Summer of Sport Now Live
The Summer of Sport 2026 is a major programme led by sportscotland, designed to encourage children and young people across Scotland to participate in sport and physical activity.
The initiative is supported by a £20 million investment from the Scottish Government, aimed at creating inclusive, inspiring, and accessible sport. Scottish Orienteering put in an application to receive some of this funding which was accepted. Notably we were the only sport to receive all the funding that we asked for in the application.
We have secured funding for tasters sessions to be run by a young coach (18-25) in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Dundee, Inverness and Helensburgh. These will be followed up by local events run by clubs. We hope to develop young coaches by giving them the opportunity to gain experience of delivering training and developing resources to assist their coaching session. Areas used for the taster sessions will be accessible by public transport and can be undertaken as a family group or individually. These sessions take place from August- September.
The Sport Scotland Summer of Sport campaign isn’t the only outreach activities that have been happening so far this Summer. Moravian and Solway have been busy delivering their own Summer activities linked with Active Schools.
Sign Up for the events are now live!
Helensburgh morning –https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-of-sport-orienteering-in-helensburgh-morning-session-tickets-1994814080614?aff=oddtdtcreator
Helensburgh afternoon- –https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-of-sport-orienteering-in-helensburgh-afternoon-session-tickets-1993005340624?aff=oddtdtcreator
Dundee morning- https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-of-sport-orienteering-in-dundee-morning-session-tickets-1994814800768?aff=oddtdtcreator
Dundee Afternoon- https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-of-sport-orienteering-in-dundee-afternoon-session-tickets-1993006023667?aff=oddtdtcreator
Inverness Morning- https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-of-sport-orienteering-in-inverness-morning-session-tickets-1994817136755?aff=oddtdtcreator
Inverness Afternoon- https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-of-sport-orienteering-in-inverness-afternoon-session-tickets-1993005977529?aff=oddtdtcreator
Aberdeen Morning- https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-of-sport-orienteering-in-aberdeen-morning-session-tickets-1994817465739?aff=oddtdtcreator
Aberdeen Afternoon- https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-of-sport-orienteering-in-aberdeen-afternoon-session-tickets-1993006045733?aff=oddtdtcreator
Aberdeenshire Morning- https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-of-sport-orienteering-in-aberdeenshire-morning-session-tickets-1994817603150?aff=oddtdtcreator
Aberdeenshire Afternoon- https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-of-sport-orienteering-in-aberdeenshire-afternoon-session-tickets-1993006062784?aff=oddtdtcreator
East Lothian Morning- https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-of-sport-orienteering-in-east-lothian-morning-session-tickets-1994818218992?aff=oddtdtcreator
East Lothian Afternoon- https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-of-sport-orienteering-in-east-lothian-afternoon-session-tickets-1993006085853?aff=oddtdtcreator