Community work

Truro Fencing Club
Our partnership with Truro Fencing Club provides the club with the use of a large gymnasium. This space is used as their fencing salle where Truro Fencing Club members train and compete. Recognised as one of the UK’s top fencing clubs, the Truro Fencing Centre caters for fencers of all ages and abilities, from 5-85+, beginners to Olympians, and have over150 active members.

Aims
Truro Fencing Club is committed to promoting and encouraging fencing through the TFC Gold Foundation, TFC Talent and the Fence Cornwall outreach initiative.

This high performing club aims to deliver top-class coaching in all three fencing disciplines of foil, epee and sabre, although their high performance programme and world class reputation speciality is in sabre.

The Club employ 2 full-time coaches and 2 part time Club Managers, who, between them run over 20 club, school and community sessions a week.

Background
Truro School teamed up with Truro Fencing Club when the club needed larger premises on a more secure long-term basis.

Many of the club members were Truro School pupils and so there was a lot of synergy to this partnership and it was seen as a positive move to bring Truro Fencing Club onto the school site and allow them to use one of the school’s buildings which was being under used due to the building of the Sir Ben Ainslie Sports Centre on 2013.

Truro Fencing Club established themselves at Truro School in 2014.

Resources
Key resources are the clubs highly trained coaches who deliver the fencing sessions.

Truro Fencing Club have use of the school’s gymnasium as their Fencing Salle. Office space and a small gym space are also used.

Impact
Truro Fencing Club is now well established, generates top results at competitions and the long term, low cost use of the Fencing Salle means that it’s medium to long term future is secure.

Pupils who fence with Truro Fencing Club have won numerous national and international titles and perform well at high level competitions. These include (but not limited to) an Olympian in 2012, and two fencers ranked number 1 at senior level and working towards Olympic selection.

Pupil Involvement
Pupils from Truro School (aged 5 - 18 are able to join as a member to Truro Fencing Club and take advantage of the expert coaching. Resulting in a number of national and international fencers and great results.

Pupils from state schools also access the facilities and benefit from the staff expertise.

Frequency
The partnership is subject to annual review.

Saints South West Football Hub
We provide Saints Southwest office space, free/reduced sport facility use and allow them to host Football Festivals at Truro School. Saints Southwest’s multi-year groups teams train at Truro School and our facilities are the home of both their Community and Development teams.

Saints Southwest are an official partner of Southampton Football Club and operate in Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset. This allows them to reach children through various education, football and sporting activities. Alongside their community programmes they provide a pathway which supports Youth Academies in nurturing and developing players to become the best they can be on and off the pitch.

Aims
Saints Southwest are committed to growing their footprint, increasing participation levels in sport alongside educating individuals to lead a healthy lifestyle.

'Developing Potential for ALL' on and off the pitch is Saints Southwest biggest aim.

Background
The partnership with Saints Southwest developed when Truro School’s PE Department were reviewing the school’s football offering (to both girls and boys) with an initial focus on the post 16-year group.

This partnership went live in Sept 2020 and continues to grow and develop. Resulting in more Truro School age groups (in both girls & boys) benefiting from expert coaching and Saints Southwest increasing their exposure and outreach in Cornwall.

Resources
Saints Southwest are based at Truro School and have use of a dedicated office space, analysis room, classrooms and sporting facilities (grass pitches, astro turf & sportshall)

Saints Southwest benefit from free/reduced hire fees which allows them to run their community outreach and development pathways.

There are 14 staff involved in the programme.

Impact
This partnership with Truro School has given Saints Southwest a football hub in Cornwall.

A recent noteworthy development was that a multi game weekend fixture was refereed entirely by 6th Form students who gained their refereeing qualifications via the School and Community Football Programme.

The School’s partnership with Saints Southwest has resulted in increased awareness of the School’s football provision and facilities within the local Cornish community.

Pupil Involvement
Within Truro School, Saints Southwest run a structured & timetabled ‘Football Programme’ for Sixth Form students. The programme has been designed to offer first-class football coaching alongside theoretical sessions, enabling boys and girls to further their footballing journey and gain professional football qualifications alongside their A-Levels or associated courses.

The programme offers a strong practical element, with two-thirds of the time given to practical elements (analysis, one-to-one coaching, strength and conditioning, nutritional help and mentoring), which will all sit alongside the time on the pitch, crafting new skills and techniques.

The qualifications students will receive alongside the coaching include:

• FA Level 1 and 2 Coaching

• Refereeing Course

• Level 1 and Level 2 First Aid

Aside from running the Football Programme, Saints Southwest coaches also deliver expert football coaching to both girls and boys in all year groups at the senior school.

Elements of the programme are also delivered through the Community sessions.

Over 250 pupils access the programme.

Frequency
This partnership is ongoing and subject to annual review.