Get Golfing
Breaking barriers to participation through golfing
Get Golfing is committed to making golf accessible to everyone, regardless of their background or circumstances. Through their innovative outreach programmes, they work with local communities to provide equipment, coaching, free meals, and support to those who may face obstacles in joining traditional golf clubs.
Being a part of the Essex ActivAte programme and offering their own initiative, Fun, Food, and Golf, offers families and young people the opportunity to not only get active through golf, but to enjoy a nutritious breakfast and healthy meals, aiming to teach participants the importance of a healthy, active lifestyle, both on and off the golf course.
Across their holiday programmes this year, young people enjoyed trying hot foods and progressing their golf skills, families also received food hampers during the festive break to support them during the cost-of-living crisis.
The camps provided children and families with opportunities to play golf, enjoy, achieve, be active, and meet positive peer groups. The benefits to increasing confidence and mental health are achieved through a balance of golfing and being outdoors, developing concentration, relaxation, achieving goals, and encouraging participation at any level.
Get Golfing also adopts a whole-family approach, encouraging everyone to get involved. They offer mums and daughters sessions to increase the participation of women and girls in golf.
Club ambassadors have been enthused by helping and seeing the benefits for deprived children, having opportunities to be outdoors and play golf. They have been proud to be part of a club where they are members, and this ethos is at the heart of the club. The ambassadors have been telling their friends at the club, which has led to more members wanting to get involved and volunteer.
Get Golfing has wider aims for the project, including helping young people to be outdoors and involved in positive activities, diverting them from crime, promoting school inclusion, working as part of a team, and preventing anti-social behaviour in the local area.
