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Improving, Developing and Creating Future Opportunities for Our Community Improving, developing and creating future opportunities for our community OUR VISION FOR 2021 - 2024 WHO TIMELINE OF PROGRESS WE ARE Plans to form the Founding Governance process Policies created charitable arm of Trustees started and articles and agreed by Bedford Blues begin. recruited. incorporated. Trustees. As a charity we are driven by the impact sport and physical activity can have on peoples’ 2018 2019 202 lives. At Blues Foundation, 0 we are passionate that we can MAY harness the power of sport FEBUARY OCTOBER JULY First Recruitment MARCH to transform the Bedfordshire Became a SEPTEMBER Activity community for Foundation community. partner in OCTOBER project for initiative Manager started. Charitable the ‘No to First face to disadvantaged JUNE delivered, status hunger in Families face children in feeding APRIL confirmed Bedford Project fundraising Bedford Ambassadors 5000 by Charities The impact Covid-19 has had on lives in our area provides Charity launched and Borough’ Launched. event. delivered. recruited people. Commission. us with a unique opportunity to support the people who staff appointed. campaign need it most. Using rugby’s core values, our focus is to enable the most vulnerable and disadvantaged to benefit from improved wellbeing, develop inclusive opportunities, and provide creative chances to enhance NOVEMBER skills. ABILITY Blues FEBUARY We feel this is an incredibly exciting time in our charity’s development, disability 500 laptops sport collected for the platform and history of Bedford Blues has provided us with a unique APRIL programme schools across MARCH Awarded APRIL MAY opportunity to support the community in which we serve. launched. JANUARY Beds. Partnership ‘Outstanding Easter activity Tackle LIFE TRY January with the Contribution to programme for social inclusion campaign This document outlines our delivery strands, as well as our approach. FEBUARY University the Bedfordshire disadvantaged programme for launched. of Beds children young people With clear direction and guidance from our Board of Trustees, we have DECEMBER Strategy Community consultation announced. Award’ delivered. launched. designed a series of programmes specifically to achieve our vision. 21,000 started. items 2021 Our opportunity to make a positive change is significant, we hope you collected for foodbank can support us along the way. OUR MISSION AND METHOD: OUR VISION Blues Foundation is the charitable arm of Bedford Blues Rugby Club. DELIVERY Working across Bedfordshire and neighbouring areas, our mission is to inspire our community through the values of rugby to promote of positive AND and informed lifestyle choices. STRANDS: The Foundation uses a combination of grant funding, donations, fundraising OBJECTIVES: activities and revenue in return for services. The Foundation delivers outcome-based programmes to meet the aims of the mission statement. Wellbeing – physical and mental health by providingIMPROVE opportunities for regular, sustainable physical activity. BLUES FOUNDATION Inclusivity – OUR OBJECTIVES AND AIMS: opportunities for all to play rugby VISION andDEVELOP exercise to enhance their health and wellbeing, To promote community participation in healthy recreation by including disabled people, women and girls, and providing facilities for playing sport and physical activity. Using the power of sport those living within lower socio-economic groups. and physical activity to A promote positive lifestyle To provide opportunities for education, sport, recreation or other Skills – choices for our local leisure time occupation for disadvantaged or vulnerable people community. B across our community, in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving their conditions of life. opportunities for young people to enhanceCREATE their education and skills, using sport and To advance such charitable purposes as the trustees see fit from exercise as the tool to provide opportunities for time to time, including community initiatives outside of sport and those disengaged from mainstream education. C recreation. Lower Super Output Areas (LSOAs) THE 14 Wards in Bedford and Kempston towns fall School exclusion within the ‘CHALLENGE’ in the top 30% most rates higher most in Bedford Borough than AHEAD: 20% deprived deprived the national average nationally areas with the greatest deprivation centred on Castle, Harpur, 15% Cauldwell, Goldington, Kingsbrook and Queens Park The most disadvantaged of children living wards. young people are in poverty In 2019 10.9% of people aged 41% of LESS LIKELY to be involved in 16 – 39 Sport and exercise 5,506 Mental Adults showed signs of in Bedford Borough do children health not do enough exercise Access to the people and issues who will benefit most from our support – have increased since the start Are often the young of the Pandemic in March 56.7% 20.2% people 2020 for all ages. in 2020 this hardest to Many people may be facing increased of Children of Children levels of alcohol and drug use, insomnia, increased