What is the
Achievement Award Scheme?
This popular
programme now operates in approximately 2,000 schools, colleges and youth
organisations throughout London and Essex. The scheme contributes millions of
pounds each year to support youth work in London and Essex.
The Achievement
Award Scheme aims to enable schools, colleges and youth organisations to
recognise, reward and celebrate the achievements of their young people. Jack
Petchey wants young people to raise their aspirations, believe in themselves and
make a contribution to their society.
Achievement Awards
are designed to recognise a wide range of achievement, it is not just about
being clever, or gifted, but about putting the effort in and doing your best.
The scheme works well because young people themselves are involved in nominating
and selecting the winners.
In addition to the
Achievement Awards, the Young People may choose to nominate an adult leader for
an annual Leader Award. This is a positive way to publicly recognise the efforts
of adults who have made a significant contribution to young people.
How the
Achievement Awards Scheme works
Participating
groups regularly select a young person to receive an Achievement Award
(frequency depends on type of membership). The winner is publicly congratulated
for their achievement and receives:
• A framed certificate
• A Jack Petchey Young Achiever badge
• £200 to be spent on a school/club or community project of the recipient’s
choice.
The young person chooses how their award money is to be spent - this can be
spent on additional activities or new equipment.
There are three levels of scheme available:
Bronze Scheme:
You will
have three Young
People’s Achievement Awards to allocate each year – Awards totalling £600 per
annum
Silver Scheme: (We are currently at this level)
You
will have six Young
People’s Achievement Awards to allocate each year - Awards totalling £1200 per
annum
Gold Scheme:
You will
have nine Young People’s
Achievement Awards to allocate each year - Awards totalling £1800 per annum
Clubs/schools are placed on the Bronze, Silver, Gold Scheme schemes based
on the following factors:
• The nature of the activity
• The length/frequency of contact
• Turnover of group membership
• Regular numbers of YP attending
• Opportunities for young people to participate in running the scheme
Leader Awards
Introduction:
We understand that
sometimes young people and youth organisations want to recognise the efforts of
those who support them. The Jack Petchey Leader Awards are designed to do just
that. Linked to the Jack Petchey Achievement Award Scheme, they enable groups to
publicly honour the dedication and commitment of staff and volunteers –
particularly recognising those ‘who go the extra mile’ to support young people.
Any school or club
participating in the Achievement Award Scheme for over a year can nominate a
Leader who they wish to recognise publicly.
Awards are given to adults
who have demonstrated, in an outstanding way, an ability to encourage and
motivate young people aged 11-25 in London or Essex.
How the scheme works:
The scheme is open to
youth leaders, school teachers, community leaders, volunteer leaders, sports
coaches and any other adults who regularly work with young people, are over 21
years old, and have been involved in your organisation for at least 2 years.
It works best when young
people, other leaders, teachers and volunteers are all involved in choosing an
adult for this award. Encourage people to nominate and maybe even consider a
vote to select the final winner.
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The Foundation can
supply a Nomination Box.
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Nomination Forms can
be downloaded from the Jack Petchey website.
Once you have decided who
your Leader Award winner is, send your application to Jack Petchey Foundation
When your choice has been
accepted by the Foundation your leader will be:
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Invited to a JPF
Presentation ceremony (alternatively a medallion and certificate can be
supplied to you for presentation at your own ceremony or event).
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Presented with a gilt
medallion and certificate to recognise their outstanding commitment and
dedication to young people.
What to do next:
Once you and your young
people have chosen a deserving adult winner, complete the
Leader Award
Application Form
telling us why they should
win, and send it to the Jack Petchey Foundation.
The Scheme within Croydon School of Gymnastics
In 2008 we were delighted to hear that we had been
awarded the Jack Petchey Foundation Achievement - Silver Award. This was awarded
to us as our club has between 50 -100 active young people participating in
Gymnastics between the ages of 11 & 25 years of age.
How The Award Works
Every 6 weeks (8 awards per year) a member of the
club will be nominated for this award through an internal ballot to receive this
award. They do not have to be the best gymnast in the club, squad or class, but
they have to be someone who has made an outstanding contribution to the club in
some way.
The club receives a cheque directly from the
foundation which we bank and the gymnast who is chosen for the award gets to
present the club with a dummy cheque. The gymnast has their photo taken and is
placed on the role of honour chart at the club. Then with the help of the
coaches they decide what they would like the award money to be spent on, by
choosing something from the gym club's wish list.
For doing that they are presented with a lovely
Jack Petchey Certificate and pin badge which is presented to them at a annual
club event. All award winners are annually invited to a Jack Petchey award
ceremony where each award recipient receives a Gold medallion.
JACK PETCHEY AWARDS
Katie Russell Aged 23 was a member of CSOG many years when the club was based at the Purley Oaks School in South Croydon.
She was a member of our girl’s squad who underwent many hours training a week. She represented her club
at local and regional competition events and the highlight of her gymnastics was when she was selected for
the “Mary Poppins” display team who represent GB at the World Gymnaestrada held in Gotenburg in 1999. When
Katie moved to high school she found that she could not fit in all her school work and training and decided
to give up competitive gymnastics. She then left CSOG and joined a little club that did just Floor & Vault & display work.
