About Us

    Sport Across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent (SASSOT)

Supporting club and coach development Achieving more through partnership working and sharing good practice Success through sport, physical education and actice recreation Safeguarding children and providing opportunities for all One-stop shop into Sport Training and education programmes

  (in order left to right)

Mark Thornewill  |  Ben Hollands  |  Claire Greenwood  |  Chris Turner  |  Naomi Bird | Mark Fosbrook
Kam Webster  |  Leigh Morton  |  Nicola Hill  |  Jane Kracke 

  "Working together to champion participation, enjoyment and success through sport, physical education and active recreation across Staffordshire" 

Sport Across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent (SASSOT) is a countywide partnership that offers a one-stop shop of information by linking together local providers of sport and active recreation, Key partners that work with SASSOT include Local Authorities, National Governing Bodies of Sport, Primary Care Trusts, universities, schools, sports clubs and volunteers.  Working in partnership with these organisations helps to connect and engage local communities to become more active and achieve their potential.

SASSOT is one of six County Sport and Physical Activity Partnerships within the West Midlands and one of forty-nine across England; uniquely positioned to support partners in the delivery of sustaining current participants and increasing participation in sport and physical activity

CORE FUNCTIONS

Strategic direction and connecting partners

Club Development

Building capacity throughout the sports workforce

Workshop programme for coaches and volunteers

Equality in Sport

Information service | Funding Advice

Marketing and communications

Safeguarding and protecting children

Support for PE, school and community sport to achieve the 5hr offer

Physical activity development

 PARTNERS

Cannock Chase District Council  |  East Staffordshire Borough Council

Lichfield District Council  |  Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council

South Staffordshire District Council  |  Stafford Borough Council

Staffordshire County Council  |  Staffordshire Moorlands District Council

Stoke-on-Trent City Council  |  Tamworth Borough Council

Keele University  |  Staffordshire University  |  NHS North Staffordshire

South Staffordshire PCT  |  Sport England  |  NHS Stoke-on-Trent

National Governing Bodies of Sport  |  Voluntary Sector  |  School Sport Partnerships

 Youth Offending Service  |  Further & Higher Education

English Federation of Disability Sport  |  Youth Sport Trust  |  sportscoachUK

Skills Active  |  Business Link West Midlands  |  Private Sector