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At the Gladiator Programme, we run a wide range of physical activities for children and young people. By combining play and sport, these activities provide exciting opportunities for children and young people to become and stay active.

Once involved in these positive opportunities, we believe it is important that the youngsters can stay involved, and that those with the interest and ability get the encouragement they need to develop and improve as far as they want to in their chosen activities. We provide this all-round support.

We have found that this project can divert many young people from anti-social pursuits into more rewarding activities.

Here’s what we offer:

Play

We know that youngsters love to play and we know that the more they play, the fitter and healthier they get. To make sure they have a great time as they play, we have created the Gladigator mascot and theme toys. These include the Double Lane Bungee Run, the Eliminator, Diddyman Football, the Gladigator Challenge, and the Velcro Olympics. When we join the Velcro Olympics and the Gladigator Challenge together, we get the more demanding Gladigator Mega Challenge.

All equipment is available for hire see Entertainment section to hire out the equipment.

Sport

Some kids want to take part in more structured sporting activities. As well as hiring out our football pitches to 14 local teams, we provide free football coaching sessions to local children, including our popular Gladigator Mini Kickers events.

As youngsters grow and become more interested in sports, we provide fitness classes and training to help them with the power development they will need for a wide range of sports, including Olympic weightlifting. See Community section for Activities

Other exciting parts of our site

The Gladiator project works with around 2000 kids every week. In doing this, we offer far more than we can cover in this short section. Explore our website to find more exciting things for youngsters to do with us:

Community section: find out about the many activities we deliver locally, and about the Gladiator Programme’s many sporting successes over the years.

Entertainment section: here you’ll see more information about the many fun-packed activities mentioned above

Gladigator section: find out why he is so popular with the children of Glasgow and how you can interact with him.