Activity Alliance part of workshop at Youth Voice Matters conference
The session, as part of the Children’s Coaching Collaborative, explored how sport can help children and young people look after their wellbeing and support their resilience.
On Thursday 20 February, nearly 100 children and young people travelled to Manchester to lead and take part in the Youth Voice Matters conference.
As part of the day, The Children’s Coaching Collaborative (Activity Alliance, Youth Sport Trust and StreetGames) ran a workshop exploring how sport can help children and young people look after their wellbeing and support their resilience.
The session asked the young delegates to share their experiences of sports coaching in and outside of school. This was to inform their upcoming work relating to improving access, inclusion and children’s rights in sport. It was a great opportunity for participants to strengthen their knowledge about children’s rights and how these are respected within sport.
The Youth Voice Matters conference, part of the Department for Education funded national programme Making Participation Work, is the largest gathering of disabled children and young people and those with special educational needs in England.
The workshop was coproduced with 3 disabled young ambassadors Chelsea, Grace and Jack and presented on the day to two different groups.
Debbie, Jack’s mum said:
"Jack appears to have had a great time and is wanting to have more independence, so thank you all so much for giving Jack the opportunity and also the confidence to be part of what I hear an amazing day."
You can find out more about the day’s event on the Children for Disabled Children website.
