Free 2012 Community Games workshops

 

Community Games is part of the West Midlands' Legacy Trust programme that aims to leave a lasting legacy from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Community Games programme is about encouraging and enabling communities across the West Midlands to stage their own community events.

 

As part of the support programme, Sport Across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent (SASSOT) have organised the following FREE workshops to help organisers plan and market their own Community Games between now and September 2012.

CG1 - How to Organise Your Community Games

 

Tuesday 26th April 2011 18.30 - 21.30 @ Cannock (venue TBC) 
 

Thursday 5th May 2011 18.30 - 21.30 @ Newcastle-under-Lyme (venue TBC)

 

The main aim of the workshop is to:

• Assist organisers in their planning for a Community Games event

Workshop Outcomes

By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Decide the scale and scope of their Community Games
• Identify the main aspects of the role of a Community Games organiser
• Produce a project plan for their Community Games
• Understand the links between the Community Games and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games 

CG2 - Promoting and Marketing Your Community Games

Wednesday 18th May 2011 18.30 - 21.30 @ Cannock (venue TBC)

 

Wednesday 25th May 2011 18.30 - 21.30 @ Newcastle-under-Lyme (venue TBC)

 

The main aim of the workshop is to:

• Assist organisers in promoting and marketing their Community Games

Workshop Outcomes

By the end of the workshop, participants will understand:

• The links with London 2012
• What marketing and promotion is
• What to say to key audiences - volunteers, participants and spectators
• How to reach the key audiences - volunteers, participants and spectators
• How to produce a marketing plan for their Community Games

To Book

Please download a booking form from http://www.sportacrossstaffordshire.co.uk/Workshops/WorkshopProgramme which you can complete and return to kwebster@staffordbc.gov.uk or print off and return by post to the Education & Training Officer, Sport Across Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford Borough Council, Civic Offices, Riverside, Stafford ST16 3AQ, or by phone - please call Kam Webster on 01785 619695.  

 

Interested in finding more out about the Community Games?

 

Please register your interest at - http://www.communitygames.org.uk/content/express-your-interest

If you are organising a Community Games in 2011?

Please can event organisers register their event at http://www.communitygames.org.uk/content/register-your-games

 

For further details please visit the web site: www.communitygames.co.uk.

 

Chris Turner
Club Development Manager
T: 01785 619681
E: cturner@staffordbc.gov.uk