The MCGP major initiatives will be:

Junior Golf Coaching - the Junior Golf Coaching grant (£150 per club) will continue to be administered by EGU/EWGA to clubs within Middlesex during 2008. The MCGP will, however, promote this widely to all clubs through its website.

Middlesex-wide Golf Taster Sessions - in 2008, golf taster sessions - and the associated EGU grant (£200) - will also be administered by the EGU/EWGA.  Country-wide, EGU returns show that over 80% of people attending these sessions went on to buy further lessons from a PGA pro. In 2008, the plan aims to have at least 10 Middlesex clubs involved in this scheme. Again, it will be promoted through the MCGP Golf Partnership website and will not necessarily be confined to affiliated clubs - a small number of Driving Ranges may also be included. Although the aim is to get 10 clubs onto the scheme, there is funding scope for a further 10-15 clubs, if suitably motivated.

PESSCL Projects - (PE in School-Sports Club Links) the Partnership Steering Group recognised at an early stage that it was vital that we get golf onto the curriculum in many more schools than currently. PESSCL Projects are funded by the Department of Education and administered by the Golf Foundation through the numerous specialist Sport Colleges which now exist in England. Each project gets a grant of £2,000 and, in 2008, there will be 40 such projects in England. Negotiations are in hand with the Golf Foundation for at least two of these projects within Middlesex. When these projects have been finalised, details will be posted on the website. In practice, the associated club will introduce golf into the school using either Tri-Golf or Golf X-treme and then continue with coaching of students at the club's facilities. This then provides the route for aspiring young golfers to join a club's junior section and proceed from there.

GolfMark - the Whole Sport Plan target is to get 40% of clubs with this accreditation by 2009. Accordingly, the plan focuses on getting Middlesex up to this level by 2009. To do this, we will be running seminars to help clubs to 'get up to speed' using the experiences of clubs who have already achieved this standard. The importance of this accreditation is shown by the fact that clubs participating in PESSCL projects must have achieved this standard or be in the process of obtaining it. From the MCGP Golf Partnership viewpoint, most projects involving juniors will be based on clubs who have reached this standard. In addition, from later this year, Junior GolfMark will be upgraded to GolfMark - recognised by Sport England. Sport England have already decreed that any club seeking a grant from (say) a Local Authority should have this accreditation.

Child Protection and Equity - a number of workshops on these topics will be run in the Middlesex area during the year. It is vital, in the current environment, that all Junior Organisers should have training in these areas as well as having CRB (Criminal Record Bureau) clearance.
 

Additional activities could include;- 

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