Posted: 15 December 2022
As 2022 draws to a close Scottish Rowing is delighted to have had two of its community-based projects recognised in local authority awards.
Firhill Youth Project & Community Sports Hub have been awarded two major awards, the Glasgow Sports ‘Community Project of the Year Award’ and the Pride of Queens Cross ‘Community Health and Well-being Award,’ recently due to their investment in helping the young people in North Glasgow stay active and develop new skills by increasing accessibility to water-sports and other educational activities.
The project, who are partnered with Scottish Rowing, Partick Thistle Football Club, Glasgow Life and Glasgow Kayak Club, is based in one of the most deprived areas of Scotland, where there is limited provision for any sports or physical activity for young people. They understand the necessity for young people to have meaningful opportunities to become active and stay active within their local community, and it is the projects mission to help break down the barriers that currently hinder participation. Utilising rowing and kayaking as a catalyst, their approach, which is based on a Positive Youth Development Framework, is geared towards the provision of positive sport experiences.
We are very excited to continue to support this project and we cannot wait to see how they continue to grow and excel in the years to come. Well done to all those involved in making the Firhill Youth Project & Community Sports Hub so exceptional.
The River Ayr Rowing Project, a Scottish Rowing lead youth work initiative, was the winner of the Initiative of the Year at the South Ayrshire Active Schools Sports Awards.
The River Ayr Rowing Project started in April this year and is based on the River Ayr in the Craigie Campus. The calm and sheltered waters allowed the project to run until October with participants taking full advantage of the opportunity to take part in this new initiative.
The project was established to serve the needs of the Ayr North Community and has seen Scottish Rowing introducing young people to the sport of rowing providing new skills, positive outdoor experiences and increased physical activity.
The project initially started as an after-school rowing project with pupils from Ayr Academy but by the start of the summer, had extended to working with participants including Young Carers through South Ayrshire Social Care, apprentices at Ayrshire College, the Princes Trust, pupils from Ayr Academy, Ayrshire College Hive Group and the Duke of Edinburgh Award. Due to the spate of the river in the winter months, the project only runs in the summer months however it is hoped that next year, indoor training will be added into the programme for over the winter months.
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