Celebrating 20 years of Active Schools

This year marks 20 years of Active Schools! For two decades, thousands of staff and volunteers have been working hard to deliver quality sporting opportunities to school pupils across Scotland. Join us in celebrating this 2024/25 school year!

Here are some of the ways you can get involved:

·       Share the message across social media using our social media templates and suggested messaging.

·       Remind pupils and staff at your schools about the importance of Active Schools and what it has achieved over the last 20 years using our newsletter copy.

·       Incorporate our 20 Years of Active Schools logo into any physical and online event advertising.

 

 

Key messages
  • The Active Schools programme is a long-term investment in health and wellbeing, providing positive experiences of sport and physical activity from a young age.
  • Celebrating 20 years highlights the strength of the Active Schools programme and the Active Schools network of over 400 ASCs.
  • As part of the largest sportscotland invested programme, every ASC is part of a national programme and a national network.
  • From the outset Active Schools has been an inclusive programme, available in every LA in Scotland and continues to be a key platform for driving inclusion in sport.
  • The work of Active Schools has an impact across the sector, not only in schools. Accessing sport through Active Schools can be the start of sport for life for participants/volunteers

 

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Social Media Templates 

·       Square image templates 

·       Instagram story template

 

Suggested Posts

Facebook

1.      “🎉 This year marks 20 Years of Active Schools! For two decades, Active Schools has played a crucial role in fostering a culture of physical activity and healthy living among our young people by providing more and higher quality opportunities to take part in sport and physical activity before school, during lunchtime and after school.

 

Join us in thanking all of the dedicated coordinators to volunteers and celebrating #ActiveSchools20!”

 

2.      “🎉 This year marks 20 Years of Active Schools! For two decades, Active Schools has played a crucial role in fostering a culture of physical activity and healthy living among our young people by providing more and higher quality opportunities to take part in sport and physical activity before school, during lunchtime and after school.

 

Take a look back at some of [Insert Team Name] memories from throughout the year and join us in celebrating the hard work and dedication of every single coordinator and volunteer! #ActiveSchools20”

 

3.      “🎉 Celebrating 20 Years of Active Schools! For two decades, Active Schools has played a crucial role in fostering a culture of physical activity and healthy living among our young people by providing more and higher quality opportunities to take part in sport and physical activity before school, during lunchtime and after school.

 

Take a look back at the [Event Name] we held at [Time & Place] to celebrate two decades of enhancing the health and wellbeing of Scotland’s school pupils through quality sporting opportunity #ActiveSchools20.”

 

Instagram

1.                  "🎉 Celebrating 20 Years of Active Schools! 🌟 For two decades, Active Schools been dedicated to delivering quality sporting opportunities to school pupils across Scotland. Swipe to see some highlights from throughout the years and join in in celebrating #ActiveSchools20.”

 

2.                  "🎉 Celebrating 20 Years of Active Schools! 🌟 Take a look back at the [Event Name] we held at [Time & Place] to celebrate two decades of enhancing the health and wellbeing of Scotland’s school pupils through quality sporting opportunity #ActiveSchools20.”

X (Twitter)

1.                  "🎉 Celebrating 20 Years of Active Schools! For two decades, we have been delivering quality sporting opportunities to school pupils across Scotland. Join us in thanking all of the dedicated coordinators and volunteers and celebrating #ActiveSchools20!”

 

2.                  “🎉 Celebrating 20 Years of Active Schools! For two decades, we have been delivering quality sporting opportunities to school pupils across Scotland. Take a look back at some of our highlights! #ActiveSchools20”

 

 

3.                  “🎉 Celebrating 20 Years of Active Schools! Take a look back at the [Event Name] we held at [Time & Place] to celebrate two decades of delivering quality sporting opportunities to Scotland’s school pupils #ActiveSchools20.”

 

Suggested Newsletter Section

Celebrating 20 Years of Active Schools!

2024 marks a significant milestone as we celebrate 20 years of the Active Schools! Since its inception, Active Schools has been dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of school-aged children across Scotland. Throughout the 2024/25 school year, we will be celebrating the hard work and dedication of every single coordinator, volunteer, and participant who has contributed to making the Active Schools initiative such a success!

Active Schools has played a crucial role in fostering a culture of physical activity and healthy living among our young people by providing more and higher quality opportunities to take part in sport and physical activity before school, during lunchtime and after school.

We invite all staff and students to join us in celebrating 20 years of Active Schools. Whether by participating in planned events or sharing stories of how Active Schools has impacted you, there are many ways to get involved.

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Date published: 8 August 2024
Date updated: 2 October 2024

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