• Sports Plus starts for leaders on Saturday 27th July at 9.30am. Trainee Leaders/Coaches and Development Squad should arrive at 10.30am.
• We view the training weekend as a vital part of preparation for Sports Plus and it is essential you attend. Please let us know if, for any reason, you are unable to arrive at this time.
• Sports Plus finishes for all leaders at 5.30pm on Friday 2nd August when we will finish with a short leaders’ prayer time before we leave.
• As a leader, your first responsibility is to the young people we aim to serve. Therefore, you are required to be ever-present at Sports Plus from the Saturday morning to the Friday afternoon. If in the very unusual circumstance you need to be off-site, please give the Sports Plus Administrator advance warning so provision can be made in your absence.

Below is a kit list of things to bring. This is only intended as a guide and there may be other things you wish to bring.

• Suitable clothing for a week of sports activities
• Indoor and outdoor trainers
• Waterproof jacket
• Small kit bag for daily activities
• Water bottle
• Sun cream
• Wash kit and towel
• Soap (the majority of rooms are ensuite)
• Bible
• Watch

Please note: expensive items (mobile phones, iPads, jewellery etc.) are brought at your own discretion and Christians in Sport accepts no responsibility for the loss or theft of any item. Also the school request that you do not bring any electrical items you know to be faulty and only use original chargers.

Dress Code
Young people are encouraged to wear sports kit and casual clothing at Sports Plus and we ask that leaders wear appropriate clothing for a sports camp and consider what it means to be a good role model for the young people in this area. Please leave your strappy/low cut tops, short shorts and muscle vests at home. Also guys, we run a ‘no tops off’ policy throughout the week.

Regardless of whether this is your first time or tenth time as a leader please stop to pray for Sports Plus. Prayer is showing our dependency on God for all things. We stop to recognise His sovereignty over everything; sport, teams, main meetings, salvation etc. Please use the prayer sheet as a guide to help you in your daily prayers.

We are also running online prayer gatherings on Monday 17th June at 7am, 12.30pm and 8pm which will include time to pray for Sports Plus. So please register below to join us for one of these.

Below is a typical daily programme for Sports Plus.

Teams
Young people will be divided into teams of between 6-9 for small group discussions, Main Meetings, Team Challenge games, meals and accommodation. Teams are divided according to age and sex. Generally junior teams are young people currently in year 8-10 and senior teams those in year 11-13. There will be a Team Leader 1 and a Team Leader 2 assigned to each team for the duration of Sports Plus.

Sport
Young people will receive two hours coaching in their chosen sport during First Sport each morning. There will then be a wider variety of sports on offer for the afternoon Second Sport session and these will be communicated at the start of the week. Appropriately qualified/experienced Head Coaches will lead all sports sessions in line with government guidelines.

Accommodation
Accommodation is with teams in school boarding houses and there are separate houses for boys and girls. Team Leaders will be in separate rooms from the young people but in the same corridor/house. Coaches, Support Staff, married Team Leaders and families will normally be in separate areas. All meals are provided in the school dining hall by the school catering staff.

• There will be a first aid area onsite, staffed throughout the week by a Medical Team. Additional first aiders will also be onsite, and one will be a designated first aid point of contact for every boarding house.
• We ask that the Medical Team is not asked to cater for injuries sustained prior to Sports Plus unless aggravated during the week.
• Where the injury or illness falls outside the scope of what our Medical Team can fully deal with the person in question will be taken to the local hospital or GP surgery.
• Please bring all medication (including paracetamol/ibuprofen) that would be needed during Sports Plus. However please note bedrooms are not lockable.
• For the health and wellbeing of everyone on site, if you experience vomiting and/or diarrhoea prior to Sports Plus you must not attend until you are symptom free for 48hours.
• Due to some severe allergies if you are bringing any snacks please do not bring nuts.
• All catering is provided by the school who operate their own food allergy policies. Christians in Sport provide the catering staff with all information given to us in relation to allergies and dietary requirements for the school to cater accordingly. If you would like to discuss this further please get in touch with the Sports Plus Team on 01869 255630 or sportsplus@christiansinsport.org.uk.

Christians in Sport complete thorough risk assessments for all areas of Sports Plus however by the nature of sporting activity injuries may occur. The sports programme will generally continue in wet weather under the discretion of the Head Coach/Sports Coordinator, and we cannot accept responsibility for injury where sufficient precautions have been taken.

Insurance
Christians in Sport is covered by Public Liability Insurance (£10m). This does not include personal injury cover, so you may also wish to take out individual sports insurance or holiday insurance.

Safeguarding
Sports Plus camps are run according to the Christians in Sport Safeguarding Policy. This policy is available here. In accordance with this policy all leaders will undergo a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check, AccessNI check or be PVG (Protecting Vulnerable Groups) Scheme members and will have attended a safeguarding session prior to the training weekend. There will be a designated Safeguarding Officer on site at all times; overseen by two Christians in Sport Designated Safeguarding Leads.

At Christians in Sport, we always seek to conduct ourselves in a way that is consistent with our Statement of Faith, in particular the importance we place upon the Bible as our supreme authority for faith and conduct. All Team Leaders, Coaches, Support Staff and Trainee Leaders/Coaches will be asked at the training weekend to sign to confirm they are in agreement with the Statement of Faith.