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The International Youth Leader Education Programme is a four month course in Denmark, from August to December 2001, involving students from many different countries. Scottish students who have taken part in the initiative in previous years including Fiona Hutcheon - Turriff; Michelle McCabe - Ellon; Lorna Allison - Huntly, have found the experience most rewarding and one that has helped them in their individual and career development.

In order to apply you must play an active role in a youth organisation and/or sports club at a local, regional or national level, have some previous leadership or coaching experience, be committed to the social development of young people and be able to attend for the full duration of the course. Your club must also support your application.

For further information and application form contact:

Mike Seed, 1 Church Street, Macduff. Tel: 01261 813383 or E-mail: mike.seed@aberdeenshire.gov.uk

The Running Sport Programme is designed to improve the knowledge and skills of everybody working in sport, both voluntary and professional.

A series of introductory short advisory booklets (£2.00 each + P&P) have been published which are designed to cover a wide range of topics for those who need help with the jobs they carry out in sport.

The following titles are available:

• Getting Things Done

- Recruiting and training volunteers.

• Running Meetings

- A guide to chairing a sports organisation.

• Running A Club

- Guidelines for the secretary.

• Looking After The Money

- Guidelines for the treasurer.

• Raising Money

- Fund-raising, marketing and sponsorship.

• Making A Match

- Organising sports teams and competitions.

• Getting It Right

- Sports ethics, discipline and appeals.

• Making Your Point

- Presenting your views.

• Managing The Risks

- Insurance guidelines for sporting organisations and individuals.

• Taxation And Sport

- A general guide for sports organisations.

• Starting A Junior Section

- A general guide.

• Developing A Junior Club

- A general guide to issues and considerations.

• Sportslink

- Developing club and school links.

• Planning For Sports Development

- A general guide to action and development plans.

• Laying The Foundations

- Introduction to starting a building project.

A series of home study packs/workbooks (£9.00 each + P&P), at a more advanced level, are also available, including:

• A Club For All: Welcoming All Members Of The Community

For further information on the above and a range of other useful publications contact:

1st4sport, Coachwise Ltd, Units 2/3 Chelsea Close, Off Amberley Road, Armley, Leeds LS12 4HW. Tel: 0113 231 1310 or E-mail: enquiries@coachwise.ltd.uk

Aberdeenshire Sports Council propose to purchase a full set of the introductory booklets and home study packs/workbooks which affiliated clubs and organisations could loan and view prior to deciding whether to purchase copies. Contact Mike Seed for details.

Aberdeenshire Sports Council has organised the following tutor led Running Sport Courses. These will be:

• Raising The Money Sunday 25 February 2001

Inverurie Town Hall - 1.30pm - 4.00pm

- Includes fund raising, sponsorship, marketing and grant aid.

• Valuing Volunteers Tuesday 13 March 2001

Mintlaw Academy - 6.30pm - 9.30pm

- Finding and keeping volunteers is getting harder for everyone. The course will give you lots of ideas on how to recruit, retain and reward your volunteers.

• Sports Development Planning Thursday 22 March 2001

Mintlaw Academy - 6.30pm - 9.30pm

- How well does your club plan for the future? This course will help you plan your clubs progress to make the best use of all available resources and help with any future funding applications.

• Valuing Volunteers Sunday 22 April 2001

Stonehaven Town Hall - 1.30pm - 4.30pm

- Finding and keeping volunteers is getting harder for everyone. The course will give you lots of ideas on how to recruit, retain and reward your volunteers.

The above courses should be of value to all clubs and organisations. Costs have been subsidised for members of Aberdeenshire Sports Council affiliated clubs/organisations. (Aberdeenshire Sports Council Grant Aid is therefore unavailable for these courses.)

A two day Tutor Training Course will be taking place on 25/26 April 2001 in Glenmore Lodge, Aviemore.

Anybody interested in becoming a tutor can obtain further details from:

Rachel McCarthy at sportscotland on 0131 317 7200.

A range of excellent courses, targeted at coaches with some previous experience, have been organised by the Activ-8-Grampian office for the first half of 2001. These take place at Summerhill Education Centre, Aberdeen on Wednesdays, 6.30pm - 9.30pm, cost £20.00 each workshop (it may be possible to subsidise these costs).

Courses available are as follows:

• Injury Prevention & Management 31 January 2001

• Fuelling Performers 14 February 2001

• Goal-setting & Planning 28 February 2001

• Coaching Disabled Performers 14 March 2001

• Good Practice & Child Protection 28 March 2001

• Improving Practices & Skill 18 April 2001

• Motivation & Mental Toughness 16 May 2001

• Coaching Methods & Communication 30 May 2001

For further information and details of all the above courses contact:

Margaret Barnes, Administrator, Activ-8-Grampian, Gordon House, Blackhall Road, Inverurie, AB51 3WA. Tel: 01467 628126 or E-mail: activ8@aberdeenshire.gov.uk

Margaret is also collating details of forthcoming sports specific coaching courses for the Activ-8 sports - athletics, badminton, cricket, gymnastics, hockey, netball, swimming and tennis.

Contact Margaret for further details.

