Your Role - Young Ambassadors - Gravesham SSP

Your Role

The role of the Young Ambassador is to:

Increase participation

Promote Healthy Active Lifestyles

Live out and promote the Olympic Values of:

• Respect
• Friendship
• Personal Excellence

And Paralympic Ideals of:

• Courage
• Determination
• Inspiration
• Equality

All underpinned by the Inspiration of the 2012 Games

Essential and Desireable Requirements for Young Ambassadors

Esssential

• Able to inspire other young people
• Excellent communication skills – with both adults and other young people
• Ability to show initiative and take responsibility.
• Ability to portray a positive image and be a good role model to young people.
• Be organised and have good time management skills.

Desireable

• Involvement in other areas of school life such as School Council, peer mentoring, representing school teams etc.
• Sound presentation skills

AREA SPECIFIC

Performance / Gifted & Talented Ambassador

The Performance/ Gifted and Talented Ambassador will be a pupil who is currently performing and/or competing at a regional, national or international level sport. The young person will have demonstrated

• Commitment to improving his/her own performance over the next 12 to 15 months
• Is well respected and a considered a role model by staff and fellow pupils in his/her school
• Knowledgeable and able to articulate the impact and benefits of sport and physical activity to a wide audience, including peer groups.

Leadership and Volunteering Ambassador

The Leadership and Volunteering Ambassador needs to be a young person who is currently engaged in various aspects of Step into Sport This may include:

• Previous or current exposure to Sport Education.
• Previous or current involvement in leadership awards such as Level 1 in Sports Leadership (JSLA) or Level 2 in Community Sports Leadership (CSLA), and/or NGB awards
• Previous or current involvement in the delivery of TOP Link festivals of sport for young people.
• Engagement in volunteering – either in their school, other schools or in the community setting

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