Sport Newsletters

It’s Volunteer’s Week 2021. Volunteers are the backbone of the sport and leisure sector and this is a great opportunity to say thanks for their contribution.  If you are looking for some ideas about how you can show your appreciation for volunteers check out https://volunteersweek.org/.  The Volunteer Friendly Award has been refreshed this year by Volunteer […]

Hopefully by this point, many organisations are re-starting activities and welcoming people back.  This fab video from social enterprise Kanzen Karate , who are based in Dundee, captures the feelings of some of their members in anticipation of returning to their club, and I’m sure this will resonate with people across the country:  https://youtu.be/GKap_4EKhqw

It is so nice to see the days getting longer and hopefully more opportunities to be outside participating in some physical activity.  As more people head outdoors, Visit Scotland has launched a campaign calling on people to respect, protect and enjoy Scotland – Keep Scotland Special.  Watch this video and find out more here about the campaign and how you can […]

Feels like spring has sprung this week, and hopefully getting outdoors will be more appealing! Last week the anticipated announcement was made around how, and when, Scotland will hopefully, and cautiously, begin to ease lockdown and lift restrictions.  It’s still likely to be some time before organised sport and physical activity is underway for the […]

Welcome to 2021 (I know we are a month in, but I think we should discount January and start again).  It feels like we’ve all been struggling to think of ways to optimistically welcome the New Year, and I think the most appropriate email greeting I received upon returning to work after the holidays was […]

It’s December!  This is the last sport newsletter of 2020 and with news hot off the press of vaccines being approved, hopefully 2021 will bring some semblance of life as we knew it before.  It’s certainly been a difficult year and I’ve been continually impressed at the care and support offered by sport social enterprises […]

Following #SEReset which we hosted in May, we are planning another week-long series of online events called #RestartRebuild from Monday 16 – Friday 20 November.  These sessions are being run in partnership with Local and Thematic SEN’s as well as other partners from across Scotland’s social enterprise community. The goal is to help inform, inspire and connect social enterprises […]

Welcome to October’s Sport Social Enterprise Newsletter The partial re-opening of the sport and leisure industry is starting to shine a light on the true extent of the damage caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.  Whilst some organisations have had an opportunity to flourish, re-opening has not been as encouraging as others had hoped. Operating at […]

Welcome to September’s Sport Social Enterprise Newsletter It’s exciting to see so many sport social enterprises having opened their doors on Monday 31 August, or planning to re-open over the next month.  However, let’s not forget that there are still challenges to overcome.  Many of these organisations will be re-opening at a reduced capacity and […]

Welcome to August’s Sport Social Enterprise Newsletter July was a busy month for many social enterprises who were able to restart some delivery of sport and physical activity in line with Phase 3 of Scotland’s Route Map.  However, not all sports and venues have been given the go ahead, and many, including sports centres, swimming pools […]