A range of courses designed to help coaches develop their practical coaching skills and gather evidence to demonstrate competence at Scottish/National Vocational Qualifications (Level 3). The courses will take place at Moray College and cost £25.00 each workshop.

Courses are as follows:

• Analysing Your Coaching

7 February 2001 6.30pm - 9.30pm

• Coaching Methods and Communication

14 February 2001 6.30pm - 9.30pm

• Goal Setting and Planning

21 February 2001 6.30pm - 9.30pm

• Improving Practices and Skill

7 March 2001 6.30pm - 9.30pm

• Observation, Analysis and Video

14 March 2001 6.30pm - 9.30pm

• Good Practice and Child Protection

24 March 2001 9.30am - 12.30pm

• Coaching Disabled Performers

24 March 2001 1.30pm - 4.30pm

For further details on courses and booking forms contact:

Neil Mackintosh, Moray College, Moray Street, Elgin. Tel: 01343 576423 or The Scottish Coaching Unit on 0131 472 3315.

Thursday 15 March 2001

7.30pm

Inverurie Town Hall

The inaugural meeting of Aberdeenshire Tennis Forum will be held as detailed above.

All those clubs/organisations/individuals with an interest in furthering the development of tennis in Aberdeenshire are invited to attend the meeting. Don’t miss the opportunity to get involved and have your say!

Further details on the Forum and the meeting are available from:

Mike Seed, Sports Development Officer, 1 Church Street, Macduff. Tel: 01261 813383.

A series of Workshops designed for teachers, parent helpers, disability centre staff interested in delivering athletics within groups attached to their schools and centres. No coaching experience is required just enthusiasm and a willingness to learn and progress towards coaching qualifications in the future. These take place at the following venues, 10.00am - 3.00pm:

• Garioch Sports Centre

28 January 2001

• Stonehaven Sports Centre

18 February 2001

Cost £15.00 per school/centre represented (based on two people representing their school/centre/group) no limit to numbers taking part from each organisation.

For further details and booking form contact:

Dawn Davidson, Athletics Co-ordinator, Aberdeenshire Council. Tel: 01467 672442

This newsletter has been produced in response to feedback from member clubs and organisations, following last years consultation exercise. We hope you like it, however, we need your comments and suggestions.

It is vitally important to us that the newsletter is seen and read by yourselves (i.e. contact person on our database) and all members in your club/organisation. Often urgent action or attention is required by yourself in informing other club members of deadlines for courses or events, giving them details of useful contacts and information, etc.

Please ensure the Newsletter is displayed where all members can read it and any specific information that may be relevant to certain members is relayed to them.

Your co-operation is essential in ensuring that we communicate effectively and offer the best service to affiliated clubs and organisations. Please feel free to make copies of the Newsletter or contact the office for additional copies.

We shall be refining the Newsletter over the next few editions. The success of any newsletter relies on interesting, relevant and useful information for those reading it, and on the membership letting us know what they want in it. So, if you have specific suggestions for particular sections or articles in the future, or have news from your club or organisation that would be of interest to others please send the details to:

Mike Seed, Sports Development Officer, 1 Church Street, Macduff, AB44 1UR. Tel: 01261 813383 or Fax: 01261 833646 or E-mail: mike.seed@aberdeenshire.gov.uk

Leisurelend is an equipment resource for use by organisations and individuals, resident in Aberdeenshire, involved in sport/arts/leisure/recreation and community activities. A leaflet is available which details equipment for loan, charges and conditions of hire. For further information telephone 01467 625088.

Just a reminder to direct all enquiries regarding Aberdeenshire Sports Council Grant Aid to: Mike Seed, 1 Church Street, Macduff. Tel: 01261 813383 or E-mail: mike.seed@aberdeenshire.gov.uk

At the sportscotland Scottish Coach of the Year Awards 2000, two Aberdeenshire Coaches won prestigious national awards for their commitment and dedication to coaching. Stewart Neilson, football coach from Banff, won the “Male Coach (Coaching Junior Competitors) Category” and Carol McLaren, triathlete coach from Stonehaven, won the “Female Coach (Coaching Individual Performers or Teams) Category”.

We are proposing to hold one Sports Awards Evening for Aberdeenshire this year. Whilst date and venue are still to be confirmed, it is likely to be held in May, in a central location. We will be building on the successes of previous Awards Evenings and shall be forwarding further details and nomination forms in February. The event is an excellent way of recognising achievement and commitment from sports people and volunteers in Aberdeenshire.

Aberdeenshire Sports Council Executive Committee

At the special general meeting, last Autumn, a new Executive Committee was elected and is now working hard to continue to improve its service delivery and services to affiliated clubs and organisations, and to implement many of the suggestions for possible improvements made by the membership during the Summer 2000 consultation exercise. Two Working Groups have been formed - finance and marketing, education/training and development - with Action Plans agreed for each. They are now working to prioritise and implement the Action Plans. A contact list of Executive Committee Members will appear in the next Newsletter.

Free criminal record checks for volunteers working in the voluntary sector were announced last month. Costs will be met by the Scottish Executive and this will allow checks to be undertaken on those who are involved regularly in working with children. This will only come into effect from July 2001. We shall keep you posted!

For general enquiries contact: The Sports Council Office on 01261 813383.

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