Encouraging life-long participation in sport and activity across Leicester and Leicestershire
AltSport promotes development and social inclusion through play by delivering sport and activities to children and adults Leicestershire.
Around a third of men and half of all women in England are unknowingly causing damage to their health through a lack of physical activity and for children, by the time they become adolescents, they’re engaging in around one hour less physical activity than when they were 6 years old.
Introducing AltSport
Physical activity and active lifestyles have widespread benefits on people’s lives. Children who are physically active are more likely to achieve more in their academic careers and has a positive effect on employability. Workplaces that regularly engage in physical activity, such as workplace football leagues, are proven to be more product and an active population improves the economic performance of the country. Physical activity improves mental and physical health and wellbeing and it helps people, especially young people, reduce their likelihood of engaging in risk-taking behaviour such as crime or antisocial behaviour and improves community cohesion.
Our strategy prioritises increasing physical activity in a range of groups, including children and young people, women, Asian and Black ethnic groups, individuals from poorer socio-economic backgrounds, older age groups and those living with disabilities. Interestingly, these values are shared by AltSport as some of the key market segments we want to work with.
Increasing the sports provision in a range of areas, AltSport is able to deliver sport and activity sessions to the range of people we and Leicester City Council want to work with.
Community
Our priority is to benefit the community at large, directly helping the specific groups we aim to work with, from children and young adults to adults and older age groups. Working in one-to-one and team settings, devising sessions around the needs of our participants allows us to remain dynamic and versatile whether it’s delivering futsal, dodgeball, boccia Hunted or Fortnite Nerf Wars sessions or any of the other sports and activities we offer.
We work closely with a range of organisations to offer multi-sport and activity sessions for children and adults across Leicestershire. We deliver weekly multi-sport sessions across the city including dodgeball sessions in Braunstone Town and Melton Mowbray, table tennis, handball, futsal and inclusive sessions for children and adults with physical disabilities, learning difficulties, behavioural difficulties and conditions such as autism, ADHD, dyslexia and more. Some of the inclusive sports AltSport leads include sports such as boccia, seated volleyball and more. To find out where your nearest club is, please contact us.
Local Authority & Charity
We offer services to the local authority and departments and organisations within local authorities across the Midlands including Leicester City Council, Leicestershire County Council and Coventry City Council; from city and county councils to parish councils. Some of the departments we can offer services to include social services, alcohol and drug services, leisure centres and more. We’re working hard to provide sports and activity sessions as part of our Holidays, Activities and Food (HAF) programme.
We also work closely with various charities and community interest companies to improve social inclusion throughout the Midlands, alleviating food poverty and promoting financial equality within our communities. Our charitable drive is so strong that we incorporated Leicester Active CIC which heads up our food bank and other charitable, non-profit activities.
Contact Details
Want to find out more, book your child’s birthday party, work with us or just ask us some questions? You can contact us at the details below:
Email: andrew.hill@altsport.co.uk
Phone: 07845555766
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/activefutureleicester
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeicesterActive
