CWYG Personal Development Opportunities: Information for team officials

Times and Dates

Personal Development Workshops
07 September to 10 September
1:00pm to 2:00pm: Developing Commonwealth communities through sport
2:15pm to 3:15pm: Commonwealth values and the rights of young athletes

 

Just Play Festivals
07 September to 11 September
1:00pm to 3:00pm daily

Location and Transport
Football Federation of Samoa Headquarters, Talimatau Rd, Apia, Samoa
The Football Federation of Samoa is part of the Tuanaimato Sports Complex and is located next to the Aquatic Centre. Athletes and officials attending the workshops and festivals should utilise Games transport to Tuanaimato.

Sign-up and Supervision
Numbers are limited so sign-up is essential and will take place at Team Leaders Meetings or at the Just Play Fan Zone in the athletes village. In order to participate, athletes are required to be accompanied by a team official who will have responsibility for athletes attending the workshops or festival sessions. By signing up for the workshop, the nominated team official accepts duty of care for athletes during workshop or festival participation.

Organisers & Facilitators
The Commonwealth Youth Games Athlete Personal Development Workshops will be facilitated by the Commonwealth Youth Sport for Development and Peace Working Group, a network of young leaders supported by the Commonwealth Secretariat.

The Just Play Festivals will be facilitated by the Football Federation of Samoa in partnership with UNICEF. Just Play is an Oceania Football Confederation programme delivered in partnership with the Australian and New Zealand Government, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Union of European Football Association (UEFA) Foundation for Children and the Australian Football Federation.

The programme is supported by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) and Samoa Commonwealth Youth Games 2015 Organising Committee working with the Commonwealth Secretariat and UNICEF. Assistance has been provided by the Football Federation of Samoa through the provision of facilities and assistance for the workshop and delivery of the festival programme.

Safeguarding and Child Welfare
The workshop and festivals will operate in full accordance with the Samoa Commonwealth Youth Games Child Welfare and Safeguarding Policy and Plan.

For further information
See the main page on Your Commonwealth.

Personal Development Workshops
Finn Batts, CYSDP, number TBD

Just Play Festivals
Melissa Palombi, UNICEF, (685) 726 0184