Sports Plus is a week of specialist sports coaching and team competitions for young people who are serious about sport and play regularly in a club or team. Sports Plus is the perfect way to improve in your sport, while exploring more about the Christian faith and what it means to be a Christian sports player.

Sports

The first sports on offer are: Football, Hockey, Rugby & Tennis. (Only tennis places remaining)

There are over five hours of sport a day and so we want to ensure that young people have the stamina to meet the demands of the week, enabling them to progress in their sport. We expect young people to select a first sport they play regularly in a club or team and if they do not we will contact the parent/guardian to discuss whether Sports Plus is a suitable camp for the young person. If you would like to discuss this before making a booking please contact the office using the details below.

Please note it may be necessary to withdraw sports from the list offered if we do not receive sufficient bookings and are therefore unable to run viable coaching sessions. In this instance those booked will be offered an alternative option.

Age

Belfast 1 Sports Plus is for young people in Year 8 to Year 13 in January 2025; or equivalent years if a young person attends school outside of Northern Ireland.

Please note young people must be aged 17 or under to attend Sports Plus. Those in the school years above who turn 18 prior to the start of Sports Plus should apply to the Development Squad.

Booking Process

Bookings open at 1pm on Monday 20th January and there will be a 7-day window (closing at 9am on Mon 27th Jan) for forms to be completed - we will not start allocating places until the booking window closes. For each camp, all bookings received in the window will be split by age, sex and sport and if bookings for a specific group exceed the number of places available then places will be offered by a random selection process.

For more details on the bookings process please click here to read the FAQs.

Price

Full rate: £395
Reduced rate: £225
Day Place: £175*

The price includes all accommodation, food, sport and activities. The only additional costs will be money for the tuckshop but this is entirely optional.

The reduced rate, which is subsidised by the Sports Plus Bursary Fund, is accessible for families to which the full cost is not affordable. You will be asked to select which rate you plan to pay when completing the booking form and this is what we will request when asking for payment. Payment can also be made in instalments over the course of a number of months.

We also have a limited number of fully funded places available. If you would like to apply for one of these please get in touch at sportsplus​@christiansinsport.org.uk.

* We are still offering a limited number of day places at all three Belfast weeks for those whose preference is a day place. More details can be found in FAQs below.

FAQs

Please click here to read our FAQs and if you have any further questions please contact us using the details below.

Serving at Sports Plus

For more information about being a leader at Sports Plus or taking part in one of the training programmmes (Trainee Leaders/Coaches and Development Squad) please click here.