Active Schools and Sports Development

Active Schools

The Active Schools Network is a team of people working within the school and the wider community in Scotland. Our goal is to offer all children and young people the motivation and opportunities to ‘get active’ making sure there are more and higher quality opportunities for all children to participate in sport within schools and the wider community. We also aim to increase capacity through the recruitment of a network of volunteers, who in turn deliver activity sessions as part of our sports coaching and volunteering programme.

In practice, this means our job is to increase the number of opportunities for all children to get engaged in sport andalso try to build bridges with sports clubs and other community organisations to give pupils a ‘pathway’ to continue their participation in sport outside of the school gates.

At the moment we are working with:

Young Ambassador Programme
Leaders in Primary
Chatterbox Fitness
Athletics Zone Project
Youth Club Sport Event
Sport Relief
National School Sport Week
Extra-Curricular Sport and Physical Activity
Bikeability
Local Athlete Support Programme
Community Sports Hub

Find out about Active Schools and A Curriculum for Excellence

Look at Our Schools Sports Calendar

Dance Mat Booking Details

Sports Development

If you are looking for help to develop your sport or your sports organisation, our Sports Development Officer can help with sports planning, coachtraining and finding funds.

Thereare a number of sports coachtraining courses and workshops organised in Shetland and you will find details of these on the Latest Sports News pages.
The Council's Grants Unit can also provide grant assistance to community groupsand direct you towards other sources of funding.
If you would like to discuss future development planning for your sport, including sourcing more coaches and volunteers, please get in touch.
The Sports Development Officer also provides support to Shetland Island Games Association. If you have any Island Games queries, please get in touch.

The Sports Development Officer works closely with the Active Schools Team to plan and deliver school and community sports events and projects.

The Sport & Leisure Service of Shetland Islands Council is a partner organisation in the Shetland Sport Strategy 2012-2017

Latest Pictures


Chatterbox Fitness Primary 7 pupils from Sound Primary School help lead activities for daycare patients at Taing House	Rugby - Hygiene, Healthy Eating and Activity in Primary Schools Scalloway P6	Nesting pupils on Ronas Hill Based at Voxter, pupils 'Discovered' and 'Explored' the area as part of their John Muir Award

Chatterbox Fitness Pupils	Playvan Being Active and Creative from an Early Age	Aquathon Ecstatic children keeping warm. Completing a swim and then a run gives the children a wonderful sense of achievement