Month: February 2019

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Aberdeen Tea, Talk and Try

TEA, TALK & TRY!

Aberdeen Sports Village, Linksfield Road, Aberdeen AB24 5RU

GOGA supporting disabled and non-disabled people being active together: boccia, badminton, boxing, body mind wellbeing, squad, swimming and table tennis with tea and chat.

Wednesday 27th February 2019, 1.30pm – 4.30pm (squash 1.30-2.30 and swimming 4.00-4.30)

For more information and to register contact Kevin Mathew on kevin.mathew1@abdn.ac.uk or Shaun Powell on shaunpowellgogagrampian@gmail.com, or phone 07565 673 578.

 

Central Regional Swimming Squad – Sponsorship Success

SDS Central and Forth Valley Disability Sport are extremely excited to announce a new sponsorship collaboration within the Central region.

Regional representatives were kindly approached by Founding Director of Sheridan Property Consultants who stated that the company fully supported the impact the Central Regional Swimming Squad and GOGA for all Swimming Sessions were making to the swimmers within the region. In turn they approached partners to become the official sponsor for the projects for the 2019 – 2020 season.

SDS Central and Forth Valley Disability Sport would like to officially thank Sheridan Property Consultants for their very kind donation. The impact this funding will make will support and develop many disability swimmers within the Central region.

For more information on Sheridan Property Consultants please visit www.sheridanproperty.co.uk.

To find out more about disability sport in Central Scotland and how to get involved please contact: Cheryl Lappin (SDS RDM) at cheryl.lappin@scottishdisabilitysport.com / Phone: 07577 830360.

Aberdeenshire Deaf Friendly Swimming Lessons

Live Life Aberdeenshire in partnership with The National Deaf Children’s Society are holding deaf-friendly swimming lessons for deaf children and young people in Aberdeenshire.

The activities are suitable for all abilities from complete beginners to confident swimmers.

Children will take part in fun activities and learn new skills, delivered by fully qualified swimming teachers trained by NDCS in deaf awareness.

When and Where Ellon  Community Pool, Kellie Pearl Way, Ellon AB41 8LF
Every Tuesday, starting 5th March 2019
Beginners at 6pm
Improvers/advanced at 6.30om
Cost £33 for 1st block of 16 lessons
£5.50 a month after 1st block
Who for Age 4+

Bookings: 01358 727 910 (Press 2 – Learn to Swim or Reece Ironside), reece.ironside@aberdeenshire.gov.uk

Further info: Eleanor Connelly – swimming@ndcs.org.uk, 0141 354 7850

www.ndcs.org.uk/swimming

Success for Dons’ Deaf-Friendly Football Project

A football project to engage and improve health outcomes for deaf pupils in Aberdeen has been hailed a success.

Aberdeen Football Club Community Trust has been running GoFitba for the past 12 weeks with the Aberdeen School for the Deaf. GoFitba is a project funded by the Scottish Football Partnership.

The programme is aimed at primary school children and provides an hour of football activity followed by an hour of health and wellbeing workshops and a healthy meal.

Each organisation that receives funding for the project can choose which school they deliver in and AFCCT chose the Aberdeen School for the Deaf as there were no football sessions or after school clubs running for the 13 pupils who attend.

10 of the pupils decided to sign up and have attended for the past 12 weeks. The group has been to an AFC match, for some of whom it was their first, and will attend another on the 16th of February vs. St Mirren. They also tried new foods over the course of the programme from tuna and sweetcorn to salami.

The pupils also made a ‘Good Luck,’ video for Aberdeen when they reached the League Cup Final in November 2018. It was viewed over 7,500 times on twitter and over 4,000 times on Facebook. You can view the video at: https://www.facebook.com/AberdeenFCCommunityTrust/videos/559882927784196/

Aberdeen FC Community Trust and Scottish Disability Sport is looking to further develop a relationship with the school, which has a growing need for after-school provision, after the amazing feedback received from pupils and staff.

If you, or someone you know, lives with a physical, sensory or intellectual impairment and would like to get more involved in sport, please get in touch with Alison Shaw (Regional Manager for Scottish Disability Sport) on 07828 744 848 or alison.shaw@scottishdisabilitysport.com.

By Ross McNeil and Alison Shaw

Young Fife Karate Player wins Grand Prix Gold

Connor Brown from Dunfermline and Woodmill HS is the leading all round junior sportsman with a physical impairment in Fife. Connor excels in cross country, track, field, karate, judo, rugby and swimming to name but a few sports.

Connor is an active member of JKS Scotland and is coached by Paul Giannandrea in Dunfermline. Connor won gold in the disability kata at the Jks Scotland Grand Prix at Ravenscraig in the west of Scotland earlier to day.

Congratulations to Connor and well done to the very inclusive JKS Club that promotes karate for players of all levels of ability. Connor is one of the many successful high performance karate players to come out of this excellent club.

Richard Brickley MBE – Chairman DSF (SCIO) Board of Charity Trustees

New Wheelchair Golf Opportunity in Tayside

Scottish Disability Sport are delighted to be working in partnership with Carnoustie Golf Links Ltd and Dundee Dragons to offer wheelchair golf at Carnoustie Golf Links.

Coaching sessions will take place on Tuesday evenings from 7pm – 8pm for 10 weeks from Tuesday 23rd April to Tuesday 25th June and are open to wheelchair users aged 10 and over.

Led by Keir McNicoll, P.G.A. Senior Assistant Professional, you will receive tuition on grip, swing and shot techniques whilst using the state of the art golf simulators at the Carnoustie Links Performance Centre and playing on the five-hole course ‘The Nestie’.

There is no cost for these sessions and golf equipment can be provided.

Anyone interested should contact Keir to register – kmcnicoll@carnoustiegolflinks.co.uk

Scottish Swimming People Development Officer

Salary circa £26k plus 6% pension

Scottish Swimming is seeking a People Development Officer to manage and deliver a comprehensive education, learning and development programme.  We are looking for an enthusiastic, self- motivated individual who has experience in managing multiple projects or a diverse workload, possesses excellent communication skills and has the ability to enthuse and motivate others. Applicants should be self-motivated and focused and demonstrate an ability to be a good team player working in a fast-paced environment.  This is an excellent opportunity to work within an experienced team, where we will support you to grow and develop into the role.

Key Functions:

Support the delivery of the National Framework for Aquatics in Scotland through:

  1. Managing the education, learning and development programme for Learn to Swim providers and the teaching workforce.
  2. Managing the education, learning and development programme for club coaches and volunteers.

In return you will be offered an attractive salary, including contributory pension, as well as being part of a dynamic team that aims to ensure that everyone can swim.

Scottish Swimming has a set of values which are available HERE. We are committed to selecting staff solely on the basis of their ability to do the job for which they are being recruited. We encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

For an informal discussion please contact Sharon MacDonald, Director of Development on 07787 151051.

For further information about Scottish Swimming please go to the website at www.scottishswimming.com. The full recruitment pack can be found in the information on the right hand side, with the application process within the Supporting Information Document.

Closing Date for Applications: 12 noon, Friday 1st March 2019

Interviews: Week of Monday 11th March