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Ely College Year 12s lead a Games2Inspire

This was a training module of our Games2Inspire inclusive sports days. With these events we train up older students in the school so that they can lead the younger students through the events. It’s a brilliant way to give leadership opportunities for these students. At Ely College we visited on Monday 4th December and led a training session for the year 12 students. We then returned for the full Games2Inspire on the Friday (8th December). Seven of the 10 students in the sports leaders’ class turned up for training and eight came to deliver the games.

This cohort of Year 12s has been damaged by COVID and were noticeably quieter and less assertive when learning than previous cohorts that I had encountered. However, they did learn and come the Games2Inspire event they surprised both me and the teachers (Ben and Holly, the teachers of the course had joined me) and led 55 Year 7s with enthusiasm and skill.

We played boccia, new age kurling, sitting volleyball, goalball, and sitting netball. Fortunately, I had also taught them how to use a parachute in different ways, because on the Friday we had some spare time, and after a giant game of sitting netball, the year 12s led the year sevens in games involving the parachute, one using a large parachute the other a smaller one.

We were visited by Simon Warburton, the head of the college, who was so impressed with the project that he promised to extol its virtues at the next meeting of heads of schools within the Trust!

The Year 7s exclaimed their enjoyment through much laughter, squeals, and shouts of encouragement.

They clearly enjoyed themselves!

What are Games2Inspire?

Games2Inspire events are incredible events, most often hosted in schools, with an assembly and sports day which includes activities designed to be accessible and fun for everyone, with disabilities and none, sporty and not. Participants get to meet our inspirational founder, John Willis, and hear all about how John has overcome obstacles in his life. They then get to put that learning to practice by playing adapted games and sports together learning new skills and being encouraged to test their beliefs about ability and disability and what it is to be different, learning to respect other people’s differences. Power2Inspire works with them to challenge their assumptions of what they can and cannot do.

Inspired? Then Get Involved!

If you are interested in hosting a Games2Inspire in your school / college / company / community group then we would love to hear from you.

We are also always looking out for people willing to fundraise for Power2Inspire through their own inspiring means. Or, you could volunteer individually at one of our events, or you could give to the ongoing work of Power2Inspire. There are SO MANY WAYS we can all help to ensure “no on else is left on the bench!” Click the button here to find out more.

John Willis

Founder & Chief Ambassador, Power2Inspire