Get Out Get Active // Phase 2 Case Studies
Strength Academy Wales Active Together
Case Study Contents
Strength Academy Wales Active Together Group proving all ages can get involved, even the grandparents
Background
Get Out Get Active EHE was approached by Strength Academy Wales to target the lack of daytime provision activity. GOGA saw this as the perfect opportunity to introduce home educated families to the world of weightlifting. Breaking down the barriers to accessible family friendly opportunities that we & SAW could offer.
Approach
Before sessions started within SAW, we worked closely with them to provide information to families before they started attending. Simple information about the club, coaches & what the sessions would look like broke down the barriers of entering a gym/weightlifting setting.
By encouraging whole family participation we found that participants were encouraging other families members to come along. We made sure SAW had a breakdown of the sessions that were inclusive and could be adapted
for everyone of all ages and abilities.
Outcomes
- Large percentages of attendees taking part in other programmes within SAW (youth weightlifting, US girls, Lift the bar)
- 9 adult, 13 junior memberships
- SAW expansion, new timetable, added another ‘Active Together’ session
- Whole family participation from ages 6-76
Learning
- Families were travelling from other counties to attend SAW session
- Families would prefer to engage in family friendly opportunities as being home educated one timetable works best
- Families were using word of mouth to spread success of SAW sessions, leading to expansion of another session
