NETBALL SCOTLAND AND YOUNG SCOT JOIN FORCES TO GIVE ACTIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO YOUNG PEOPLE
30th September 2022
At the start of Women and Girls in Sport Week, Netball Scotland and Young Scot forged a new partnership to provide young people with more access to positive experiences that can improve their health and wellbeing.
Netball Scotland and Young Scot have teamed up to give Young Scot National Entitlement Card (Young Scot NEC) holders exclusive access to discounted tickets, volunteering opportunities and rewards.
In line with the focus of this year’s Women and Girls in Sport Week, which shines a light on partnerships that help to break down barriers for women and girls, the new partnership will help incentivise young people to participate with Netball Scotland and take part in various experiences in their local area, by earning Young Scot Membership Reward points.
This collaboration will open up more volunteering opportunities for young people to engage with netball – including Strathclyde Sirens, Scottish Thistles and local club events. Young people will also gain access to discounted tickets for Netball Scotland events, including subsidised tickets for young people who are signed up to entitlement Young Scot packages, such as young carers.
Claire Nelson, Netball Scotland CEO, said: “Netball Scotland’s strategic partnership with Young Scot is game-changing for both netball and the young people of Scotland.
“We are excited to collaborate and showcase netball as a sport that gives more than just the game. We aim to provide young people with the tools and confidence to enjoy positive mental health and wellbeing through physical activity across all stages of their lives – and it starts as a Young Scot.
“The ability to speak directly to this cohort is critical now more than ever, and Netball Scotland are ready to play our part.”
Young Scot CEO Kirsten Urquhart said: “I am delighted to be celebrating the Scottish Women and Girls in Sport Week by announcing this exciting new partnership with Netball Scotland. Both organisations are looking forward to working together to ensure young people have access to positive experiences that improve their health and wellbeing and provide spaces where they can connect and have fun!
“It is imperative that we all work towards eliminating barriers for all young people. By creating these opportunities to work collaboratively, we are continuing to open up healthy, local, active experiences for young people via the Young Scot NEC with discounts, rewards and opportunities.”
The Young Scot Rewards programme encourages young people to be active citizens by rewarding them for taking part in positive activities. All 12 to 26-year-olds in Scotland can use their Young Scot National Entitlement Card (Young Scot NEC) number to sign up as a Member for free at young.scot and access Young Scot Rewards. Every young person living in Scotland is entitled to a free Young Scot NEC so there are no financial barriers to taking part. Once they’re signed up at young.scot, young people can take part in lots of different types of activities and earn Young Scot Rewards points.
