Diary
October-November update
21st November
This week is anti -bullying week
I am very passionate about this issue and I am a patron of charity Beat bullying.
I am pleased to see that some of my forum members are speaking out about bullying issues as the only way it can start to be eradicated is by bringing the issue to light and not hiding it!
I believe people who bully are desperate for attention, have no discipline, no self worth or respect. Bullying is something that we should all stand against and it is important that we all talk about it to put an end to it.
I am participating in the Anti-Bullying Week up to 23rd November because I feel that bringing bullying matters to everybody’s attention as often as possible will help beat the bullies in the end.
Here’s a couple of websites with information and anti-bullying activities ideas:
www.antibullyingweek.co.uk
www.beatbullying.org
15th November
This morning I have been talking on BBC Breakfast Live TV and Radio 5 Live about womens sporting issues.
This afternoon I spoke at the Women’s Sport and Fitness Foundation Conference at the Emirates Stadium after research showed some worrying statistics on women’s involvement in sport:
-More than 80% of women are not doing enough exercise to benefit their health
-Among 16-24 year olds, women are half as active as men
-The situation is worst for low income
I wrote an article on the matter that will give you more info and tell you about my involvement in helping to improve the situation – published in the Sun newspaper today.
Click here to read my article
Other news stories on the subject from today’s newspapers:
Lack of time, offputting PE lessons, social pressure … why women face a fitness crisis
Few women doing enough exercise
8th November
Conratulations to Glasgow!
The city won the race to stage one of the biggest events in sport: the Commonwealth Games.
Click here to read all about it
7th November
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) today unveiled the design for the Olympic Stadium, the flagship venue for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The ODA also plan to start the construction of the venue ahead of schedule.
Click here to read more on this from the London 2012 website.
October
Well as usual my month has been full on.
I ended September by speaking at the Conservative Party Political Conference in Blackpool. These events are very interesting really as in effect you are making sure all people involved in decision making are aware of how sport can make a difference to so many peoples lives.
25th October
I launched the Make and Bake Christmas appeal at Bartella’s restaurant in Hildenborough, Kent. as part of my ongoing support to children’s charity Dreams Come True
16th October
Today I was working for the Caravan Club at the International Caravan and Motorhome Show held at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC)
The club are now enjoying their centenary year and my mum and I are members! I thought it would be great to be able to set of with my mates at weekends for a laugh traveling the country for a break and hope to get my first motorhome soon!
Click here to visit the Caravan Club website for details on how to join
15th October
At 8am this morning I was at Harris Girls Academy with the Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Ed Balls the secretary of state Children Schools and Families. This was to announce that the results of the school sport survey and again there has been a great increase of the number of people taking part in school sport. It was also to high light the need for more females to take up sport which is of interest to me and why I started Girls Active. It is a fantastic Academy and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting everyone there.
Click here to visit the website
Then it was off to Wembley for a Diner and Discuss lunch talking to Head Teachers of Academies and listening to them about the different challenges they face within their schools and a chance to network.
Wembley is huge!
13th/14th October
On Camp with Kelly Get Together Weekend
I had 23 athletes and 14 coaches met up at the University of Bath on 13-14 October for the second of the ‘On Camp with Kelly’ Get-Together Weekends in 2007. The weekend was based at the University’s Sports Training Village which is also the site of a UK Athletics High Performance Centre.
The theme of the Get-Together Weekend was athlete and coach development and learning about the importance of injury prevention and rehabilitation techniques, something that I found out a lot about during my career. It has been an excellent year for many of the ‘On Camp with Kelly’ athletes but is important that they learn how to cope when illness or injury strikes. I hope that athletes and coaches learnt a lot from the weekend which they can incorporate into their training.
Click here for full report
11th October
B&Q young Hopefuls Conference
October saw the staging of the sixth Hopefuls Conference since the beginning of the Team B&Q programme. Twice a year the Olympic hopefuls on Team B&Q are brought together to discuss and share how their preparations are going for Beijing. At the latest conference the athletes received media training and were able to practice their interview techniques with help and advice.
10th October
Girls Active in Cumbria
The third roadshow took place in penrith Cumbria It was a great day and I have To say all the girls were good because they really gave it a go! The most powerful thing however was that four girls from the Airville School Sport Partnership came to tell the stories of their experiences from last year’s GirlsActive.
All the girls took part in street dance, combat fitness, rock climbing and absailing, high ropes, leap of faith (jump of a high platform) and leadership tasks.
Click here for my GirlsActive diary of the day
9th October
Through my role as the National School Sport Champion I attended the Norwich Union School Sport Matters Awards at the Emirates Stadium in North London (Arsenal are my team so that was well cool).
I presented the first ever ‘On camp with Kelly Awards’
Click here for the ‘On Camp with Kelly’ Awards report
Pride of Britain Awards took place tonight and what a night! Filled with stories that touch the a heart a star studded turn out at an event that was for the ‘ordinary’ person that have made a difference to other peoples lives.
Click here to visit the gallery (Kelly 2006/2007 album) for some pics of me with PM at the Awards
8th October
Today I visited the Holy Trinity School in Guildford it was partly to meet and speak to the children there and party to say good bye to the PE teacher Nicky Bolding who was leaving to live in Dubai. I have a good afternoon there and started all the cross country races of which was fun
photos coming soo
4th October
I helped launch the so Beautiful event which was held on the 27th and 28th October at Excel London Royal Victoria Dock
Click here for press report
3rd October
I did a motivational speech for Barclays Capital and women’s network. I really enjoyed this as the audience were very polite and receptive. I have started to get used to speaking in front of people now I have decided that I just have to be me!
photos coming soo
2nd October
The 2nd out of 5 of this years Norwich Unions Girls Active road shows
Click here to read about the day
Then it was off to London for the Olympic Gold Ball which was held at the Natural History Museum.
1st October
This was a really manic day.
I started of speaking at Young Ambassadors conference at Bristol City Football club. This is always great to go to as it give hundreds of young people the opportunity to learn how to become ambassadors for sport in their areas.
photos coming soo
I then travelled down to Bath University where I spoke to Heads teachers and Key organisations about next years UK School games that are going to be held in Bath and Bristol 2008
Click here for more info on UK School Games
Then it was off to Hereford to get ready for the GirlsActive roadshow
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Click here for my GirlsActive diary of the day