Character, Sport, and Personal Development Conference

Co-hosted by the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues and Birmingham City Football Club in this event will show how character education can be incorporated into the physical education curriculum and will explore the role sport can play within the personal development of character virtues such as courage, humility, resilience and leadership.

All schools should offer explicit and implicit educational activities that help pupils to develop positive personal character strengths called virtues. It is virtues that sustain a well-rounded life, are fundamental to human flourishing and ensure a thriving society. The purpose of this one-day conference is to help schools and teachers to better understand the link between character, sport and physical education.

Through their attendance, participants — whether they have already begun their character education journey or are at the very beginning — will be better equipped to explore and develop plans, activities, strategies, and approaches that embed character education into the physical education curriculum and sport related activities.

Current confirmed speakers include:

• Jeremy Dale (Interim CEO Birmingham City Football Club) 
• James Walker (Youth Sports Trust)
• Kerys Harrop (Former England and Birmingham City Footballer)
• Professor Tom Harrison (Director, Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues)
• Hayley Hampson-Stemp (Secondary PE PGDE Programme Lead, University of Birmingham),
• Antony Isherwood (Birmingham City FC Foundation Director)
• and a Schools of Character teacher panel.

Day is free and includes lunch and tour of the club and all delegates will be entered into a raffle with prizes generously provided by BCFC. 

• 6-week coaching block of delivery within school (6, 1 hour sports coaching sessions) 
• 50 tickets for school to a Men’s 1st team game 
• 100 tickets for school to a Women’s 1st team game 
• 3 Mascot packages for a Men’s 1st team game
• 3 Mascot packages for a Women’s 1st team game

For more information, contact jubileecentre@contacts.bham.ac.uk. You can register for the event here.