Sport Unlimited

What is Sport Unlimited?

Sport Unlimited is an exciting term time programme of sports and activities for ages 5 to 19.

If you have been inspired by the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing or are excited about sport in the lead up to London 2012, this is a great opportunity to get into sport.

We have a variety of sporting activities during evenings and weekends at a variety of locations around the city, including leisure centres, schools, colleges and community venues.

Please scroll down the page to find out where an activity near you is taking place.

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Inspired by London 2012

Our Sport Unlimited programme has been granted the Inspire Mark the badge of the London 2012 Inspire Programme.

The London 2012 Inspire programme recognises innovative and exceptional projects that are directly inspired by the 2012 Olympic
and Paralympic Games.

Our Sport Unlimited programme was awarded the Inspire Mark in June 2010.

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Get going...

The September 2010 activity programmes for Sport Unlimited will be available here shortly.

Please check out the activity listing to find out where athletics, boxing, cheerleading, dance, football, mountain biking, netball, parkour and many, many more are happening, where and when. Keep checking this website - the activity listing will be updated regularly.

No need to book, just turn up, pay and register for your chosen activity or you can download the registration form below and hand in when you get there.

Download: registration form U15s (PDF, 172 Kb)
Download: registration form 16-19 year olds (PDF, 191 Kb)

Supporting children with a disability to take part

We are keen to encourage and include more young people with a disability into mainstream activities so they can enjoy a positive and fun experience in their chosen sport or physical activity.

We hope to inspire young people to try new sports and enjoy the social aspect of making new friends. If your child has a disability and/or additional needs and they would like to take part in any of these sports, then please do get in touch. We will be only too pleased to discuss your child's needs, and determine with you the level of support they'll need to get the most out of the activities.

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Free t-shirt

Attend five or more sessions and receive a FREE Sport Unlimited t-shirt.

There's no need to do anything extra, when you register for your activity we will log your attendance and you will automatically receive a FREE t-shirt when you have attended at least five sessions of the same activity.

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A bit about you

It is really helpful to us to know a bit about you so we can see how well the Sport Unlimited project is working and how you think we can make it better.

Please take a minute to download and complete the questionnaire below at the start and the end of the 10 week taster sessions and return it to us at the following address.

Sport Unlimited
Sport and Health Development
Neighbourhoods
Bristol City Council
Colston 33
Colston Avenue
Bristol BS1 4UA

Download: Sport Unlimited questionnaire (PDF, 360 Kb)

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Suggest a sport

If you and your friends have an idea of sporting activities you would like to see happen in your area please email us at sport@bristol.gov.uk and don't forget to include 'Sport Unlimited' as the subject.

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Radio support

One of Bristol's local radio stations has also supported Sport Unlimited. Visit the station's website to see videos about the different sporting activities available.

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Sport Unlimited Facebook

If you're one of the growing members of social networking site Facebook and would like to keep in touch with Sport Unlimited, find out about news, events and much, much more then why not check out our Facebook page.

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Sport Unlimited in more detail

Sport Unlimited is part of the new five hour offer for young people in England. Nationally, £36m of new Government funding for young people's sport has been ring fenced for this programme by Sport England.

Sport Unlimited funding is targeted at 'semi-sporty' children, young people and young adults living in Bristol. It will engage them in an extra 1-2 hours a week (minimum 10-weeks) of high quality sport and physical activity.

Sessions are being organised across Bristol in a variety of activities from parkour to climbing and football to cheerleading. All of these sessions can be found on this web page others will be added as and when they are up and running.

The Sport Unlimited programme is just beginning the third year of delivery. To date, more than 7,800 young people have been retained in Sport Unlimited activities across the West of England.

Sport Unlimited in Bristol is supported by the Bristol School Sport Partnerships and The West of England Sport Trust (Wesport).

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Sport Unlimited Plus

Every school break we organise and manage a wide range of sports and leisure activities through our Sport Unlimited Plus programme for children and young people aged four to 16. For information about what activities are available during the school holidays visit our Sport Unlimited Plus web page.

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Contact us

For more information about 'Sport Unlimited' please contact our sports development team:

Central and East Bristol activities
Senior sport development officer
Tel: 0117 903 9873
Mobile: 07795 446 208

North Bristol activities
Senior sport development officer
Mobile: 07795 315 261

South Bristol activities
Senior sport development officer
Tel: 0117 922 4795
Mobile: 07795 315 292

Email: sport@bristol.gov.uk

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Useful links

• 1Big Database Activities for under 12s - the one-stop online directory of services and activities for children and young people.
• Change 4 Life Change 4 Life is a national campaign to get people to eat better, move more and live longer.
• Get Set - Find out about the Olympic and Paralympic Games, have a go at the interactive quizzes, games and challenges. Get involved in the Get Set network!
• Go Places Do Things An online listing of activities and events for 13-19 year olds.
• Go Places To Play Details of play facilities in Bristol's parks for children and young people plus information on specialist sites and areas.
• Tennis in the Parks Tennis coaching in Bristol's parks and open spaces.

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