School Games Organisers

Four sprinters line-up before their race at last summer's Suffolk School Games Festival

A School Games Organiser (SGO) supports the delivery of the School Games and Change4Life in schools.

The role is orientated around five 'core tasks' designed to provide a focus for an SGOs work programme. The core tasks for 2016/17 are:

Participation: Drive school participation in School Games competition and increase the number of young people taking part in competition.

Competition for all: Develop competitive opportunities for all, including the least active.

Clubs: Increase regular participation in club sport; involve the least active through Change4Life Sports Clubs and increase links to local clubs.

Workforce: Broaden participation opportunities through volunteering and workforce roles.

Performance: Establish key performance indicators, target delivery and review progress on a termly basis.

There are approximately 450 SGO's across the whole of England with 8 working in Suffolk across the following partnership areas;