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Parents asked what the barriers are to getting children into exercise <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A CANTON rugby club for four to 16-year-olds is asking parents to help it understand potential barriers to the sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you really want to help somebody just shut up and listen, and that\u2019s kind of our motivation for the survey,” said Peter Hughes<\/a>, chairman of Canton RFC mini and junior rugby club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe wanted to gauge community opinion just on what might be preventing kids accessing sport so we can to remove the barriers,\u201d said Mr Hughe<\/a><\/span>s<\/span><\/a>, 30, who also plays for the club’s senior team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The survey<\/span><\/a>, which has already received about 40 replies, was launched in response to Covid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe see sport as one of the key things for children, keeping healthy and exercising regularly in a way that they enjoy is key for us,\u201d said Mr Hughes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mini and junior rugby club is open to four to 16-year-olds and while it has some ideas about barriers to entry – such as the cost involved for buying a kit or kids participating in other sports – it is looking to parents for answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf there is any child out there who is struggling to access sport, we want to know what we can do to help. Although our numbers are good, we do have scope to do better and to help more kids,\u201d Mr Hughes added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Safety concerns could be another barrier, said Mr Hughes, as people who don’t know much about rugby could perceive it as being dangerous for the kids. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It\u2019s not though, there is a proper pathway and place to introduce things slowly,” he added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another goal for the club is to engage the BAME communities and European families in Canton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are so many different ethnicities in all the primary schools in Canton but we are only really seeing lots of the white children come through. We\u2019re thinking there may be a cultural element to it,\u201d Mr Hughes said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With rugby training re-starting on the March 28, parents have been in touch saying their children can\u2019t wait and are excited to go back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a year of Covid \u201cthe kids all know the drill by now,\u201d said Mr. Hughes, and the club has put in place risk assessments and issued guidance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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