REMINDER

We are delighted to invite nominations for the Junior Sports Awards 2022 sponsored by Manfreight Limited for the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council area, which are to be held on Friday 14^th October in the Armagh City Hotel
 
Nominations can be made in the following categories for achievements from 1^st July 2020 – 30^th June 2022 (please note the 2 year time period). 

• Sports Person with a  Disability
• Junior Male / Youth Male 
• Junior Female / Youth Female 
• Junior School Team / Youth School Team
• Junior Club Team / Youth Club Team
• School Coach / Club Coach
• Young Volunteer

Please refer to the JSA 2022 Guidance Notes on how to nominate and details on specific categories. Each nominee can only be nominated in one category and for the Young Volunteer Awards, we will only be accepting one nominee per school/club. We would encourage nominations of coaches and in particular the coaches of Junior & Youth School/Club teams that are being nominated. 
 
Nominations this year need to be made online and close on Friday 8^th July at 5pm 
 
To nominate and view the Guidance Notes please visit https://www.armaghbanbridgecraigavon.gov.uk/juniorsportsawards
 
If you have any queries about the awards please also contact Sarah Aiken sarah.aiken@armaghbanbridgecraigavon.gov.uk

Sport NI, on behalf of the Your School Your Club Joint Working Group is seeking to establish a list of potential projects that would benefit from support and funding during 2022/23 financial year. The purpose of Your School Your Club is an initiative to help promote community use of school sports facilities. 

At the time of the release of this Your School Your Club Expression of Interest, there is no confirmed capital budget for the 2022/23 financial year.

Successful projects will be predicated on the principle that schools involved are committed to making their sports facilities accessible to sports clubs/local community organisations subject to the provision of fit for purpose and appropriate (sports) infrastructure.

What organisations can express an interest?

Your School Your Club will only accept expressions of interest from schools.

What is the process?

Schools must complete an expression of interest on the template provided at the link below. It must be emailed to yourschoolyourclub@sportni.net by Noon on Monday 11th July 2022.

The Public Health Agency (PHA) have identified funding to address Health and Wellbeing in Northern Ireland. The short term funding will support a range of strategic themes and priorities including:

• The ‘Making Life Better’ (Public health framework) priorities
• Protect Life 2 - Suicide Prevention Strategy
• Mental Health, Emotional Wellbeing, Suicide Prevention and Self-Harm

The PHA are inviting community and voluntary sector organisations, through the Clear Project, to apply for non-recurring short term funding to address the outlined themes.

The funding can be used to improve the health and wellbeing of local communities with a particular focus on improving mental and emotional wellbeing through using the 'Take 5' Steps to Wellbeing approach. 

1. Award one - Funding of up to £1,000 that non-constituted and constituted non-profit taking Community / Voluntary Sector groups can apply for.
2. Award two - Funding of between £1,001 and to a maximum of £5,000 for constituted, non-profit taking Community / Voluntary sector groups.

The closing date for applications is Thursday 21st July at 3pm. 

In 2022, Coca‑Cola will donate a further €100,000 to youth-orientated (16-25 years of age) non-profit groups committed to support young people to build sustainable communities.

The Fund will focus on one overall theme – Investing in Sustainable Communities. The Fund will help to nurture a generation of change champions who will help to shape, create and maintain sustainable communities for the benefit of all.

Within this theme, the Fund is seeking applications which fall under one or more of the following three categories:

1. Education - Educational, Training, Resilience, entrepreneurship programmes for young people

2. Diversity & Inclusion - Programmes that support Diversity & Inclusivity and social equity among young people

3. Care for the Environment - Programmes that encourage and support young people to care for and protect the environment

The Fund’s application form facilitates entrants in selecting which funding amount is most suitable for their project - €5,000 or €10,000.

The deadline for applications is Wednesday 20th July 2022.

Hope for Youth NI provide grants of up to £5,000 across NI for projects providing opportunities for young people aged 11-18 years to come together from different cultural, ethnic or religious communities to work together on a creative, practical or outdoors project.

Hope for Youth supports organisations demonstrating the following:

• Projects that engage with young people in NI aged 11 - 18 years
• Projects that foster community integration
• Projects that focus on outdoor activities, sport, music, dance, drama and the arts. 
• Projects that promote personal or team development

Get ready to ‘Shake Up Summer 2022’ with our energy bursting and boredom busting programme of summer schemes, sports camps and family days out throughout July and August.

Taking place at locations across the borough, the programme provides a vast range of pursuits to keep our young residents active and healthy over the summer months, with loads of fun guaranteed right here on their doorstep. Bookings are now open.

To view the summer brochure, book an activity, and for information on all activities and events visit: getactiveabc.com/summer

We’re offering a packed programme of free activities designed to appeal to all ages and interests at many of our most stunning parks and green spaces from Sunday 24 July until Friday 29 July.

During Love Parks Week 2022, we hope to inspire communities across the borough to get outdoors and enjoy the benefits of reconnecting with nature and appreciate the beauty of their local parks.

Some activities need to be booked as places are limited. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. To book an activity, email: parksdevelopment@armaghbanbridgecraigavon.gov.uk. Further information can be viewed on our website at the link below

Would you consider volunteering as a guide runner to help someone with a visual impairment discover the joy of running?

We are organising a two-hour workshop to provide runners, leaders, coaches and volunteers with information and experience about supporting blind and partially sighted people to run. 

The workshop covers a number of areas including:

• Types of visual impairment
• Top tips and safety for guide running
• A practical element to experience guiding and being guided by others.