Cameron Herring - Aneurin Leisure Sports Dev

☀️ Sun, Sprints & Smiles! A fantastic first Primary School Athletics event at @Brynmawr_school 🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻 Well done to all 250 pupils who took part, and huge thanks to the school leaders & volunteers who made it happen! 👏🏻 @PE_BFS #TeamBrynmawr #AthleticsDay

A fantastic day of cricket on Friday at @EbbwValeCC as 93 pupils from 10 local primary schools took part in the @CricketWales competition! 🏏 Huge thank you to the @coleggwent BGLZ BTEC Sport learners for umpiring and scoring, and to @LucyKing_CWDO for running the day! 👏

🏏 Bowled over by talent — Our primary school cricket stars in action! 🌟 @CricketWales @LucyKing_CWDO

Sport meets street art – and the result is something special. 🎨 We’re proud to have teamed up with @BGYouthService and local artist Antony Smith to co-design a bold and colourful graffiti-style mural for the brand-new Community Kit Room container at Ebbw Vale Sports Centre! 🙌🏻

A brilliant end to our Primary School Netball Festivals with another successful day at Abertillery Sports Centre! 🏐 Great to see 60+ pupils attend, with the day run excellently by @ALC3to16 netball leaders. Huge thank you to everyone involved in making today happen @DanNewbs 🙌🏻

Great to be in @GlyncoedP delivering @LshipSkillsFdn Playmaker Award to year 5 pupils. We had a fantastic time in your new school working with excellent pupils.

Great to be delivering the @LshipSkillsFdn Playmaker Award to @CYGprimary and @brynbachprimary . Pupils were fantastic, can't wait to hear the impact they have supporting Physical Activity and Wellbeing in their schools #rolemodels

Crossed fingers from our runners this morning to mark #NationalLottery30 🤞🏻 Superb end to the cross country season. Massive thank you to the BTEC Sport students from @coleggwent BGLZ for supporting, and to @RTBJFC for hosting us on their fantastic ground. 🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️

From C25K to Park Run @Parcbrynbach 🏃🏻‍♀️ Thrilled to have supported @JaninePriceGB and this fabulous group with Community Kit Room reward bundles yesterday to help continue their journeys in to fitness. Making sport accessible for all one pre-loved item at a time 👚 #RecycleReuse

Great to deliver some Flag football sessions to over 190 year 7 and 8 pupils from @ALC3to16 as part of their wellbeing programme "try a new sport" loads of fun and lots of smiles

And that’s a wrap for the Festive Food Bank Appeal! 🎄Huge thank you to all clubs, @DSCommercials and to those who contributed to the appeal. An overwhelming amount of generosity shown. All donations have now been distributed evenly to local food banks and community groups ❤️🍴

Massive thank you to @Aber_BellesFC for their donation of boots and trainers! 👟 We’ve built up a fantastic collection of footwear in our Community Kit Room, thanks to the generosity of clubs! Please get in touch if you would like to donate to/ access the scheme! #SportForAll

Great day hosting another successful cross-country event at @RTBJFC. Well done to all the Tredegar primary schools for embracing the weather. A huge thank you to the @coleggwent students and @ALC3to16 year 9 pupils for marshalling and ensuring the event ran smoothly 🌧️🏃🏻🏃🏻‍♀️

October was a busy month of tournaments, teacher training and half term fun! Great to reflect on the past month, as we progress through in to November! Looking forward to seeing out the rest of the month with our cross countries. Praying for some autumn sun 🌞🤞🏻 #SportsDevNews

Our Festive Food Bank Appeal is back for 2023! 🍴 We have 7 local sports clubs, and @DSCommercials joining us to help support people within our communities across Blaenau Gwent this holiday season! 🎄 Individual club drop-off details are displayed on the poster 🗓️📍

An incredible donation of @TeamGB kit via @StreetGames going in to our Kit Room ♻️ By harnessing the power of Olympic sport and the dedication of athletes, we can help bridge the sporting inequality gap and inspire a future where young people thrive through sport. #Inspiration

Playing kit, donated to our award winning Community Kit Room by @dragonsrugby, has recently allowed two new young people to begin their journey in to rugby 🏉 A shining example of a professional team reducing their waste and recycling kit to a worthy cause. #RecycleWeek2023 ♻️

We are delighted to have won the @StreetGameWales 2023 Mental Health & Wellbeing Award, for the work of our Community Kit Room service 🏆 We are thrilled to be positively impacting lives by providing free sports clothing and footwear 👕👚👟 #SportForAll @Aneurinleisure

Today marks the start of Recycle Week 2023 ♻️ We’re doing our bit to make sport and physical activity accessible for all, but also lessening our impact on the planet. Check out how to access, and donate to, our free Community Kit Room service 👕👚👟 #RecycleWeek2023

A great start to the new academic year, captured in our September (30th edition!) newsletter. School festivals are back, volunteer opportunities are thriving, and we’ve received recognition for our summer programmes and Kit Room initiative 🏆 @Aneurinleisure #SportsDevNews