Sport and Leadership Development: the role sport can play in more ways than you think

Emma BoggisChief Executive Sport and Recreation Alliance

16 July 2015

• Wider benefits of sport

• Volunteering

• Personal experience

Wider benefits of sport

• Educational attainment• Sociability and interpersonal skill

development• Dealing with setbacks• Building confidence• Dealing with authority and following rules• Managing conflict • Developing concentration, focus and self

discipline• Building leadership skills

Inspiring Women (in Sport)• Launched in 2014 to promote

opportunities for young women

• Led by Miriam González Durántez

• Supported by high profile ambassadors

• All about opening eyes of girls to opportunities that exist

• Generated a bank of 15,000 women who have pledged time to talk about what they do

• More details at www.inspiringthefuture.org

Volunteering

• 1 volunteer = 8.5 people taking part• Builds wider experience• Develop or test new skills• Try something out• Taking responsibility• Problem solving and planning

Step up to serve• Make social action part of life for as many 10 to 20 year-olds as possible by the year 2020. • Six principles of good social action:

• Reflected• Challenging• Embedded • Youth led• Progressive• Socially impactful

Sport and Recreation Sector Pledge:“We believe passionately in the power of youth social action to help young people develop the skills and

qualities to reach their full potential and make a significant contribution to their communities. The sport and recreation sector cannot survive without the commitment and hard work of thousands of volunteers who give their time and energy to help our activities flourish. (As a member of the Sport and Recreation Alliance supporting the Campaign), We Will step up to serve and help all young people to have every opportunity to serve others.”

www.iwill.org.uk

My journey

• Education

• Career

• Impact of Sport

Sport and Leadership Development: the role sport can play in more ways than you think

Emma BoggisChief Executive Sport and Recreation Alliance

16 July 2015