YMCA Manchester wanted to promote disability sport in Bury, building on the enthusiasm generated by the fantastic performances from Great Britain’s athletes in the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
It was also an opportunity for local providers to come together and provide free sport for local disabled...
A campaign is being launched this week to combat low self-esteem amongst young people.
YMCA England is deeply concerned at the growing number of young people suffering from a lack of confidence in their abilities because of today’s celebrity and image-obsessed culture.They believe that as a result of this...
As Community Games has grown across the year, many CSPs have started to look for ways to recognise those individual events that have succeeded in embodying the values of the programme and that have made an impact in their local community.
In celebration of London 2012, Community Games helped to organize more than 1,640 Community Games across the country, supported by almost 37,000 volunteers.
The Games themselves ranged in size and scale but not in popularity, attracting more than 1,000,000 people. Not only was this a fitting way to...
The aim of the evaluation study was to assess whether the programme had achieved its outputs, and to present evidence about the impact of the Community Games programme. It is based on 71 semi-structured interviews and 1,398 on-line survey responses from Community Games Organisers (CGOs), volunteers and...
People suffering from post Olympic and Paralympic blues are getting their spirits lifted thanks to one legacy programme that vows to keep the spirit of the Games alive.When Britain’s new Paralympic swimming star, Ellie Simmonds, declared she ‘didn’t want the Games to end’ she was speaking on behalf of the...
On Friday the 10th of August the village of Banbury in North Oxfordshire held its first Community Games at the Cornhill Centre. The challenge was set: teams could register on the day to complete a series of physical, mental and creative challenges.
This year saw Stanton St John in Oxfordshire adding Community Games to their long running festival, held since 1967.
Officially opened on the 26thAugust by new vicar Andrew Pritchard-Keens, the Stanton St John festival mixed traditional village fete games with a wheelchair race, birds of prey, a bouncy...
Houghton on the Hill in Leicestershire made the most of the Bank Holiday weekend to run their Community Games, celebrating with a torch relay using an original London 1948 torch.
With the highlight being a visiting local London 2012 torchbearer, participants between the ages of three and ninety came together...
