• Sports Plus starts for leaders on Saturday 26th 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.
• If, due to travel/train times, you are unable to arrive at Christ College by the relevant time on the Saturday please get in touch with the Sports Plus Team and we can arrange for you to arrive on the Friday evening and stay on site at the school.
• The closest train station is Abergavenny which is about 20 minutes away.
• If you are arriving into Abergavenny please contact Catherine on sportsplus@christiansinsport.org.uk with your arrival time and we will try our best to arrange to collect you.
• If you could collect someone from the station as you drive past please also let Catherine know.
• Sports Plus finishes for all leaders at 5.30pm on Friday 1st Aug 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
• 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 for 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.

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, meals and accommodation. Teams are divided according to age and sex. Generally junior teams are young people currently in year 7-9 and senior teams those in year 10-12. 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 be in separate houses. All meals are provided in the school dining hall by the school catering staff.

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.