• Sports Plus starts for the Development Squad on Saturday 17th August 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 the school 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 stations are Giggleswick or Settle..
• If you are arriving into one of these stations, please contact Catherine on sportsplus@christiansinsport.org.uk with your arrival time and we will try our best to arrange to collect you.
• Sports Plus finishes for all leaders at 5.30pm on Friday 23rd August when we will finish with a short leaders’ prayer time before we leave.
• 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 and Development Squad 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.

• 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 on request from the Christians in Sport office. 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.

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. Those on the Development Squad will be asked to sign to say they have read and will respect the beliefs set out in the Statement of Faith.

We are 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.