The YSF Podcast
The podcast from Yorkshire Sport Foundation, the Active Partnership for South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. Sharing stories and good practice from the sport and physical activity sector.
Episodes
In partnership with the National Evaluation and Learning Partnership, we're supporting Sport England's Place Parnterships to understand how to put together a process learning report.
Featuring Dr. Jen Hall (Born in Bradford - JU:MP Local Delivery Pilot), Sarah Wood and Ed Montague (Yorkshire Sport Foundation - Move More Wakefield Place Partnership).
In partnership with the National Evaluation and Learning Partnership, we're supporting Sport England's Place Parnterships to understand how to put together a process learning report.
Featuring Dr. Jen Hall (Born in Bradford - JU:MP Local Delivery Pilot), Sarah Wood and Ed Montague (Yorkshire Sport Foundation - Move More Wakefield Place Partnership).
In partnership with the National Evaluation and Learning Partnership, we're supporting Sport England's Place Parnterships to understand how to put together a process learning report.
Featuring Dr. Jen Hall (Born in Bradford - JU:MP Local Delivery Pilot), Sarah Wood and Ed Montague (Yorkshire Sport Foundation - Move More Wakefield Place Partnership).
Bradford project produces ‘outstanding’ rise in children’s physical activit...
Sunnyfields Primary School in Doncaster has been accredited as a Centre of Excellence for Physical Activity by Yorkshire Sport Foundation.
The accreditation has been awarded in the category of PE Lessons – one of seven categories linked to the Creating Active Schools framework that was devised in Yorkshire in 2019.
This episode discusses their journey to the accreditation and what they have learned along the way.
A Centre of Excellence for Physical Activity and School Sport, we chat to Jon Bedford from Rawmarsh Thorogate School about their success linked to active travel.
Charlotte Ellis, Ed Montague (both Yorkshire Sport Founation) chat with Kris Mackay (Founder of Growing Circles) about the YSF approach to engaging with community groups as part of the Together Fund.
The Together Fund was a continuation of the Tackling Inequalities Fund that was set up in April 2020 as part of Sport England's support package to help the sport and physical activity se...
The Navigating Local Systems (NLS) work began in the autumn of 2019 and sits alongside the work of Sport England's Local Delivery Pilots. This episode focuses on that work in Wakefield.
NLS helps people and organisations to better understand and connect local systems through developing their knowledge, skills and capacity to drive the change needed to increase physical activity within local communities where the need ...
As part of National School Sport Week, we speak with a primary school in Leeds who have had success and seen wider benefits from engaging in competitive table tennis.
Shakespeare Primary School in Leeds competed in the national schools finals at under 11s girls level earlier this academic year, becoming the first West Yorkshire school in 30 years to reach the national finals at that age group.
We chat to the sixth school to be accredited as a Centre of Excellence for Physical Activity.
The school has earned the status for its approach to before and after school clubs, providing a wide variety of ...
We turn the sportlight on ourselves, talking through our journey so far in changing the way we operate to minimise any negative impact on the climate.
To read our annual climate report and access our climate policy, visit our website: https://bit.ly/3omt8GC
Active Humber Chief Executive, David Gent joins us for the second in our Climate Series 2023.
David is one of the driving forces behind the sport and physical activity sector playing its role in addressing the climate emergency, sitting on national groups with many large sporting organisations.
David shares with us why he has a personal passion for the climate and what prompted him to make it a significant part of his worki...
We speak to Richard Lindsay from Birmingham FA about their award winning 'Save Today, Play Tomorrow' programme.
Find out more on the Birmingham FA website - https://bit.ly/3LbkgwE
New Road Primary School share their story of becoming a Centre of Excellence for Physical Activity.
The school was accredited in the 'Before and after school clubs' category in early 2023, with their innovative approach including 'Family Fitness' sessions.
Guests (All New Road Primary Staff
Sharon Harwood - Headteacher
Lee McGrath - Leads Active Schools
Becky Mitchell - PE lead
...
A Centre of Excellence for Physical Activity, Springvale Primary School in Barnsley share their story with us.
The school were accredited as a Centre of Excellence for their approach to before and after school clubs.
We're joined by Headteacher, Lee McClure; PE Lead, Nic Exley; and school governor, Andy Noble.
Birkby Infant and Nursery School are the latest Centre of Excellence for Physical Activity, and we speak to them about how they achieved the status in the category of 'Physically Active Learning'.
Guests
Paula Manser - PE lead and Senior Leader
Damian Gomersall - Year 2 teacher and computing lead
Rachel Sewell - Year 1 teacher and science lead
Host
Andy Morgan, Media Manager at Yorkshire...
Yorkshire Cricket Foundation are leading the way nationally with their approach to walking cricket. We talk to the people involved to understand how they've done it and the impact it is having.
Walking Cricket was developed as a new concept in 2019, which makes cricket accessible to older adults, or individuals who are semi – retired or retired. Walking Cricket is an adaptation of the traditional game of Cricket to su...
Staff from Centre of Excellence for Physical Activity, Burton Road Primary School in Barnsley, share their schools story of how they became a leading light in offering opportunities for pupils.
Burton Road Primary created a competition and activity package for local schools that helped to bring together pupils from other schools in the area, allowing them to meet and form relationships before beginning secondary school edu...
We chat to Academy at St. James in Bradford, the first Centre of Excellence for Physical Activity named by Yorkshire Sport Foundation.
The Bradford-based school achieved the accreditation for 'Whole School Practice and Ethos', and 'Physical Education'. This episode, with headteacher Chris Tolson, and PESSPA lead, Niall O'Brien, dicsusses whole school practice and ethos.
Academy at St. Jame...
We chat with Rashida Salloo, founder of Ready Steady Active, a small organisation based in Kirklees, West Yorkshire. It provides community-based sports, health and physical activity opportunities for women and girls with a focus on increasing participation and health amongst those of South Asian and Muslim background.
This episode looks at how a summer holidays rounders session has led to regular, sustained activity for wo...
To coincide with Rainbow Laces Day 2021, we discuss the first 12 months of the Empower LGBT+ project that aims to support more people from the LGBT+ community in Sheffieldto be physically active.
Part one (1:27 - 22:06)
The background to the project
Part two (22:29 - 38:16)
The successes and challenges so far
Part three (38:19 - 50:13)
What's coming next and advice for others
Gue...
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