Studietur: Fantastiske idrætslandskaber i Skotland
Drumsheigh Swimming Baths i Edinburgh fra 1882 klarer sig som et levende lokalt fællesskab uden offentlig støtte. Glæd dig til studieturen til fantastiske skotske idrætsmiljøer. Foto: Visit Scotland/Kenny Lam.
Tag med på IdrætsPlatformens studietur til fantastiske skotske idrætslandskaber i Skotland i dagene 20.-22. maj 2025.
Use this link for program leaflet and practical information in English.
Med udgangspunkt i Stirling og Edinburgh giver turen inspiration til nye modeller for drift af idrætsfaciliteter og idrætsforeninger, udvikling programmer for sårbare målgrupper, destinationsudvikling, nye forretningsmodeller samt nye veje til at engagere sig i lokalsamfundet gennem idræt.
Glæd dig til en studietur i selskab med fantastiske kolleger fra IdætsPlatformen og IUCE-netværket og til mødet med engagerede skotske værter, der ofte kigger så længselsfuldt mod de skandinaviske velfærdsmodeller, at de af og til slet ikke får øje på nogle af de store kvaliteter i det skotske idrætslandskab. Skotterne har mange institutioner og nogle lidt tilgange, som i den grad kan inspirere i en dansk/skandinavisk kontekst.
Turen foregår primært i Edinburgh og Stirling, som er to spændende byer med smukke omgivende landskaber, som også spiller en rolle i turens program.
Lad det være sagt med det samme: Skotske kommuner er beskåret til sokkeholderne, og Skotland har store sociale og folkesundhedsmæssige udfordringer, men netop i dette udfordrende idrætslandskab udvikles en stor grad af innovation og socialt entreprenørskab, som kan inspirere i Danmark og de andre skandinaviske lande.
Nedenfor finder du nogle af de foreløbige programpunkter samt praktiske oplysninger om turen.
Tilmelding
Tilmelding til turen skal af hensyn til det praktiske arrangement omkring indkvartering og lokal transport ske senest den 1. april og tilkendegiv gerne din deltagelse snarest muligt. Turen gennemføres ved min. 15 deltagere. Benyt dette link.
Pris:
Medlem af IdrætsPlatformen Danmark, kr. 4.100,-
Medlem af IUCE-netværk, kr. 4.600,-
Standard deltager, kr. 5.100,-
Såfremt turen ikke gennemføres pga. manglende tilslutning, tilbagebetales det fulde gebyr, men vi ved allerede nu, at der er solid interesse for turen.
Prisen inkluderer lokal transport, to overnatninger på hotel i Stirling inkl. morgenmad, forplejning undervejs samt program og studiebesøg.
Indkvartering:
Premier Inn Stirling South, Glasgow Road, Stirling FK7 8EX. Hotellet er et standard trestjernet hotel med pub og solid morgenmad. Beliggenhed i den sydlige del af Stirling tæt på trafikforbindelser og med et par kilometer til bykernen i universitetsbyen Stirling med det berømte slot knejsende højt over byen (Foto: Neostalgic, unsplash.com)
Medbring:
Fornuftigt fodtøj og en regnjakke. Vi skal på en 2-3 timers (let) vandretur med Mountaineering Scotland. Muligvis deltager vi også i walking football eller five-a-side football, som nyder enorm popularitet i Skotland. Vi får også mulighed for en svømmetur i Drumsheugh Baths fra 1882.
Deltagerne sørger selv for erhvervsrejseforsikring.
Transport til Skotland:
Turen begynder og slutter i Edinburgh/Edinburgh Airport. Transport til/fra Skotland arrangerer deltagerne selv, men turens program er afpasset med Norwegians afgang fra København til Edinburgh den 20. maj kl. 06.55 og hjemrejse fra Edinburgh til København/Aalborg den 22. maj kl. 15.10 (mulighed for at vælge en senere direkte afgang til København samme dag). Fra Billund er der en god afgang med Norwegian mandag den 19. maj kl. 17.00 via Oslo med ankomst i Edinburgh kl. 20.30. Så kan man lige nå en formiddag i Edinburgh inden det officielle program.
