Oldbury United Multi Sports – Portway Lifestyle Centre Easter 2025

The main activity will be football fun. We will use this sport as a foundation to introduce other sporting activities, the other elements will ensure wider enrichment of our fun and safe based daily delivery. Participants will have exposure to a range of physical activities based on their requests.

There will be a multi-sport offer where children will play, football, tennis, dodgeball, unihoc, basketball and undertake athletics if they want to. Our sessions are participant focussed and set to an intensity level that everyone can be involved. We can accommodate children from beginner to advanced in their chosen sporting activity.

Where appropriate and with older groups, the sessions will be participant led and officiated by them to promote and improve self-belief, resilience, confidence, communication, and leadership skills. These skills will improve their competence in many other activities and promote their life skills. We will utilise the onsite gym apparatus and sensory garden to introduce wider elements of physical and psychological enrichment for our participants.

Our Saturday offer will see us deliver exclusively to a wider audience. We will target 11- to 16-year-old participants. They will receive sporting delivery as well as enrichment around safeguarding and nutrition education. to promote healthy living principles.

Our food and nutrition offer will see the participants receive a balanced diet and wholesome diet. We will use Phunky food purely nutrition materials to promote healthy eating and education information to them.

Children who participate widely will get fitter, healthier and more knowledgeable about food health if they engage in out HAF offer.

We have successfully operated HAF over the past 3 years and are over-subscribed with applicants.

Feedback from participants, parents and the Local Authority is always positive in the sense of the children really enjoy our sessions, are fully engaged, enjoy the food offer and they build positive relationships with their peers. It is recognised that there is a need for the provision. The Saturday provision is for 11 – 16-year-olds, this age group is harder to reach.

We know that there is a lack of sporting activities in South Sandwell and the borough suffers from inactivity. (Sandwell Trends) We reach into communities who are under-served. 48% of our club is BME, this translates into our projects like HAF. Our previous HAF projects show a strong representation from black, Asian and Eastern European communities, some of whom remain engaged in our service post HAF delivery and return to the HAF programme when it is available. And this is why we always run a diverse sports camp that caters for a wide spectrum of demographics.

We have worked with children with physical limitations such as dyspraxia, Asthma, ADHD. We have an inclusive approach to all club activities, and this is now seen and demonstrated as business as usual, this makes a significant difference to our reach.

We are experienced in dealing with difficult situations and delivering enrichment activities for hard-to-reach sections of society. This allows us to provide a service that everyone can enjoy.

We understand the importance of female representation within sports, it is our aim to encourage and support more female participants over the Easter holidays!

Staffing ratios will be 1 staff to every 10 children with level 2 coaches. Upon request, we are able to organise 1:1 support. The centre have a designated changing space and sensory spaces.

Please contact the provider for more information.