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Carry On and Keep Calm


Gareth eDWarDS is education director at The Springboard Charity


everyone active invests in kids’ fitness


Leisure management com- pany Everyone Active has trained up its entire fitness staff in order to be better equipped to offer physical activity sessions to children. A total of 197 fitness trainers


bombarded with tales of woe about the economy, and the latest threat of a double dip recession to add a bit more gloom. Working for a charity can be challenging


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as the charitable aspect of giving is oſten the first thing to be hacked off a bottom line when belts need to be tightened. But thankfully Springboard, which is celebrat- ing its 21st year, has been punching above its weight for a long time, and with the sup- port of the hospitality, leisure and tourism industry, will continue to do so. Tere is a hugely strategic aspect to the


funds raised by Springboard, as monies raised are used to help deliver a pipeline of talented recruits to the industry over the next couple of years. Te importance of this aspect can only be re-enforced as the edu- cation media tells us that our young people lack skills such as team work, and indepen- dent thinking to help the economy recover. Add that to ever increasing restrictions on visas and work permits and it becomes easy to feel more than a little depressed about the development of the sector in the UK. Springboard is committed to ensuring


that firms weather the storm with a constant supply of talented recruits to the market. Te sector needs this assistance from us and we’re channelling all our efforts into ensuring we can deliver. Links with educa- tion and training providers, coupled with our comprehensive business partnerships, mean that we been able to build trust about what we do and how we do it. People know that Springboard really works on deliver- ing quality and consistency in the market place – even when times are hard. It’s become obvious to all of us that we


have to batten down the hatches for what will continue to be a bumpy ride, with hos- pitality not immune. But the sector should breathe a sigh of relief that Springboard is big enough to help you cope and small enough to care. Carry on and keep calm!


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he economy is understandably dominating headlines today. Every time we pick up a news- paper or turn on a TV, we’re


and workers across Everyone Active’s 75 leisure centres throughout the UK have com- pleted the Adapting Fitness Instruction for Adolescents Level 2 qualification. Trainers will look to use


their specialist skills to adapt fitness classes, such as circuits, spin and step, to a previously under-provisioned demo- graphic of young teenagers – 11-15-year-olds. Te qualification also includes an accred-


Trainers will use specialist skills to adapt classes for 11-to-15 year olds By the end of the year, all full time staff


ited child protection and safe guarding unit and is delivered by Fit For Sport.


employed by the company will have completed the qualification, which will enable them to better cater activities to 11-15-year-olds.


Edinburgh property receives support


The Scot t ish Histor ic Buildings Trust (SHBT) has been awarded initial support from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) towards its pro- posals for Riddle’s Court on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. SHBT also received devel-


opment funding to work up a full bid for HLF support of £2.4m, which will go towards a £5.8m scheme of repair and restoration work has been planned for the A-listed prop- erty in Edinburgh’s Old Town, which is believed to be one of the city’s oldest surviving courtyard houses. Te property will form part of Te Patrick


One of the historic rooms at Riddle’s Court on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile


Geddes Centre for Learning and Conservation and will provide an extensive educational programme, as well as a hub for the built envi- ronment. Te proposals will see the ground floor offer exhibition space to interpret the


development of Riddle’s Court and the influ- ence of Patrick Geddes, the founding father of modern town planning. Colin McLean, head of the HLF Scotland,


said: “Tis project will totally rejuvenate this fine, medieval building, uncovering its historic features and its fascinating social history.”


Millward to retire as STA chief executive


Roger Millward will retire as chief executive of Swimming Teachers’ Association (STA) in July 2012 aſter 17 years in the role. He will relinquish his position on his 70th


birthday in July 2012 and will be replaced by Alan Siddons, STA’s current business


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development director. Millward will retain a consultative role within the association. During Millward’s tenure as CEO, STA has


quadrupled its membership and increased the number of people trained to swim to more than 30,000 per year in the UK.


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