Special award for county’s volunteers
0 Comments | Derby Evening Telegraph, Jul 27, 2010
GENERAL: A group of young volunteers have been rewarded for their efforts in community sport at a ceremony at Alton Towers.
A total of 28 members of the Derbyshire Sports Leadership Academy – who between them have logged more than 5,000 hours of volunteering in sport over the past year within schools and the local community – were invited to attend the event at the Staffordshire theme park.
Among them were Rebecca Hinchley from Highfields School in Matlock and Oliver Hooper from Brookfield Community School in Chesterfield, who were given special recognition awards for Outstanding Achievement in Leadership after each volunteering for more than 900 hours in the past 12 months.
Hinchley’s volunteering work has included assisting on the Sky Living For Sport Project, which uses sport to help 11 to 16-year- olds improve their health, develop self-esteem and increase attainment and achievement. Also honoured were Woodlands School quartet Tom Rothwell, Charlotte Rhodes, Emily Stewart and Alistair Wolff.
The Derbyshire Sports Leadership Academy aims to get more young people volunteering in sport.
The web-based initiative allows members to record their volunteering hours, search for courses, find discounts on courses, enter competitions and get in touch with other members of the academy.
It provides support and rewards volunteers by providing incentives when milestones are reached.