Midlothian Active Schools

15/09/2026

ACTIVE SCHOOLS MIDLOTHIAN | 2025-26 HIGHLIGHTS

Active Schools have had an exciting year last year with lots of new partners, events, placements and free opportunities for the children and young people across Midlothian:

▶️ 607 free sport clubs
▶️ 4389 young people taking part in these free sport & physical activity opportunities
▶️ 328 volunteers delivering and coaching clubs
▶️ 3211 young people taking part free activity across hard to reach groups

Amazing to see so many young people involved in the Active Schools programme and we are looking forward to another year full of events, clubs and partnerships 🤩

👏🏼 Thank you to all our partners, clubs, volunteers,
young leaders, young people and parents for their ongoing support - we couldn’t do it without you 🙌🏼

Midlothian Council sportscotland Youth Sport Trust Scottish Disability Sport Lothian Disability Sport Edinburgh College Midlothian Football MiLeisure Eskvale Hockey Club Lasswade Athletics Club City of Edinburgh Basketball TouchDownUK KIC Dance Company Dalkeith Thistle Community FC Upbeat Dance The Official Lasswade RFC Bonnyrigg Rose Newtongrange Star Arniston Rangers CFC Fancy Footwork Dance Penicuik Rugby Football Club Penicuik Athletic Penicuik Cricket Club

14/09/2026

FREE Rugby holiday camp!

For existing players or anyone who wants to give rugby a go!

Our friends Dalkeith Rugby Football Club Official are running a camp in the October holidays:

🏉 for boys and girls
🏃‍♀️ all ages from P1-S2
⏰ 8.30am-2pm
💵 FREE
🗓️ 12th, 13th, 14th October
🥪 lunch provided
🏟️ at Dalkeith Rugby in Kings Park, Dalkeith

Contact the club for more details or to book on!

14/09/2026

FREE Rugby holiday camp!

Our friends Dalkeith Rugby Football Club are running a camp in the October holidays:

🏉 for boys and girls
🏃‍♀️ all ages from P1-S2
⏰ 8.30am-2pm
💵 FREE
🗓️ 12th, 13th, 14th October
🥪 lunch provided
🏟️ at Dalkeith Rugby in Kings Park, Dalkeith

Contact the club for more details or to book on!

14/09/2026

We're recruiting!

Would you like to get involved in sports coaching?

If you're looking for a new challenge, to help out in your local community, or have a passion for sport - then we'd love to hear from you!

🏀 all sports / activities welcome
🏉 no qualifications required
🏑 training provided
🎾 fully supported
🥋 bring a friend and volunteer together

Volunteering is a great way to gain experience and meet new people!

If you'd like to find out more then drop us an email and we can have a chat:

📧[email protected]

04/09/2026

04/09/2026

04/09/2026

FUTURE COACHES TRAINING PROGRAMME GRADUATES MIDLOTHIAN 2026

Congratulations to the Future Coaches candidates for Midlothian 2026! A fantastic pilot project with Big Hearts Community Trust & Dalkeith Thistle Football Club

03/09/2026

MIDLOTHIAN YOUNG AMBASSADORS | CONFERENCE

Thank you to Borders Active Schools for welcoming our Midlothian Young Ambassadors for sportscotland national conference 🙌🏼

Look forward to taking all the exciting ideas 💡 into the year ahead. Great to have so many like minded enthusiastic young people in the room today, having engaging conversations and making new connections!



St David’s RCHS PE Dalkeith High School PE Dept Lasswade Sports