Positive activities for young people

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Sport has proven to be successful distraction and positive alternative for young people to activities that are often deemed by the wider community to be anti-social. Wiltshire Council recognises the role sport can play in community cohesion, social inclusion and crime reduction/prevention, by offering activities that will provide individuals with positive experiences.

Programmes currently being delivered in Wiltshire.

Xtreme Sports Clubs

The sports development team works closely with Wiltshire Alternative Youth Sport (WAYS) to provide alternative sport taster sessions, events, projects and clubs for young people across the county. The current ambition is to develop 5 alternative sport ‘hub’ clubs for Wiltshire based in Tidworth, Pewsey, Salisbury, Calne and Warminster.

For more information on any of these projects please download a flyer or contact the sports development team.

Salisbury Xtreme 1.5mb

Pewsey Extreme 1.4mb

Calne Xtreme 666kb

TA2 Xtreme 2.3mb

Warminster Xtreme 674kb

Drop in club - Tidworth 109kb

Rock climbing weekly session - Tidworth 142kb

Kick Aboutz

Kick Aboutz is a football programme delivered on Friday evenings in Calne. The project targets young people who congregate around the town but who do not have positive activities to engage with. The project is initially being run as a pilot in partnership with Beversbrook Sports Facility, Wiltshire FA and the Police but it is hoped that sessions will continue through the year subject to demand.

Kick Aboutz 355kb Kick Aboutz

Kandu Kicks

Kandu Kicks is a social inclusion football programme delivered by Kandu Arts on Monday evenings in Chippenham. The project, provided in partnership with Wiltshire Council, Wiltshire County Football Association, The Football Foundation and Westlea Housing, aims to provide a positive activity for young people aged 11 – 19 in a community setting.

Young people are then signposted to a range of positive activities offered by Kandu Arts and Wiltshire Council including sport and art based projects such as film making or music production.

Kandu Kicks has recently been awarded the London 2012 Inspire Mark and is also part of the national Street Games programme having been awarded Street Mark.

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Last updated: 1 May 2012