Latest News ...

Mars launches Mars Refuel funding!  Every month from now till December they plan to contribute £500 to individuals, teams, or clubs. For more information and appliation forms see the Mars refuel website.

English Gymnastics Women`s Championships 5th October 2008.  Click here for the event and ticket information.

Year 2 Young Officials Development Officer Recruitment

English Gymnastics, in partnership with the Youth Sport Trust, are looking to recruit a second young person to undertake the role of a Young Officials Development Officer.  The Young Officials Development Officer will manage and develop the Young Officials Project within gymnastics for 16-19yr olds.  This is a full time opportunity (approximately 30 hours per week) to commence at the beginning of September 2008 for 40 weeks.  Volunteers can be based from home and will be provided with  £60 a week living expenses and up to £4000 to cover accommodation costs.  For more information visit the Volunteer News page

Awards for All...supporting volunteers to develop an Awards for All application for their club

Sport Sturctures have a new workshop available to clubs to provide individuals and clubs with ideas on how to submit an Awards for All application. It will also identify best practice and tips to enable individuals to complete their application more effectively.

• Develop an increased understanding of the opportunities available throughfunding, particularly Awards for All
• Develop ideas for a project eligible for Awards for All funding
• Prepare draft answers to the main questions on the Awards for All application form
• Prepare an action plan for use after the workshop

For more information Click here

Valuing Your Sports Volunteer Workshop ...how to recruit, retain, recognise and reward your volunteers. A workshop  to help you to recruit more volunteers, motivate, retain, reward and manage them even more effectively. Click here for more information. For useful information about  Volunteering and Gymnastics click here

Would you like to go on a FREE English Gymnastics event officiating courses in Yorkshire?  Tracy Power, Regional Development Officer for Yorkshire is offering places free of charge for 16 - 19 year old. Course are taking place in the following places - click for further information.

• Carnegie, Leeds Met University - Tuesday 3rd June
• The Learning Zone, North Stand, KC Stadium, Hull - Monday 9^th June

• Kingston High School, Broadway, Barnsley, S70 6RB -  Wednesday 11^th June 

Is your Gym Club organising an Event? runningsports can help you with advice and support free of charge. Now that the warmer weather is (hopefully!) here it's that time of year when many clubs are planning an event, sometimes as a recruitment drive for members for the summer season. Whatever type of event you might be planning, runningsports can help, with plenty of useful resources that can be accessed online at http://www.runningsports.org/.  The Managing Events Quick Guide will take you through the process from start to finish, from establishing the aims and objectives of the event, right through to a post-event evaluation, and includes resources such as a budget sheet and a week by week planner to help you stay on track. Click here for more information.

UK School Games 2008 - Bath and Bristol 2008.  Click here for more information about this years event.  Bristol and Bath are to holding the next 2008 UKSG on the 28th - 31st August 2008. To see highlight of the last years games click here!  For more information about the event following this link for venues, tickets, photo galleries and much much more... 

Bristol and Bath are to holding the next 2008 UKSG on the 28th - 31st August 2008. To see highlight of the last years games !  For more information about the event following this  for venues, tickets, photo galleries and much much more... 

Sporting Equals Funding Newsletter - May 2008 - Sporting Equals have put together a new letter regarding funding opportunities for our clubs and regions to access. Click here for the full newsletter.

Young Leaders Camp 2008 - English Gymnastics are working in partnership with England Netball, Rugby Football Union and UK Athletics to offer one hundred and sixty 16-19yr olds the opportunity to attend a three day residential Young Leaders Camp.  The inaugural camp is taking place at Bradfield College near Reading from Monday 11th August - Wednesday 13th August 2008 and will focus upon the development of leadership skills through sport, offering a good blend of practical and theory-based sessions. English Gymnastics are offering 40 of the most dedicated young volunteers the opportunity to attend the Camp completely FREE of charge (including all accommodation, workshops and meals).  Click here for more information.

The Kellogg's Active Living Fund -Kellogg's Active Living Fund will award small grants to fund projects and activities that directly lead to people taking part in sustained physical activity. The aim of the fund is to help remove the barriers which stop people being active. The Kellogg's Active Living Fund is very keen to fund activities that enable adults and children to exercise together. The fund is open to applications from charities and other voluntary and community organisations based in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Kellogg's will make a grant of up to £1000 but will only fund activities or projects where the grant makes a significant impact. For example Kellogg's would consider a grant of £1000 to a £2000 project but will not consider a grant of £1000 to a £10,000 project.For more information, click here

Check out our Club Development pages on the England Gymnastics website for information on GymMark, Accessing Funding and Training Club Officials!

For more local development news from your region please check out your regional websites!!

For more news from English Gymnastics check out our News pages