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FREE sports activities for young people in Nottingham (NCC release)

Last night was a quieter night and thanks go to all of those who worked to support Nottingham.

All of the emergency services who were on duty, the staff of the City council and partners who were active last night, and to the community and voluntary organisations who helped to keep business as usual.

An exciting sports partnership initiative developed yesterday afternoon working with Nottingham young people. The contact for further details are provided in the release below. The main advertising to young people has been done through social media and the internet, NCVS are working to engage volunteers in this initiative.

The City Council issued the following press statement:

Local sports clubs have come together to work in partnership with Nottingham City Council to provide a range of free sports activities for young people from Wednesday 10 to Sunday 14 August 2011.

Young people in Nottingham are invited to turn up to any of the sports activities on offer and enjoy a FREE session.

The range of activities on offer is outlined below and includes football, athletics, rugby, skateboarding, and cricket. The sessions are open to all young people in Nottingham.

The local clubs delivering these activities are Nottingham Forest Football Club, Notts County Football Club, Notts County Cricket Club, SR Education, Training and Development, NISE Skateboarding provision, Nottingham Rugby Club, Nottingham Ice Arena and Notts Athletics Club.

Any local people wishing to support this initiative please encourage young people in your local community to come along to these sessions.

Notts County are providing a special offer for their first home game of the season on Saturday 13 August: 200 under 16s tickets are available for FREE provided children are accompanied by adults.  Accompanying adults can also benefit from a special offer of £5 per ticket, as long as they are accompanying at least one child aged under 16 years. This offer must be booked and paid for by 5pm on Friday 12 August by calling 0115 955 7210 or e-mailing ticketoffice@nottscountyfc.co.uk, and quoting this code: "community".

Councillor Jon Collins, Leader of Nottingham City Council, said:

This initiative shows how the local community in Nottingham pulls together in times of need.  By providing free sports sessions for our young people, we hope to channel their energy into positive activities over the coming days.  We are very grateful to local sports clubs for their generosity in arranging and running these free drop in sessions at short notice.  I hope that parents and other members of our local communities encourage young people to take part in these sports sessions.

Details of the full range of sports sessions on offer can be found at www.mynottingham.gov.uk/freesportsessions

(Friday 12th August 2011 09:00:00 GMT)

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