This PowerPoint have been presented to the Board of Sport Wales on 29/11/2011 in Plas Menai by Jamie Turley (Platinum YA and Member of Welsh Steering Group) and Maciej Szukala (Platinum YA and Member of Welsh & Steering Group)

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2. Young Ambassador Movement Wales
The Story So Far

3. Sport Wales Vision
Unite Proud Sporting Nation
‘’Get every child hooked
on sport’’

4. Young Ambassadors Wales - Aim
To recognise and
Using the high profile
impact that the London
reward
2012 Olympics and committed sports
Paralympics will bring, the leaders in our
Young Ambassadors will act schools and
as role models and inspire communities with
other young people to further training
participate in sport in their
schools and communities and
opportunities.
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5. Young Ambassador Outcomes
To develop and support young people as
role models and Ambassadors Inspired by
the 2012 Games for the other young people
To promote and advocate the ethos and
values of the Olympic and Paralympic
movement amongst young people
For Young People to champion PE and
School Sport within schools and local
communities and increase participation
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6. Background Information
No.1
No. 2
Idea born No. 3
Initiated in
out of England in No. 4
Key – Young
Singapor 2006 People 14-19
creating Now a UK
e Promise including 3
opportunity, en wide
main
gagement & movement
outcomes change for other
young people
to impact on
Olympic
legacy

7. Generic YA roles
Bring the inspiration Increase
and magic of London participation and
2012 to school and promote healthy
community active lifestyles
Live out and promote
Leading and Olympic and Paralympic
values – Respect, Friendship,
empowering other Personal Excellence,
young people Courage, Determination,
Inspiration, Equality

8. Who benefits the programme?
• Young Ambassadors themselves – training and
resources to be a YA
Young
People • Other young people
• Champions of PE & School Sport, 2012 values,
healthy lifestyles
Schools • Ambassadors for school
• Network of trained Young People to attend events,
Local promote PE & Sport, volunteer
Authority

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10. The Story So Far ….
2 National Conferences – 120 Gold YA’s
from every LA
YA steering group – 12 Platinum YA’s
from around Wales
adiStar YA’s in most secondary schools
across Wales – approx. 400

11. Bronze YA’s piloted and launched in a number of LA’s –
Merthyr, Carmarthenshire, Conwy, Denbighshire
Amazing opportunities for YA’s
Impacting on the Vision for Sport in
Wales
Providing a workforce to help school, LA’s and
clubs to get more people active
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12. Cardiff 2010 2011 Conference
– for new Gold YA’s
2 per
57 Gold YA’s Secondary
school
Gold YA
conference Anglesey,
Cardiff,
Carms,
Ceredigion,
Set up a Welsh
Flintshire,
In the Steering Group of
adiStars induction NPT,
days
pipeline Platinum YA’s Pembs,
Current
Powys
Structure RCT,
Swansea,
Wrexham
Key that Schools registered
Some LA’s looking
schools and signed up to to Launch Bronze
Bronze YA’s
Sign up to Get Set Network YA’s in Primary
and NSSW
these Schools

13. YA’s moving forward
What Levels of
How are YA’s
Following Question responsibility could
rewarded/recognised?
we give them?
• Dragon Den style • YA of the
• How we can opportunity
develop (budget) Year, profiles
Young • Lobbying on
SMT’s/MP’s about internet, in
Ambassador the importance of
s so that role sport schools, press
• Chair of London releases etc.
is meanigful 2012 Sport Council’s
? • Any other
• Key Roles at LA
events – ready made suggestions
volunteering team

14. Young Ambassadors and 5x60
How can Young
Ambassadors help How can YA’s and
you as 5x60 officers? London 2012 be used
• Think about roles, levels to inspire/re-
of responsibility,
promoting 5x60, energise 5x60?
engaging Young People

15. Examples of positive work of YA’s
Bronze YA’s launched in a number of LA’s
across Wlaes including Conference in
Carmarthenshir ….
Ceredigion Gold YA Carwen Richards co-
presented a session with the ‘Be a
Champion’ Ambassador
Gold YA Rhys Jones won the Aviva/Daily
Telegraph ‘Excellence in Disabled Sport’
Award
Wrexham have hosted visit of the Wenlock
mascot to there local primary school
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16. Sport is for
everyone, no matter
their ability

17. Blaenau Gwent’s Gold YA’s were part of
the interview panel for their vacant Active
Young People Community Officer posts
The Vale of Glamorgan YA’s and Sports
Leaders have been on CPD courses and
have saved the council around £3k
Anglesey Gold YA Leon Jones attended a
Heads of PE meeting to promote YA’s
and London 2012
Selected Young Ambassador from South
Wales have attended 3 days work
experience at LOCOG headquarter
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18. Jamie Turley – YA Experience
Studying at Member and
Prestatyn High Vice-chair of
School Wales Steering
Group
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19. Maciej Szukala – YA Experience
Member of In process of
both Welsh setting up
and UK international
Steering Group links :D
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20. QUESTION TO
YOUNG AMBASSADORS
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21. QUESTION TO THE BOARD
OF SPORT WALES
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22. Further Information
E-mail:
Facebook:
richard.dando@sportwales.org.uk
http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/281467348533522/
Telephone: 0290 338375
Richard Dando – PPD Senior
Officer
Hyperlink:
www.youngambassador
Twitter:
swales.org.uk @YACymru
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24. Who were the youngest Olympic and athletes
ThankGB in Beijing?
to compete for
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