🧒👦 Do you work with Children in Sport?

Child Protection in Sport Unit are running a series of online training sessions covering numerous safeguarding subjects.

Courses are for designated leads, board members and volunteers starting from 17 April.

💻 Find out more: thecpsu.org.uk/events/

🏆 Unsung heroes of sport came together to be recognised at the SportMaker Awards Celebration Evening.

Coaches, volunteers & officials were thanked for their vital role in helping people benefit from the power of sport.

💻 Find out more: bit.ly/SportMakerCele…

📷 ABC Council were given funding as part of our District Councils Community Planning Investment programme.

Coaching sessions were put on for 29 teachers by Ulster Hockey, UlsterBadders & Netball NI.

The teachers also received a bag of equipment to take back to their school.

🥇Congratulations to Special Olympics Uls who took part in the Special Olympics Ireland Winter Games.

11 Golds, 10 Silvers & 7 Bronze medals were won by the Alpine Skiing team with 3rd & 4th place honors shared among 15 athletes.

Also, the Team Ulster Floorball team claimed silver!

📷 Ski Ability NI

🌟 What a night to remember! 🌟

Massive thank you to all the incredible SportMakers out there.

Your dedication doesn't go unnoticed as we honour & recognise the outstanding contributions of coaches, officials, volunteers, & projects over the last 12 months.

#SportMaker

Congratulations High Performance Coach, Damian Kennedy, on being recognised in the Sport NI #SportMaker award for his work as Head Coach to NI Boxing at the Birmingham 2022 Commonweatth Games and with the HP programme in 2023 and 2024.

Gary Stoops at the Sportmaker event. Technical Official of the Year. 🎉 Gary Stoops

IABA's High Performance Director, Tricia Heberle, HP Head Coach, Zauri Antia and HP Coach Damian Kennedy attending tonight's Sport NI #SportMaker Awards, with Ulster HP Manager, Aimee Sheils and HP Paris Pool Coach, Rory McShane

🤩We're kicking off this year's #SportMaker Celebration Evening, shining the spotlight on the unsung heroes who make sport happen!

Congratulations to all of our winners👏👏

Find out more: sportni.net/clubs-coaching…

🎿The Special Olympics Ireland Winter Games take place this weekend in Northern Ireland for the first time!

Good luck to the 23 Special Olympics Uls athletes who are looking to book a spot at the 2025 World Winter Games in Italy!

207 athletes will compete in two sports, Alpine Skiing and Floorball.

👏 The 'Your School Your Club' investment programme continues to benefit local communities with a new 3G sports pitch at Banbridge High School!

Investment from Sport NI & ABC Council will see the wider area benefit from a new full size 3G synthetic pitch.

A fantastic weekend and a massive medal haul.

Thank you to everyone involved and Sport NI for helping us to empower these young athletes

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Huge congratulations to Chairperson Jahswill Emmanuel BEM, on winning the Sport NI SportMaker Coach of the Year Award!
A well-deserved recognition of his incredible contribution to grassroots sports in NI. We are so proud of him!
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🏆 Jahswill Emmanuel BEM has been named the Sport NI SportMaker Community Coach of the Year!

Jahswill founded Multi-Ethnic Sports and Cultures NI (MSCNI) to encourage sports participation for all including youth, women, asylum seekers & refugees.

💻 Read more: sportni.net/news/coach-jah…

👏 HEY JUDE! You're going to the Olympics!

Look what it means to Athlete Award recipient Jude Gallagher who will compete at his first Olympics in Paris.

Jude is into the semi finals at the World Qualification tournament after an unanimous 5-0 decision.

📷 Tara Robins Mari

🤞 One more win stands between Jude Gallagher and the Olympics!

The Athlete Award recipient boxes at 7:15pm to seal his spot at Paris 2024.

Good luck Jude!

💻 Watch live: olympics.com/en/sport-event…

📷 Tara Robins Mari

National Lottery Open Week returns in 2024!

Buy a lottery ticket & check the link below for all the offers.

Monkstown Boxing Club is providing free gym memberships to all from March 9-17.

Discover more:
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#ThanksToYou

We are dedicated to promoting inclusivity & diversity in leadership. While female participation is on the rise, we are striving for further growth, encouraging more women to take up decision-making roles & drive change within their organisations.

Rise: sportni.net/news/empowerin…