Opening School Facilities

OSF is a funding programme from the Department for Education, supporting schools to open their existing sport facilities for the benefit of the wider community. This includes partnering with sporting organisations who can help deliver activities. 

OSF is aimed at tackling inequalities among pupils and the wider community from four distinct groups:

• People from lower socio-economic communities (including pupils eligible for free school meals and from low affluent families)
• People from ethnically diverse communities
• Women and Girls 
• Disabled people and those with long-term health conditions (including pupils with SEND)

At YSF we worked closely with education and community physical activity partners in each district to identify schools who could apply for funding. From there we offered to support schools to use youth voice and the results of wider consultation to develop a project plan that allowed them to meet the needs of students and the community as a whole. 

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