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RESPECT and RESPECT TOO: Hatters and Sharks players as role models in schools across South Yorkshire.

The B. Braun Sheffield Hatters are proud to be sponsored by Canon Medical Systems UK. Since 2022, Canon Medical UK's sponsorship of the club has brought the Hatters into the longstanding RESPECT and RESPECT TOO programmes, managed by the Sheffield Sharks.

The Hatters' involvement has had a huge impact on communities across the Sheffield City Region. Before the Hatters joined, the delivery group was male only; now it is both male and female, so young girls in our region see role models like themselves teaching them about key social issues and introducing them to basketball.

Canon Medical UK's sponsorship of the Hatters has also expanded the programmes with a body positivity workshop led by Hatters players: an open discussion on self-worth and how we value ourselves, for both young men and women. The emphasis is on how we are all different, and on being confident in who we are and accepting of ourselves and others. Sessions are mixed, rather than separate for boys and girls, to encourage open conversation and an understanding of how different people think about the same subject.

A Hatters player leading a RESPECT session with pupils in a classroom
For primary schools

RESPECT Programme

The RESPECT Programme is a collaborative approach to address a range of issues within local communities across South Yorkshire. The RESPECT Programme is project managed and delivered by the B. Braun Sheffield Sharks Basketball Club, supported by Canon Medical Systems Ltd, with delivery support from South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue. The programme takes place in primary schools in South Yorkshire. Central to this project is the use of the Sharks' professional players as role models for children in priority areas of Sheffield, to encourage good citizenship and to take part in positive activities.

The programme is highly regarded within South Yorkshire as well as throughout the region, having won the Best Programme Award at the National Housing Federation Community Impact Awards for Yorkshire in 2012.

1,000 Participants each year
2,500+ Participant visits
6 hrs Coaching per school

The ethos

To encourage participation in physical activity (in this case Basketball)
To encourage an understanding of community values, such as online safety, and the importance of leading healthy and sociable lifestyles.

What the programme delivers

RESPECT Schools Visit – 3 Workshops (Basketball, Dangers of Smoking & Vaping, Body positivity)
6 hours-worth of basketball coaching
Signposting and pathways to local basketball sessions to continue engagement
Free tickets to a Sheffield Sharks game at the Canon Medical Arena
Attendance at the Annual Basketball Tournament at the Canon Medical Arena
Sharks players and coaches with RESPECT Programme participants at Canon Medical Arena
RESPECT Programme workbook used in schools sessions

School Basketball Coaching visits takes place at each school, and delivery consists of 6 hours per school, to encourage participation in sport.

A Sheffield Sharks player or community coach delivers a weekly session to a maximum of 30 students per session. There is also an opportunity for a teacher or parent to assist in these sessions and learn the basics of coaching and playing basketball.

For Key Stage 3

RESPECT TOO Programme

When Thursday afternoons, 12.30–2.30pm
Where Canon Medical Arena, Olympic Legacy Park
Group size 6 to 10 pupils
Duration One afternoon a week, up to 6 weeks

In partnership with our sponsors, Canon Medical UK, The B. Braun Sheffield Sharks are delighted to offer a programme of activities designed to engage pupils in Key Stage 3 who are considered to be at risk of anti social behaviour and/or vulnerable to child criminal exploitation.

Delivered by Sharks and Hatters professional players, the programme utilises the environment in and around basketball to deliver a range of positive activities for one afternoon a week for up to 6 weeks.

They will involve a pastoral support session with the players, as positive role models from diverse communities leading activities where young people will look at issues around building positive character traits, developing positive relationships along with how to look after their health and wellbeing. The aim is for the students to develop their understanding of the implications of their life choices and the impact that negative and/or anti-social behaviour can have on them, their families, friends and communities. Alongside the pastoral input, they will also take part in coached basketball sessions with the players.

This programme is intended as an early intervention/preventative initiative to try and steer young people away from anti social behaviour in their communities. With this in mind, the programme would be most suited to students in Key Stage 3.

Exemplar indicators of vulnerability

Are they from a socially deprived background/living in poverty?
Is there a suspicion/evidence of neglect?
Is there an absent parent?
Have they encountered loss/grief?
Do they present as socially isolated within their peer group?

We are offering the programme to groups of between 6 and 10 pupils. Sheffield Sharks will provide transport to and from the sessions in our minibus.

Bring RESPECT or RESPECT TOO to your school Contact us
Community enquiries Sarah Banks · Community Manager 07971 075625 sarah.banks@thesheffieldsharks.com RESPECT TOO sheffieldsharks-studycentre@hotmail.co.uk