contact Andrea Murphy, Business Development Manager on (01622) 605064 or andrea.murphy@kent.gov.uk
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