Opening your school facilities
Raise income, support your local community and raise your school’s profile.
How we can support your school
Opening your school facilities is a Sport England funded project with over £1.5 million available to help schools open up their facilities to their local communities.
We can support your school by exploring the opportunities available and helping you with the practical steps to making them a reality. This support is delivered on behalf of the Department for Education as part of its ‘School Sport and Activity Action Plan’.
Contact our specialist Richard Fishlock, Physical Activity Specialist - facilities and active design, on 01452 393619 or on email.
Why you should open your school facilities
By opening your school facilities, you can raise your school’s profile in the community, provide a new source of income, help your school to become or stay an outstanding school and support your provision of afterschool clubs. This can be a great way to diversify your activities offer as well as your school's income.
What your school can offer your local community
If your school has a small hall or theatre space it can be used for activities such as dance, Pilates, yoga. Indoor sports halls, multi-use games areas and artifical turf pitches can be used for formal sports. Your school can become a community hub.
RESOURCES
Sport England’s free guides on how to use your school.
GET IN TOUCH
Free consultancy and support to open your school facilities.
WORKING TOGETHER
We bring together a range of local networks that can support your school.
Meet the community
Get inspired by stories of people in our community making changes to get more people around them active.
Events and training
General Advice Clinic
Wed, 01 May 2024 09:00AM -- 05:30PM
Online
FREE
We can move event 2024
Thu, 09 May 2024 09:30AM -- 04:30PM
Kingsholm stadium, Kingsholm Road, Gloucester, GL1 3AX
FREE
Themed Advice Clinic
Fri, 07 Jun 2024 09:00AM -- 05:30PM
Online
FREE
General Advice Clinic
Wed, 03 Jul 2024 09:00AM -- 05:30PM
Online
FREE
Themed Advice Clinic
Thu, 05 Sep 2024 09:00AM -- 05:30PM
Online
FREE
General Advice Clinic
Thu, 03 Oct 2024 09:00AM -- 05:30PM
Online
FREE
Themed Advice Clinic
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 09:00AM -- 05:30PM
Online
FREE
General Advice Clinic
Thu, 05 Dec 2024 09:00AM -- 05:30PM
Online
FREE
Themed Advice Clinic
Thu, 02 Jan 2025 09:00AM -- 05:30PM
Online
FREE
General Advice Clinic
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 09:00AM -- 05:30PM
Online
FREE
Themed Advice Clinic
Thu, 06 Mar 2025 09:00AM -- 05:30PM
Online
FREE
General Advice Clinic
Thu, 03 Apr 2025 09:00AM -- 05:30PM
Online
FREE
Resources
Blogs, insights and more to help us all get Gloucestershire moving.
Let us help shape your idea
We can guide you to make the right decision for your project. We offer consultancy to help you understand more about the people you are working with, the processes you can put in place and who else you can connect to in Gloucestershire. Make it happen.
