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Roots of Movement Secure £9,480 funding

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Lottery funding for next generation of Scottish Parkour Coaches 

Roots of Movement has announced that they has secured £9,480 funding from Awards for All Scotland in order to train the next generation of Parkour Coaches in Scotland!

The project, titled ‘Parkour Coaching for all’ will train a minimum fourteen new learners to become Parkour UK ADAPT 1st4sport Level 1 Award in Coaching Parkour/Freerunning (QCF) qualified coaches. The learners will be from nearly every Parkour community in Scotland. In addition at least five learners will undertake the Parkour UK ADAPT 1st4sport Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Parkour/Freerunning (QCF) qualification. These learners are to cover some of Scotland’s bigger communities, to lead and supervise the Level 1 coaches.

This will set up an infrastructure of qualified Parkour coaches placed around Scotland to allow provision for regular Parkour classes, courses and events anywhere in the country, meeting the current demand from young people and community groups and encouraging access to Parkour training, growing the communities.

The Parkour UK ADAPT 1st4sport Level 1 Award in Coaching Parkour/Freerunning (QCF) course will run Tuesday 6th – Friday 9th August in Glasgow 

The Parkour UK ADAPT 1st4sport Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Parkour/Freerunning (QCF) course will run Wednesday 21st – Sunday 25th August with the assessments taking place later in the year.

For more information about booking please contact Roots of Movement  

Roots of Movement 4

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Roots of Movement 4 

The fourth annual, Scottish Parkour event will take place over the weekend of 28/29 September 2013. This year’s the event will be held in  Coatbridge with a new refreshed format.

Full details will be announced in July but for those of you keen to get tickets, Roots of Movement are currently offering ‘early bird’ rate for tickets booked in June for the weekend.

Weekend Tickets will be the reduced price of £31 for JUNE ONLY before changing to the full price of £40. As always your ticket gains you entry to the event and all of it’s sessions as well as the customary FREE T-SHIRT!

Check out the website for details and to buy tickets.

UK Annual Event – Rendezvous 2013, August 17-18

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The UK’s largest and longest-running annual training event, Rendezvous by Parkour Generations, has just been launched online and is now available for booking.

The weekend event is now in its eight successive year, and is named Rendezvous due to always bringing the French founders and British pioneers of parkour / freerunning together for a 2-day training extravaganza in London.

This year the event will be held at the incredible LEAP parkour park on day one, August 17, and then out in London’s fantastic training locations on day two, August 18. As always there will be the world’s most experienced parkour coaches running the training, plus a host of experts from related fields such as strength and conditioning training, injury prevention, risk management, mobility training and more. Last year Parkour UK Ambassador Sebastien Foucan and Yamakasi founders Chau Belle and Williams Belle all took part, and this year will have again its fair share of special guest coaches.

You can book tickets to take part in the event now – Rendezvous 2013

Sport England – Parkour Sportivate Shoot

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Following the announcement by Sport England in April, that an extra £24 million would be invested to expand and extend its successful Sportivate programme, Parkour UK has been working on a photo shoot and video to promote the programme. 

Parkour is one of the most popular sports on the Sportivate programme, demonstrating the significant interest and impact Parkour has with young people aged 14-25. Here are some of the photos from a recent photo shoot we did with Sport England’s Sportivate team at LEAP Parkour Park, with the video featuring Comedy Dave & Parkour Generations, who deliver Parkour Sportivate projects in London, to be released shortly.

If you would like more information or support establishing a Parkour Sportivate session please contact us or your local County Sports Partnership.

 

Images courtesy of Richard Gray (@RugFoot)

Freemove Parkour Roadshow 20th – 24th May 2013

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Freemove are hosting a week long ‘Parkour Roadshow’ to showcase their new portfolio of Parkour equipment during a nationwide roadshow running every day between May 20-24.

Cardiff 20th May 2013  |  Oxford 21st May 2013  |  Birmingham 22nd May 2013  |  Leeds 23rd May 2013  |  Glasgow 24th May 2013

Be amongst the first to try out their innovative products that enable an indoor, challenging Parkour experience with their new modular portable equipment.

Bring your trainers and try out Freemove’s amazing Indoor and Outdoor Equipment! They’ll be holding demonstrations, workshops and free training (indoor and outdoor) open to absolutely anyone, so get along, meet the Freemove team and the local parkour communities. Spaces are limited, so early booking is advised using the links above^. More information can be found on their Roadshow Event page.

Spring Parkour Gathering – Spring Thing, May 25-26

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This year’s inaugural Spring gathering event, by affiliate organisation Parkour Generations – Spring Thing – is just around the corner, happening on May 25-26 in the incredible Peak District.

The event is organised by Parkour Generations, Spring Thing is a combination of camping, climbing and Parkour training over two full days over the May Bank Holiday weekend. The event costs only £65, which includes the campsite fee, and will be coached by Parkour UK Qualified & Licensed Level 2 coaches from Parkour Generations and a fully qualified climbing instructor.

Click here for more details for an event we heartily recommend.

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