Rother District Council

Rother Sports Development is in Rother District Council's Amenities Division.

The Sports Development Officer can provide you with further details of the following:

• Coaching courses
• Club contacts
• Schemes, Awards and Grants

Projects that run in partnership with Rother District Council Sports Development include:

Active Rother

www.activerother.org.uk has had over 30,000 searches for activities since its launch in March 2007. If you haven't visited the site.....why not?

For more information about Active Rother, please visit Active Rother Updates

Club and Activity Leaders: we are continually working to develop the Active Rother website to ensure that as many opportunities are made available as possible. To do this we need your help. Please add your group to the site by following the instructions on the Active Rother homepage.

If you have any up and coming events or one-off projects that encourage physical activity, you may wish to promote this through the site. Please use the function on the website to 'add or amend and activity' or download the form on the right of this page and send it to: Town Hall, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN39 3JX. Which ever method of update you choose, two full weeks notice is required.

Please remember - there is no charge to register your club, activity or event with Active Rother! Registered clubs will be eligible for offers such as £10 towards a training course.

Events

The Rother District hosts several events throughout the year. Details of these events are usually posted on the Active Rother website - check it out at: http://www.activerother.org.uk/events/

Leisure Facilities

Sports Development works closely with Leisure and Sports centres - for details of these visit: Rother District Council - Leisure Facilities

Freedom Leisure Operates three sites on behalf of Rother DC and timetables can be found on their website www.freedom-leisure.co.uk. Substantial investment programmes have been made at all three centres and promotions are run regularly. In terms of sports development each has specific goals. Currently there is a multi-agency football programme being run for young people at Bexhill Leisure Centre.

Children & Youth Activities

The Bexhill Children and Young People's Activity Group was set up to provide organised activities for children in the Bexhill area. The Group helps to provide activities throughout the year with the support of Rother DC, Sure Start and local organisations and clubs.

There is now a Children and Young People's Activity Calendar on this website, which has details of activities going on all over the District offered by many different clubs, groups and organisations. Please see the Activities Calendar for more information.

Further details on Play in Rother, can be found at: Rother District Council - Play in Rother

Sports

Rother Sports Development - working in partnership with the Hastings & Rother Schools Sports Partnership, Community Sports Coaches, clubs and neighbouring authorities - continually run sports events for young people. There are also series of events run for primary schools within the secondary school hubs.

A wide range of events, projects and clubs are also offered for all abilities, with Sports Development supporting schemes such as:

• Set-up of new clubs such as Kestrel Gymnastics Academy at Pretious Sports Hall, Northiam
• Disability cricket coaching in partnership with East Area Cricket Association
• Bexhill Triathlon and other local running events, working with local clubs and organisations.
• Wheelchair football in partnership with Freedom Leisure and Albion in the Community

New projects are always being developed to try to provide access to sport and physical activity for everyone, regardless of age or ability.

For club and activities in the Rother area, please visit: www.activerother.org.uk

For further details or information on any of the above projects, please contact Adrian Gaylon on 01424 787583, or use the e-mail link to the top right of this page.

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