Active Clubs Experience

The Health for All Active Clubs Experience (ACE) service educates children and families on the importance of active lifestyles and inspires an enthusiasm for being active and eating healthily throughout life.

Health for All – ACE

Engages inactive children in life enhancing weekly groups offering multi sports sessions in schools and community centres working in some of the most deprived areas of the city. Families face multiple challenges including poverty and unemployment. The sessions provide valuable opportunities for the children to learn skills, discover talents, be inspired to lead healthy, active lives with the skilled coaches providing positive role models, teaching teamwork and build confidence. Children get the chance to meet others from different schools and cultures through annual tournaments in addition to residentials, which many children have had the opportunity to experience.

Training future ACE leaders

Part of ACE’s goal is creating a self-sustaining programme that enables young people themselves to deliver the ACE weekly sessions in schools and community settings. Young coaches are known as Sports Leaders and are recruited, trained and supported by HFA with many progressing to pursue sports coaching as a career choice.

To find out more about the Health for All ACE project contact Richard Weaver on: richard.weaver@healthforall.org.uk.