James Hodgkinson Aged 20 has been a loyal member of Croydon School of Gymnastics since he was 6.
Although he remain in the recreational level and James never wished to compete in gymnastics he attended for
recreation and enjoyment throughout his school years. Now he attends Nottingham University and has discovered
is he quite a good rower and is on the university team. James also recently joined the Nottingham Gymnastics Club
and keeps in contact with the club sending video’s of his successful gymnastic skills he’s recently achieved.
James always returns to us when he’s back home from university for the holidays.
Jorden Vijayaratnam Aged 18
first joined the club when it was based in the Purley Oaks School – South Croydon in 1999 at the aged 7.
Jorden joined one of the clubs recreational classes and quickly progressed to the Men’s Artistic Squad.
He first competed in 2000 and came away with his first gold in the boy’s level 5 under 8s in London Men’s
Development Programme. From there on he competed in many local, regional and national competitions and has won many medals
along the way for his powerful and difficult skills on all 6 apparatus. When asked what his greatest achievement
was in gymnastics, he states getting his double back somersault off high bar when he went on a training camp to Russia in 2004.
Unfortunately Jorden left the club when he found it difficult juggling his school work with his training.
Nicole Thompson Aged 15 joined the club when she was aged 10. She progressed through the clubs recreational programme eventually gaining a place in our Women’s Floor & Vault Squad and
is now one of our leading female gymnasts in this squad.
Kyle White Aged 22 didn’t start his gymnastics with us here at Croydon School of Gymnastics as his younger years were spent in a little after school club. As a young boy he came along
to participate in one of our summer holiday schemes with one his mates back in 1997. He found his first experience at the club to be daunting and very disciplined something
he was not use to. However, at the end of the holiday training he was given the opportunity to join the club, something he now apparently regrets!
Samuel Morais Aged 17
joined us and started his gymnastics when he was 13 years old. He has progressed very quickly from his Saturday recreational class to the Elite Men’s Artistic Squad in 4
years. He recently competed at a regional qualifier competition, gaining 4th place and narrowly missing out on competing and representing London for the National Finals
in Leicester. However, he represented Croydon in Men’s Artistic in the London Youth Games for the previous 3 years and helped his team win a team bronze in 2008. He was
also awarded most improved gymnast in the squads for 2009.
Charlie Shute Aged 20 has been a member of Croydon School of Gymnastics since the age of 3 where he started to work his way through the various levels of the men’s gymnastics squads.
Aside from competing in the clubs Annual Championships, he began competing in regional and national competitions from the age of 8. From losing to winning and even
missing Gold medals by just 0.1 of a mark, he just loved the thrill of gymnastics as it was always the taking part that mattered for Charlie!
Natasha Scully Aged 23 started gymnastics classes when she was 9 years old at another club and transferred to Croydon School of Gymnastics to join the Women’s Artistic Squad when
she was 12. She voluntarily coached Kindergarten classes every Saturday. Soon after joining the club we encouraged Tasha to go on a coaching course and she qualified as a
Level 1 Gymnastics Coach when she was 16. She continued to coach pre-school and helped out in some of the Recreational classes along with office duties. At 18, she left
competitive gymnasts to study Sports and Exercise Science at degree level and Sport Development at postgraduate level down by the coast. Tasha has since moved back to the
Croydon area and recently returned as part of coaching and office staff and is responsible for gaining external funding for special projects such as Gymnastics Classes for
Young Offenders, and for other club development tasks. She has also returned to Adult Squad training and hopes to compete in the very near future therefore we feel she is
a fitting candidate and worthy of a Jack Petchey
Zoe Aubert
first joined our Adults Class in 2007. She did do gymnastics as a child in Jersey and since coming to the mainland for work she decided
to take up the sport again. Zoe also has a flair for choreography and the club gave her the opportunity to work with some of our young squad girls and every Saturday Zoe
could be seen choreographing their floor routines. Zoe has also been invaluable member of our adult’s squad and she has always been on hand helping our senior women
choreographing their floors as well. 
Emma Roach Aged 23
became a member of Croydon School of
Gymnastics when she was recommended to further gymnastics by her first
gymnastics club in Shirley at the age of 6. Emma steadily worked her way up
through the ranks of the club eventually gaining squad status. She has
represented the club and country in many competitions and display work during
her competitive years and has won numerous medals and accolades to show for her
efforts. Emma was also a member of the Junior Mixed Team Squad who toured the
country competing in many Team Gym gymnastics for Floor, Trampette & Vault. The
team won overall Silver at the British Championships in 2000 & 2001.
Charlotte Walker Aged 21 First joined Croydon School of Gymnastics in 1998, when she was 10 years old.
She transferred from her club at Crystal Palace and was promoted straight into the girl’s squad. Charlotte represented us in many
competitions and has won many accolades but her most memorable was when she won two Silver LGF Awards and for scoring the highest vault
score for that year with 9.8 in a London Regional Competition, but then vault has always been her favourite piece of apparatus!
Philip is currently a member of the Men’s National Disabilities Squad. He won the title of British Junior Champion in 2002 and Senior
British Champion is 2005.
Theo Stergiou aged 14 
Scott Creasey
Nisal Herath
Bethany Charlton
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