AS SOON AS YOU BEGIN TO TRY YOU ARE A SUCCESS

Maggie Day founded Sprights Scotland in 2004. Having represented Scotland as a gymnast she qualifed as a coach in 1985 thereafter, worked in schools and within the community in Peebleshire.  After ten years working in commerce she returned to the sports arena.  

In response to the Scottish Executives PR review groups' white paper promise "all Scottish children would received 2 hours physical education lessons each week by 2007" she wrote the Sprights project.  

The project included implementing the Sprights 3-5 project in Nursery schools and Early Years' establishments, CPD training for The City of Edinburgh Council and teaching both Junior and senior school children through Active Schools EDC, parent teachers associations and at the bequest of parents.  

Sprights have worked in schools and the community in Glasgow and Edinburgh since 2004 promoting sports and healthy eating education.

In 2006 Maggie secured £10k funding from Heart Research UK, through a competitive selection process from charities operating throughout the UK.  "Sprights have healthy hearts" was a research project written, delivered and evaluated by Maggie in two Edinburgh schools.  The project worked with parents, teachers and children in socially deprived areas over 12 months. 

 

"Sprights go to Malawi" is summer 2010 volunteering project.  Maggie will write the tailored programme for the children of Kakoma school  - train the teachers, work with the children, donate equipment, lesson manuals and raise funding for repairs and improvements to their most basic buildings and facilities.