SSF Chance:2:Be programme is designed to work with young people aged 15+. The programme works with young people who have an interest in sport and physical activity, who are not engaging within education or employment. In Glasgow we have three SSF Chance:2:Be programme’s in both community and in school settings.  

Happy Summer! These last few months have been great for upping our active travel individually and for the organisation and we are proud to have 3 teams taking part in the Paths for All Step Challenge. It’s really inspiring to be taking our own advice and leading by example and

The importance of Love, Care and Empathy. What another fantastic year it has been here at SSF! As always, it has been amazing to witness and to hear of the great work being delivered by our staff and volunteers. However more importantly hearing the impact our sessions have on young people and families

In May the SSF East Central Team took up the amazing opportunity from Netball Scotland to take along SSF young people to the Super Saturday Netball Scotland event at the Emirates Arena. Together we had 21 young people from Lochgelly, Fife and Bannockburn, Stirling, who travelled to Glasgow to make

At just twenty years of age Chloe Lawson from Baillieston has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to vulnerable and disadvantaged young people in the West of Scotland. A sessional staff member with the charity Scottish Sports Futures, Chloe has been a volunteer for

DO YOU HAVE ANY UNWANTED SPORTSWEAR FOR AGES 4-18? Scottish Sports Futures (SSF) and ApparelXchange CIC (AXC), have launched a collaborative project to gather unwanted sportswear before it reaches landfill. This collaboration brings together both strengths of the organisations, SSF enabling young people to be active through sport and physical

On the 24th January 2022 the Glasgow team launched the SSF Chance:2:Be East End programme 3 in Reidvale Community Centre. The SSF Chance:2:Be programme is a 16-week bespoke referral-based programme for young people aged 15+ who enjoy sport and physical activity and not engaging in education, employment, or training. SSF Chance:2:Be

Over the last two months our National team have been working closely with the South West team to roll out our SSF Young Leaders programme across the North Ayrshire locality. During this time,SSF Young Leaders coordinator, Kirsty Strang, has been working closely with sessional staff and young people to gauge

Stirling Shell Twilight Bannockburn is delivered on a Friday night at Bannockburn High School from 7.15-9pm, right in the heart of the community, making it accessible for young people from across Bannockburn as well as the local villages of Cowie and Plean. We use youth work and physical activity as

The Education Through Cashback (ETC) team have been working hard to deliver ETC modules across Scotland both virtually and face-to-face. We have continued to accommodate the needs of the individuals participating and ensuring those that are booking module delivery, will receive the same standard of delivery online as they would

Scottish Sports Futures is urging young people to come along to their free multi-sports sessions in Govan. The Shell Twilight sessions are held every Friday from 5pm until 7pm at Harmony Row Youth Club on Row Avenue and are aimed at young people aged between 12 and 25. Sponsored by

The East Central Team has continued to work closely with partners to develop programmes, continuing to put young people, sessional staff, and volunteers at the heart of everything we do! Fife Fife SSF Chance:2:Be, 12-week delivery, is complete and aftercare is well underway. Our celebration trip to Cluny Clays was

National Wellbeing Workshops Our amazing Wellbeing Ambassadors have been out doing a fantastic job delivering Wellbeing Workshops, covering the topics of “What is Anxiety”, “Motivation”, “Social Interactions”, “Stress”, and “Pressure”.   Over the past month, we have been thrilled to kick start training for the new intake of Wellbeing Ambassadors. Our team

SSF Chance:2:Be North Ayrshire  The last twelve weeks have seen the SSF Southwest team deliver our very first SSF Chance:2:Be programme in Stevenston. During this time, the SSF team have made significant progress in making connections with the local Active Schools team, contacts within education from Auchenharvie Academy and the

Scottish Women and Girls in Sport Week 2021 celebrates the successes of every young woman across Scotland! We wanted to shine the spotlight on our very own Simone Sherrie who has been inspired from the work of SSF in allowing opportunities for disadvantaged young people and families to change their lives

In what has been a difficult year for everyone across the world, it has been no different for us here at SSF, however, we adapted in the face of adversity. We were all set to start delivery on our exciting new strategy in April 2020. We had funding in place,

Families in Cranhill and Parkhead are enjoying newfound wellbeing thanks to a unique programme delivered by Scottish Sports Futures. The 12-week intensive initiative is aimed at building both parents and children’s confidence around health and wellbeing by introducing a fun approach to a healthy balanced diet and lifestyle, as well

Govan based sports enthusiasts recently completed a SSF Chance:2:Be programme delivered by Scottish Sports Futures. The programme is designed for young people aged 15 and over who enjoy physical activity and are not engaging in education, employment or training. Using sport as the tool to engage young people, the sixteen-week