Community Games Stories

Nominated by Active Essex, Kim Watson is being passed on the baton from the youngest 2013 Shining Light Jamie-Lee Bamford.
Nominated by Active Sussex, Cliff Dargonne has been nominated the Shining Light for 2014. Cliff is being passed on the baton from 2013 Shining Light Amanda Wilkins. Cliff Dargonne has been nominated as the Shining Light 2014 for Active Sussex because of his overwhelming commitment to sport and how he has...
Christopher has been nominated by YMCA Humber, and is being passed on the baton from 2013 Shining Light Jo Frew.
One Saturday in October, Fenton Manor Pool in Stoke on Trent welcomed 50 members of the North Staffordshire Battalion Boys’ Brigade and District Girls’ Brigade to a fun-filled swimming gala with a difference. Organised to encourage young people to take up swimming and provide plenty of healthy competition,...
Community Games events bring people together, provide fantastic days out and encourage people of all ages to try out new sports in a relaxed environment. But it’s not just about a one-off event. Community Games aims to get people to take up new sports and become more active in the long-term, not just for the...
Building on the success of its inaugural event last year, Farnham opened its doors to sports clubs and the local community once more this summer for the Farnham Community Games.
Dunstable’s ‘Summer Star Spectacular’, held in August, was a fantastic Community Games event. Organised in part by young members of the local Youth Parliament, it enabled young people from the Dunstable and Houghton Regis areas to come together for a fun-filled two days.
The Salford Fair-Trade Sports Festival Finale, held in mid August in Salford Sports Village, was for young people aged 8-12 who had participated in Salford Community Leisure’s summer sport and leisure programme at a variety of venues across the city.The event gave young people the opportunity to enjoy...
For the second year running Brighton and Hove has just had the amazingly successful outdoor street festival of Table Tennis, known as Ping! This year, the aim of the Ping! Brighton and Hove Summer Art Festival was to bring local artists together to work with young people to decorate and paint some of the...
Organised by the Gorton Young Ambassadors, the Gorton Community Games took place at the end of August in Sunnybrow Park, Gorton in Manchester. The event was a family orientated fun day for the whole community and attracted 150 participants.