to 31%. have a Special and anxiety. in Bedford Borough in Bedford Borough reach Educational Need In children, mental health issues and depressive do not do are obese and the challenge has increased or Disability in thoughts have also increased since 2017, with the enough exercise in Bedford Borough since the pandemic began Bedford Borough. worse affected being 11 – 16 girls. THE CHALLENGE ? In 2018/19 there were There are an IN FOCUS: INCLUSIVITY: estimated 171 16 and 17 year olds SKILLS: in Bedford Borough who Atleast were not in education, 3,159 adults employment or training one in four 1 in 5 Youth unemployment (NEET) or not known to in Bedford Borough with a (ages 18 – 24) sits at 1,180 the local authority. children in learning disability, including WELLBEING: across Bedford people Bedford an estimated 293 adults Borough will experience a mental Borough aged 65+ with a learning health problem at some are raised disability. Over 2,238 point in their life. in income deprived Young Offenders cost children and young people households. 8.6% the economy aged between 5 and 16 years of NEET’s have learning in Bedford Borough are £ Areas of high deprivation in difficulties or disabilities £11 million estimated to have a clinically Bedford Borough tend to have diagnosable mental disorder. The number of children and a greater proportion of people young people from black and minority ethnic with special (BAME) groups with educational needs A significant number Participation in or disabilities of young people 50% of the seen by the Youth regular physical Offending Team have In Bedford Borough is predicted population activity 61% of to grow of the 25 most deprived LSOAs unmet can increase our being from BAME groups 7 out of 10 self-esteem and as the population of Bedford compared to 37% across the health needs teenagers believe anti-social adults Borough increases. can reduce stress urban area as a whole (and 13% behaviour occurs because and anxiety. are overweight or obese in the rural area). often caused by complex or chaotic lifestyles. young people are bored. PROJECTS: COMMUNITY INITIATIVES ABILITY Blues Holiday Provision Has been designed for those with Blues Foundation work closely with local SO FAR: physical or learning disabilities, using a authorities to provide multisport games and variety of sports and activities to develop fun activities for disadvantaged children HOW YOU fundamental movements such as agility, during holiday periods and as opportunities balance and co-ordination, as well as giving arise to support the most vulnerable participants a safe, fun environment to get children. Run Row Ride CAN HELP healthy. Campaign to fundraise for meals across Bedfordshire, 5500 meals delivered in 12 months. JOIN OUR STARTING XV INITIATIVE Be one of the first local businesses to support our vital work over the next three years. Blues Foundation Tackle LIFE TRY January Fundraising and physical activity initiative to get INSPIRE Is an alternative provision that looks to use Inspire people active in January. the power of sport and education to inspire Is our bespoke enrichment programme BECOME A BLUES FOUNDATION CHAMPION young people who are disengaged from for schools, colleges and community A monthly donation from £5 could support food, resources or the delivery mainstream education or those at risk of organisations that offers team building of some of our programmes. offending. Tackle LIFE offers an opportunity and wellbeing workshops to develop to develop fundamental life skills and Foodbank collections communication, leadership, employability support their wellbeing. organisational skills and personal 21,000 items collected for Bedford Foodbank in 2020 development. JOIN US AT ONE OF OUR EVENTS From Golf Days, Foundation Dinners, to physical activity campaigns, we Second hand have a menu of opportunities for you to raising crucial funds for us. Families Project TRY to Change technology drive Has been created to support families Programme is a wellbeing initiative to 500 second hand devices collected and a total of 1800 CHOOSE BLUES FOUNDATION? access the benefit from being active support weight management and wellbeing devices delivered to schools in 2021. Could your business or organisation choose Blues Foundation as their together, promoting physical wellbeing, of adults, using rugby and multisport charity of the year, or even volunteer with us? This will help inspire but also enhancing emotional, social and alongside workshops to provide bespoke hundreds of young people using the power of sport and exercise. mental wellbeing for families by interacting support to each participant. together. Find us on: www.bluesfoundation.org.uk Goldington Road, Bedford, MK40 3NF Charity No.: 1188520 Marketing Partner Sources: Bedford Borough Council Joint Strategic Needs Analysis, 2019. Uniting the Movement, Sport England, 2021. Towards and Active Nation, Sport England, 2016. Sport England Active Lives Survey, 2020. National Child Measurement Programme, 2020. Office of National Statistics, 2021. World Health Organisation, 2020..
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