*SPOND UPDATE*
East Lothian Council Secondary School Active Schools and Active East Lothian is moving to the SPOND App for activity and team management.
What does this mean for you and your child?
Once your child is registered for an East Lothian Council (ELC) Secondary Active Schools or Active East Lothian activity, your contact details, your child’s relevant medical information, and emergency contact details will be securely uploaded to our new membership system: East Lothian SPOND Club.
This system is fully UK GDPR compliant and has been approved by ELC’s Information Governance and IT Services.
Why are we making this change?
* Many parents and pupils already use the SPOND App with local community clubs.
* It brings all ELC Active Schools and Sports Development services into one system—making communication and management more efficient for pupils, parents, and staff.
* It helps Team Managers and Coaches manage groups securely and in line with GDPR.
* Digital registration at sessions means parents know when and where their child is attending.
* Only authorised ELC staff and volunteer coaches can access medical and emergency contact information—just like with current paper-based systems, but with improved security.
* Registers are accessible off-site in case of emergencies.
* Parents and pupils will use one system to communicate with Active Schools Officers, Sports Development staff, and coaches.
* ELC staff can support each other during illness or annual leave.
What do you need to do?
To get the full benefits, we recommend downloading the SPOND App to your mobile phone.
* Multiple guardians can be added to a pupil’s account, so everyone stays informed.
* Guardians can update pupil information at any time.
* You can add your child’s email so they can respond to activity, training, and match requests. Parents can view and change these responses as needed.
If you choose not to download the app, you’ll still receive limited email updates about your child’s participation. However, we recommend that at least one parent or guardian downloads the app to access all features.
When your child leaves school, their account and data will be deleted from the system.
Active Schools Disability Sport Extra Curricular Club 25/26 Term 1
Active Schools Disability Sport Extra Curricular Club 25/26 Term 1
Venue: Meadowmill Sport Centre
Ages: Any pupil who attend primary or secondary school in East Lothian with a disability
Days/Dates/Times: Friday 19th, 26th Sept 3rd, 10th October 2-3pm
Sessions start on Friday 2nd May and will continue each School day Friday for 4 weeks.
Price: FREE
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The Date 19/09/2025 is the deadline for signing up. Please proceed to book.
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We may call you to discuss further to how we can support your child.
- Please contact your local active schools co-ordinator or contact the Disability Activity Team if you would like to discuss anything further. - Active East Lothian | Active Schools in your Area
4. Please proceed to booking to find information regarding our new SPOND App.
Important: Click BOOK NOW, and on the next page, once you have clicked SELECT remember to scroll down and click CONTINUE
Team United
Team United Sports is a charity that works to support young people with disabilities overcome social barriers they often face when taking part in sport and physical activity, particularly team sports. We focus on supporting young people aged 10-16 years with Autism but not exclusively.
Many of their sessions are right here in East Lothian, and they are always looking for more young people to get invovled,
Team United say this about their services;
"We do this through offering young people the opportunity to take part in a player pathway that offers a number of components and opportunities such as weekly sports or activity instruction, social activities and an awards scheme. We focus our attention on knowing as much as we can about each of our players, use their chosen sport as the motivator to break down social barriers and get them playing together as a team. More importantly, being active and enjoy taking part."
For more information visit - www.team-united.org.uk
£0.00
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Enjoy Leisure Disability Sports Programme
At Enjoy leisure we strongly believe that everyone, no matter your age or ability, can enjoy being physically active.
If you have disability or require additional assistance to enjoy utilising your local Sports Centres, please give us a call so we can identify how best to support and accommodate your needs ahead of your visit.
In addition, we have a number of organised activities; either run by enjoy leisure or groups / organisations utilising the facilities, click here to find out more info!
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Tranent Colts Para-Football
Tranent Colts are an award winning team that offers a friendly and supportive football environment, open to all children with additional support needs. Their primary aim is to create an environment where players are free to express themselves, try new things, learn from each other but most importantly have fun.
They train with fun and inclusive Football sessions every second Saturday at either Forresters Park (Summer months) or Ross High Schools (Winter Months) and have recently been playing matches against other Para Teams such as Hutchison Vale.
Tranent Colts as a football club have recently been award the SFA Legacy Award, the highest level award within their accreditation scheme for community clubs,
For more information, find them on Facebook or contact them through their website - http://www.tranentcoltsfc.co.uk
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Team East Lothian Athletics - Race Running
Does your child have difficulty walking or running...? Then Race Running could be the sport for your child. Race Running is a Paralympic sport, which uses specially designed Running Bike's which are 3 wheeled with no pedals but allow the child to have their weight supported and run. The child moves at their own speed and they can experience running on a track like never before!
Running Bikes and the sport of Race Running are suitable for those children/adults with Cerebral Palsy, Muscular Dystrophy and Parkinson's as well as other disabilities which affect movement, balance and similar core motor skills.
The session caters for anyone wanting to try athletics where running, jumping and throwing may be difficult where the use of a frame can help in this endeavour. We also cater to those who are partially sighted. We have sessions on Wednesday 4:30-5:45 and Friday 4-5:15 at Meadowmill.
Team East Lothian have running bikes for children aged 6 years old and up, and all sessions are based at Meadowmill Athletics Track (EH33 1LZ).
For more details or to book a place, please contact the Athletics Development Officer on 01875 619074 or email jonathan.kennedy@teameastlothian.org.uk
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Anna Potter
Active Schools Coordinator (Musselburgh Primary Schools)
07976376945 / 0131 665 4278