Due to coronavirus restrictions across the UK, this project is currently paused. The information below refers to project activities up until March 2020. Since March 2020, Virtual KEEN has provided as a replacement a busy, daily programme of interactive projects across all areas of social and recreational activity, and this is detailed in Fact file: Virtual KEEN. We look forward to bringing GrEAT Sports back on the ground in 2021!
Project overview
GrEAT Sports is our Tuesday evening physical activity and sports session aimed at adults. Sessions are focused around encouraging physical activity and building physical confidence.
Yearly number of sessions: 36
Last year increase in average session attendance: 25%
Current disabled session buddies and leaders: 5
Average attendance
Participation
Contact hours created
Key outcomes (last 12 months)
These are the key positive differences (outcomes) achieved by the project.
80% of families reported an improvement in 9 or more of the 10 key areas of their participant’s wellbeing that we monitor.
90% of families reported an improvement in their participant’s general fitness and physical health.
100% of participants reported an improvement in their participant’s movement, coordination, and balancing skills.
55% of session buddies strongly agreed that they developed useful communication, planning, teamwork,or leadership skills at GrEAT Sports sessions (100% agreed!).
Stories
Communicated through a range of media including quotes, videos, and audio, these are the stories of KEEN's beneficiaries which show how this project makes a difference.
“My son has really enjoyed the GrEAT activities and it helped reduce his anxiety. Knowing that there were new opportunities when he turned 18 made it a little easier to leave the children’s activities behind.”
Recent developments
This section includes information on recent changes which we have made to this project to improve it!
Our partnership with Oxford Brookes Coaching and Sports Science Faculty helped us to focus on how we improve physical literacy through our sessions, and make sport appeal to those who don’t like sport!
We also worked to collaborate with a greater number of local sports clubs, in favour of individual coaches, which helps us to promote inclusion more widely.
Future plans
This section includes information on our upcoming plans for this project. How we see it developing of the next 6-12 months and what actions we are taking to achieve this.
Broaden participation and attract new members.
Develop a GrEAT Sports committee, to mirror the success of that at GrEAT Social.
Continue to work with a greater number of local sports clubs to promote inclusion.