Hvis man er i Edinburgh tirsdag morgen inden turens officielle program, kan man tage med på udsigtstur til Aarthur’s Seat højt over byen med sightseeing på den berømte Royal Mile på vejen.
Vært:
Vært for turen er IdrætsPlatformens daglige leder Henrik H. Brandt, der som tidligere bestyrelsesmedlem i Observatory for Sport in Scotland har et solidt kendskab til skotske idrætsforhold og et godt netværk i Skotland. Kontakt Henrik, hvis du har ønsker om ’skræddersyede’ besøg før/efter turens officielle program.
Program:
Den detaljerede tidsplan udkommer senere. Nedenfor finder du de bekræftede besøg på turen. Vi forventer yderligere 1-2 besøg på programmet. Programmet tilrettelægges med begrænsede køreafstande og god tid til intern dialog i gruppen - både på pubben, i bussen og i mere formelle rammer (programmet er senest opdateret den 26. februar 2025).
Observatory for Sport in Scotland
Edinburgh
An introduction to the Scottish sports landscape. Scotland is the birthplace of golf and home of famous sports clubs and great traditions in sport, but underneath this charming surface, Scotland is a “divided sporting nation” separated into sporting “haves” and “have nots,” and separated by issues of opportunity and inequality. In recent years heavy financial cuts have affected the city councils meaning that the gaps have become even larger. In the this challenging landscape, however, creativity among social enterprises, community leisure centres, and sports federations is thriving. We will learn from the best examples of vibrant community sport initiatives as well as the challenges facing the Scottish sporting landscape (Foto: OSS fungerer som en uafhængig tænketank for ‘sport in the community’. Udgivelse fra 2023)
Charlie Raeburn, founder, Observatoire for Sport in Scotland
Community Leisure UK
Edinburgh
Most local authorities in the UK have outsourced their provision of leisure, sport, and/or culture services to private operators or to not-for-profit trusts. Community Leisure UK is the association for the community trusts who operate sports and culture facilities and very often develop targeted programs for the local population in sport and physical activity. Some trusts are doing very well in spite of being squeezed by public budget cuts and having to generate more income themselves. How do UK community trusts with a combined turnover of app. 2 bn. GBP a year find their way in a challenging landscape? Which role do the community trusts play in catering for clubs, sports events, as well as the general population? Who are the visitors, and which kind of programs and partnerships have proven successful?
Kirsty Cumming, CEO, Community Leisure UK
Table Tennis Scotland – much more than a sport
Edinburgh
Just like in Denmark table tennis is a relatively small sport in Scotland, but nevertheless table tennis Scotland is on a journey to deliver table tennis in new formats, new locations and settings. Table tennis has become a sport for people of all abilities and for all age groups. Learn more about the strategic visions to grow table tennis outside the traditional club settings and to become a preferred sport for elderly and people with health challenges such as Parkinson or dementia. Table Tennis Scotland has been hugely successful in retaining or maintaining senior players. The largest age group of registered table tennis players in Scotland is now +60.
In the session we will also learn more about the Scottish sports system with national governing bodies supported by the national agency sportscotland (Foto: Table Tennis Scotland)
Richard Yule, Chief Operating Officer of Table Tennis Scotland
Drumsheugh Baths
Edinburgh
Built in 1882 as a Turkish baths and swimming bath, the Drumsheugh Baths have a very special atmosphere and architecture, which is the home of a vibrant swimming community. Volunteers play a large role in maintaining the bath and organising a wide range of activities for the members without receiving any public funding. How can a community-oriented swimming club be sustainable without public funding? How can the community around the baths be a vibrant social and educational hub, where members take a wide range of initiatives way beyond the core activity of swimming. While Drumsheugh Baths is a fascinating story, it also tells a story of a country where the public provision of sports facilities lacks far behind the Scandinavian level. The situation creates an increasing social segregation in the Scottish sporting landscape (Foto: Drumsheugh Baths Club).
