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Blog 36: Scottish Karate Governing Body’s ‘Women’s Coaching Week’

Scottish Karate Governing Body’s ‘Women’s Coaching Week’ From the 7th-13th of March 2016 the Scottish Karate Governing Body (SKGB) ran a ‘Women’s coaching week’ encouraging club coaches across Scotland to give some of their most experienced women a shot at coaching the class. Scottish Karate’s director of women and girl’s interests, Chloe Maclean, explains why the SKGB done this, and the success of the event. (more…)
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March 24, 2016
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Blog 35: Pushy parent, or pain in the ass?

Pushy Parent or Pain in the Ass - Can we recover what we have lost in youth football? We hear from Michael, who describes himself as 'a pushy parent and pain in the ass'.  MIchael has a plan that he believes will bring back the fun into youth sport, engage parents and children into sports and reap the proven benefits to communities. (more…)
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March 21, 2016
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Blog 34: Youth Link National Youth Worker of the Year 2016 nominee Rohanna Irvine

Nominee Rohanna Irvine is changing lives with her work in the east of Glasgow.  Her colleague tells us all about her work and the woman herself. It’s great when you can work alongside your friends and even more so when you see one of them deservedly up for an award.  I’ve worked with Rohanna for over three years at Active East and prior to that she was a sessional coach in a programme I managed for Badminton Scotland.  I want you to know a little bit more about Rohanna and why I and all of Scottish Sports Futures think she really…
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March 15, 2016
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Blog 33: Danii Joyce S.W.I.S. Sportswoman of the Year 2015

I know it’s an old cliché, but life really is a rollercoaster.   I am so happy be involved in so much in the sport I love but at times I really was close to giving up. Although I am almost profoundly deaf now, I was not born that way.  At the age of 5 it was identified I had a moderate hearing loss which fortunately for me stayed pretty static through primary school and the start of secondary, so much so that I chose not to use a hearing aid as I was coping so well. I did though…
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February 4, 2016
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Aminah’s Beckham Moment

THE “Bend it like Beckham” moments have become a reality for 19 year old footballer Aminah Din. Asian women playing professional sports are looked down upon by a typical traditional Asian society but not looked up to enough by sporting professionals. Jasmine Patel went to find out how the Ronaldo-inspired footballer tackled some of the biggest issues Asians face in the sporting world. (more…)
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January 5, 2016
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Blog 31: Stay in touch with why you love your sport

In this blog, Lee Craigie shares why staying in touch with why she loves mountain biking has been important during her successful career. Lee is a mountain biker. She represented Scotland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, was the British National Mountain Bike Champion in 2013 and a member of Team GB in 2011 and 2012. Lee established and coordinates Cycletherapy, a project that works with young people who are struggling to stay in school due to social, emotional or behavioural issues. She has a degree in Outdoor Education and a postgraduate training in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy. I didn't get…
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August 17, 2015
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Blog 30: #FUCANCER

This week Heather Duff shares her story about how sport and fitness has helped her battle and beat cancer. Heather is one inspirational girl and I encourage you to keep up with her blog at fucancer.co.uk   Completing the Loch Ness marathon a few months before diagnosis2014: A year I will never forget! Like many other sport fans living in Scotland 2014 is a year I will never forget. Born and raised in Glasgow I was elated that my city would play host to the Commonwealth Games. With a cast of sports elite and the most inclusive games yet -…
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July 24, 2015
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Blog 29: Follow your true love

Ever fancied a career change into sport? Read this inspiring story by Lee MacLean who tells exactly how she did just that aged 33.   I was a gangly kid. Tall and rangy, I kind of stood out in a crowd. I’m not talking obscenely tall, but coming from a neighbourhood scheme in East Kilbride I was known to my peers as ‘Big Lee’. As the tallest P6, even out reaching the boys, I was quickly snapped up by the teacher tarred with the netball brush and promptly found myself playing goal defence with the P7 team. This had nothing…
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June 30, 2015
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Blog 28: Glasgow Girls FC

Glasgow Girls kicked of their club in 2008 with 13s girls from the East End off Glasgow and reached the Scottish Cup final in first season. Now the club has over 200 girls and teams from 7s to seniors and our community coaching classes. Registered as a charity they are presently Glasgow Life's community club of the year and are also an SFA "Community Quality Mark Club". Two years ago the club opened its own facility within Budhill Park where they took over the running of an unused football pitch and installed changing units supplied by The Scottish Football Partnership.…
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June 23, 2015