SOGO Active in Nova Scotia
Recreation Nova Scotia and Sport Nova Scotia are proud to be the provincial hosts for Sogo Active, a national youth engagement initiative targeted at youth aged 13-19. Coca Cola Canada has partnered with ParticipACTION, Canada's National Voice of Physical Activity and Sport Participation, to deliver Sogo Active through each Province and Territory in Canada. Sogo Active is a five-year initiative with the current phase or Phase One ending in March 2010. On October 9th, 2008 Sogo Active was launched in Vancouver, home of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. We would also like to acknowledge and thank Nova Scotia Health Promotion and Protection for being a funding partner of this initiative.
Sogo Active gives youth the tools to design, change and control their own get active plan. Its unique approach for inspiring “by youth for youth” group activity draws on the power of peers reaching out to less active peers,
promotes developing leadership skills, and facilitates breaking down barriers to active living. This web-based program can be found at www.sogoactive.com.
By taking part and increasing their level of physical activity youth are eligible to win 1 of 17 Wii Fits across Canada. Youth groups are also eligible to apply for funding to help support youth-led physically active programs. In order to be eligible for this funding youth groups must be associated with a community host (organizations that provide support through facilities and equipment). Community hosts can sign up through the website as of November 5th.
We invite youth aged 13-19 to take part in Sogo Active by visiting www.sogoactive.com. We hope this helps inform you about Sogo Active and we invite you to share this information with youth aged 13-19 across Nova Scotia. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact the Project Coordinator of Sogo Active, Dave Morgan, by email: dmorgan@recreationns.ns.ca or phone: (902) 425-1128.
Community Host Information
SOGO Active is a new innovative physical activity program for youth that can help community hosts in a variety of ways. From funding to capacity building, SOGO Active can help provide you with the tools needed to help grow and/or create physical activity programs for youth in your community.
Benefits of becoming a SOGO Active Community Host include:
Top reasons why youth would want to be involved in SOGO Active include:
These are just some of the ways that SOGO Active can help benefit Community Hosts and the youth that they serve. This is a new groundbreaking initiative that is tailored for youth by youth and with the help of organizations such as yours we can make sure that it helps create a positive difference in the health and physical activity levels of Nova Scotia's Youth.
The Requirements of Community Hosts:
1.) Have established policies, guidelines, and governance structures (e.g., safety guidelines, volunteer screening processes, insurance)
2.) Respected presence in the community.
3.) Experience with youth programming and willingness to adopt a by youth for youth approach
4.) Capacity to help youth deliver the program (e.g., help with administration, facilities and training, provision of a screened staff member or volunteer to support the group if required).
5.) Can commit to helping with youth led activities that promote engagement of less active youth in physical activity.
Youth (Age 13-19) must partner with a community host to apply for funding (grants up to $500), however if equipment is needed and included in the grant application the community host will become the owner of the equipment. It is our hope that once the initial program is over any equipment purchased through SOGO Active grant funding will be used for future programming and activities for youth. In order for youth and community hosts to be recipients of this funding, they must be registered with Sogo Active.
Registering to become a Community Host
To sign up as a Community Host please visit the SOGO Active website www.sogoactive.com. It is an easy 5-10 minute process that is all done online. If you do not see the link for community host registrations on the home page please delete your browsing history and cookies and refresh your screen. It will take up to a couple of days to process your registration but once everything is verified by the provincial co-hosts you will receive an email stating that you are an official community host of the program.
For more information on becoming a SOGO Active Community Host or the program in general please do not hesitate to contact Dave Morgan at 902-425-1128 or dmorgan@recreationns.ns.ca and please check out the website at www.sogoactive.com.
SOGO Active Youth Registration is Now Up and Running!
Please visit www.sogoactive.com to registerNova Scotia SOGO Active Community Hosts:
| Attachment | Size |
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| Community Hosts Benefits & Information.doc | 556 KB |
| SOGO Active Funding Application.doc | 132 KB |
| SOGO Active Funding Application Help Sheet (NS).pdf | 109.11 KB |
| SOGO Active Offline Registration and Consent Form.pdf | 383.01 KB |
| NS SOGO Active Advisory Committee.doc | 37.5 KB |
