On 16th July 2008, St Mary’s College in Hull hosted a successful conference sponsored by the Youth Sport Trust, with the support of the CES and the Church of England. Community Cohesion, what does it mean for us? was the first national conference for faith school specialist sports colleges. Held at the National Centre for Early Music in York, the conference was aimed at head teachers, Directors of Specialism, Partnership Development Managers and diocesan officers.
Conference objectives:
Ø to raise awareness of the unique contribution made by faith schools with specialist sports college status to community cohesion;
Ø to identify, evaluate and celebrate good practice;
Ø to participate in action planning to affirm the contribution made by such colleges to community cohesion
a) to enable the colleges to demonstrate this within the SEF
b) in preparation for Ofsted and section 48 inspections.
Click on the links below to read the CES press statement, the opening presentation given by the CES Policy & Briefing Officer and the Holy See's 2007 Address on the Values of Sport.
Please note that you will need Adobe Acrobat to view the second document below, which can be downloaded free of charge from the following link: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. If you are unable to download Adobe Acrobat you can view the document via the following link: http://www.zenit.org/article-20907?l=english.
For more information about the conference please contact David Vickers, Assistant Head at St Mary’s College e: dvickers@staff.st-marys.hull.sch.uk t: 01482 800 999.
For more information about the CES' work on community cohesion issues please contact Laura e: lmccann@cesew.org.uk t: 0207 901 4854.
