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Free sport sessions are set to be offered in Sheffield to “get families active” during the school summer holidays.<\/b><\/p>\n
More than a dozen parks and green spaces in the city will host the two-hour sessions, including Firth Park, Greenhill Park and Gleadless Common.<\/p>\n
The afternoon and evening slots will offer football, rounders and other multi-sport sessions, with family-friendly games for all ages and abilities also promised.<\/p>\n
Everyone Active – which has a contract with Sheffield City Council to run leisure, health and wellbeing facilities – will lead the events, with free food and drink also on offer.<\/p>\n
Lorenzo Clark, from Everyone Active, said: “The scheme provides activities for those who might not necessarily be able to go away on holiday because of affordability.<\/p>\n
“We put expert coaches in place so people can try new things as well as activities they will have done before.”<\/p>\n
Everyone Active is contracted to run facilities including the English Institute of Sport, Ponds Forge International Sports Centre and Ice Sheffield.<\/p>\n
The summer activity sessions run from 20 July to 28 August, with booking in advance advised., external<\/span><\/a> <\/p>\n Councillor Brian Holmshaw, chair of the communities, parks and leisure policy committee at the council, said: “The school summer holidays are always an exciting time for children right across Sheffield, but it can give parents a challenge of how to entertain their kids during the daytime.<\/p>\n “These activities are perfect for getting families out and about across the city, getting them active and having lots of fun, hopefully in the sun.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n