{"id":331,"date":"2023-05-24T07:34:08","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T06:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/healthandwelbeing\/?page_id=331"},"modified":"2026-03-26T12:47:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T12:47:48","slug":"active-schools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/healthandwelbeing\/?page_id=331","title":{"rendered":"Active Schools &amp; Community Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Active Schools &amp; Community Sport<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<p>Active Schools is a programme that has been jointly funded by&nbsp;the Council and sportscotland&nbsp;for over 20 years. It supports school aged young people to take part in physical activity and sport in Dumfries and Galloway.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"109\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/healthandwelbeing\/uploads\/sites\/8792\/2023\/05\/31120308\/variant1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-898\" style=\"width:340px;height:123px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Each school has an Active Schools Officer who work in partnership with the school to provide free opportunities for children and young people to take part in sport and physical activity. Activities can be before and after school, and during lunchtime.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The collective aim is to increase the opportunities for children and young people to get active, by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>providing opportunities for extra curricular sport and physical activity<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>developing links between schools and sports clubs in the local community<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>giving young people the training and support to be sports leaders, coaches and volunteers<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>supporting young people to participate and achieve in school sport competitions and festivals<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/healthandwelbeing\/uploads\/sites\/8792\/2024\/10\/18124206\/activeschools20-logo-002-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/healthandwelbeing\/uploads\/sites\/8792\/2024\/10\/18124206\/activeschools20-logo-002-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/healthandwelbeing\/uploads\/sites\/8792\/2024\/10\/18124206\/activeschools20-logo-002-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/healthandwelbeing\/uploads\/sites\/8792\/2024\/10\/18124206\/activeschools20-logo-002-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/healthandwelbeing\/uploads\/sites\/8792\/2024\/10\/18124206\/activeschools20-logo-002-1-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/healthandwelbeing\/uploads\/sites\/8792\/2024\/10\/18124206\/activeschools20-logo-002-1.png 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Active Schools Volunteering:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It would be difficult to provide many of the sport sessions without trained volunteers. We need people to support us by delivering coaching and helping out at our PEPAS events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volunteers can support:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>after school clubs<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>community clubs<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>sporting festivals and competitions<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>holiday programmes<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are interested in volunteering or require any more information please contact:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:active.schools@dumgal.gov.uk\" target=\"_blank\">active.schools@dumgal.gov.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Content<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sportscotland.org.uk\/schools\/active-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\">Active Schools Scotland<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.actify.org.uk\/dumgalactiveschools\" target=\"_blank\">ACTIFY<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dumgal.gov.uk\/article\/17269\/Active-Schools\">D&amp;G Active Schools<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dgdoingmore.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">DG Doing More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/healthandwelbeing\/?page_id=1071\">Newsletters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/healthandwelbeing\/?page_id=953\">PEPAS Calendars<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/healthandwelbeing\/?page_id=2047\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2047\">Wellbeing Homepage<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Active Schools &amp; Community Sport Active Schools is a programme that has been jointly funded by&nbsp;the Council and sportscotland&nbsp;for over 20 years. It supports school aged young people to take part in physical activity and sport in Dumfries and Galloway. Each school has an Active Schools Officer who work in partnership with the school to provide free opportunities for children and young people to take part in sport and physical<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/healthandwelbeing\/?page_id=331\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20564,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-331","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/healthandwelbeing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/healthandwelbeing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/healthandwelbeing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/healthandwelbeing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/20564"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/healthandwelbeing\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=331"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/healthandwelbeing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3616,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/healthandwelbeing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/331\/revisions\/3616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/healthandwelbeing\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}