Charlie Raeburn, founder, Observatoire for Sport in Scotland and committee member at Drumsheugh Baths
Mountaineering Scotland, walk and talk
Stirling
Scotland’s nature is an invitation to physical activity and outdoor recreation. Mountaineering Scotland represents hill walkers, climbers, mountaineering and snowsports tourers in Scotland. The aim of the organisation is to inspire and encourage people to enjoy the physical and mental benefits of walking, climbing and mountaineering in Scotland's hills, mountains and climbing venues, through affordable skills training and information campaigns to promote safety, self-reliance and the enjoyment of the mountain environment and indoor climbing walls. We will enjoy the Scottish landscape on a ‘walk and talk’ hill walk at the local Dumyat Hill in Stirling and learn more about the activities, partnerships, ideas, and challenges of promoting hill walking and outdoor recreation in Scotland (Foto: Dumyat Hill, Stirling, Robert Haverly, unsplash.com).
Stuart Younie, CEO & Company Secretary, Mountaineering Scotland
13.00-15.00 Hearts FC
Edinburgh
Once a Premiership football club decides to use its local magnetism as a tool for social and economic good in its community, there is almost no limits to the programs and initiatives that can be developed. Heart of Midlothian FC runs a wide-reaching community sports program around its home ground Tynecastle Park and elsewhere in the Scottish capital. Learn more about the club and its vision and activities in sport and other areas such as social inclusion, diversity, mental and physical health, education, active citizenship, and social care.
Ann Park, director of community and partnerships, Hearts FC, Edinburgh
Ann Park og hendes afdeling for ‘community arbejde’ i Hearts FC bruger fodboldens tiltrækningskraft som omdrejningspunkt for et væld af aktiviteter for at styrke lokalsamfundet. Klubbens stadion, Tynecastle Park, spiller en stor rolle i forskellige programmer med idrætsligt eller folkeoplysende sigte uden for kampdagene. Foto: Henrik H. Brandt
Spartans Community Foundation
Edinburgh
Based in North Edinburgh, Spartans FC has developed into much more than a lower league football club. The Spartans Community Foundation is a charity and social enterprise that helps to improve the quality of people’s lives in a challenged neighborhood affected by poverty and deprivation. The club takes a heavy responsibility in youth work, schools, and health and wellbeing through football and a wide range of innovative programs, fundraising initiatives, as well as creative use of its football facility for the benefit of the local community. This is a football club taking social responsibility to an extent hardly known among Danish sports clubs.
Debbie McCulloch, CEO, Spartans Community Foundation
Active Stirling and The PEAK sports and leisure centre
Stirling
Active Stirling is a sports and leisure charitable trust, which delivers sport, physical activity, health and wellbeing on behalf of Stirling Council. We will visit the organisation at its main venue The PEAK, where local clubs, citizens and other organisations can find activities for everyone to take part in: Fitness classes, gym sessions, swimming, skating, climbing, or racquet sports. We get to see the venue and learn about the operation of the facilities. Active Stirling will also give us an insight in its co-operation with Stirling city council and other partners as well as the many programs and classes delivered to kids, adults and people with special needs.
Dougie Porteus, Interim Head of Sport, Physical Activity and Inclusion, Active Stirling
The PEAK i Stirling drives af Active Stirling på vegne af bystyret. Idrætscentret har en lang række aktiviteter og programmer for lokale borgere og klubber. Foto: Active Stirling
Group discussion
During the tour we will take time for an internal group discussion about the key take aways and learnings from our trip. Which inspiration do we take home for developing destinations, operating sports facilities, finding new funding models, or reaching out for vulnerable target groups or new customers in our local area?
Fodboldbanen i Eriskay i de ydre hebrider i det vestlige Skotland er berømt for at være en anelse bumpet, men udsigten kompenserer for meget. Foto: Visit Scotland/Kenny Lam