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Active People and SMS - survey into their use
Active People Survey 2 – Quarter 1 Findings (national only) SE press release 9 April:
Local authority sporting market segment maps all available to download for the WM! A series of Sporting Market Segments (SMS) geographical maps are now available for all 38 Local Authorities in the West Midlands.
Fair Play: A consultation on the play strategy
DSCF - Proposals in the strategy aim to create strong communities which have a variety of places for children to play and in which they have a stake through their active involvement in design and decision making. They propose to make public space more child-friendly through a variety of actions including placing a stronger focus on spaces for play in the planning system; training for people who design and manage public space; supporting local community ownership of space suitable for play; and supporting more positive relationships between adults and children in public space. By publishing the strategy they want to raise awareness of how to help all children and young people play. Download the consultation document from the DSCF website
Awards for All – March
SE National Lottery enquiry line – 08458 508 508
From 1st April 2008 the main Sport England funding enquiry line – 08458 508 508 will be handled by the staff at new Sport England Shared Service Centre (SSC) at Loughborough.
SE publication - Sport – a positive activity: Guidance for local authorities’ children’s services working through children’s trust partnership arrangements
Download the guidance from SE site
Sport England - Sport Playing its Part – Issue 5 Spring 2008
The SPIP Quarterly Newsletter is now available on the Sport England website.
NAO publish report on preparations for sporting success at the London 2012 Games and beyond In the report, ‘Preparing for Sporting Success at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and Beyond’ the National Audit identifies a number of risks to be managed if the stated ambition for the Great Briton teams to finish fourth in the Olympic medal table and to maintain second in the Paralympics table at the London 2012 Games are to be realised.
The NAO makes a number of recommendations, mainly aimed at UK Sport. They include a recommendation for Sport England to review the existing strategy and firming up targets.
The full report is available online here.
Dance to receive a £5.5 million boost
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Andy Burnham, has announced that dance is to receive an additional £5.5 million of government funding. The funding announcement was delivered alongside the publication of a review of youth dance by Royal Opera House Chief Executive Tony Hall.
The government has stated that the new investment, plus a support structure, will boost dance opportunities for young people - both in school and out of school hours. It will fund a new organisation, Youth Dance England, which is charged and funded to develop a national youth dance strategy across both school and youth dance sectors and will fund the pilot of dance co-ordinators in schools supporting the provision of dance – both as an art form and within school sport.
The full report is available online here.
‘Aiming High Implementation Plan’, a ten year strategy for positive activities for young people
Aiming High for Young People: A Ten Year Strategy for Positive Activities was published in July 2007 and set out the Government’s long-term vision for improved services and opportunities for young people. The Government commitment to realising this vision was underlined by new proposals for investment and further reform of young people’s services in the Children’s Plan, published in December 2007.
The ‘Aiming High Implementation Plan’ sets out arrangements for implementing Aiming High and highlights progress to date, as well as the key actions which will be taken over the next 12 months. It is intended to be of use to all agencies and professionals working to improve outcomes for young people and will be a live document, updated regularly to reflect progress and new developments. Local authorities working through their children’s trusts are responsible for improving outcomes for young people and are under a legal duty to secure young people’s access to positive activities.
Aiming High cites sports partners as important contributors to the effective achievement of its objectives. The full plan is available on line here
Government intensifies drive to tackle antisocial behaviour in young people
Aiming High will be supported by The Youth Taskforce Action plan which was launched by The Secretary of State for Children, School and Families, the Rt Hon Ed Balls MP. The Youth Taskforce Action Plan will have a budget of £218.5 million to enable tough enforcement where behaviour is unacceptable or illegal, non-negotiable support to address the underlying causes of poor behaviour and better prevention to tackle problems before they become serious and entrenched, and to prevent problems arising in the first place. This will support 2 key areas of Aiming High: to improve the offer of ‘places to go’ for young people and to increase young people’s participation in positive activities in 50 of the most deprived areas.
The Action Plan will focus on getting young people into positive activities by fast tracking almost £23m through the Youth Capital Fund. This will help get improved facilities opened quickly in the most disadvantaged areas where teenagers are most at risk of getting into trouble and have fewest opportunities to get involved in activities like sport and arts.
The full report is available online here.
Sport and Young People
The ‘Aiming High Implementation Plan’ and the ‘Youth Task Force Action Plan’.
Two more detailed Sport England Policy Briefings are attached as Annexes to this week’s Policy Tracker. They summarise the Aiming High Implementation Plan and Youth Task Force Action Plan. Other items are:
The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, the Rt Hon Ed Balls MP, has outlined the next stage in the implementation of the Children’s Plan, published earlier this year. The new announcement will see investment into a range of areas, including play, youth facilities and the Children’s workforce. Specific funding packages for the workforce include £73m to improve the training, recruitment and development of social workers and £7.5m for the play workforce to improve the training of a further 4,000 workers. The Government has also announced the introduction of a new ‘Expert Group’ to work alongside the departments to develop a personalised and integrated approach to the workforce. For further information please see here
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“All across the country young people are calling for more great places to go where they have new and interesting things to do, that offer a real alternative to the ‘street corner’ culture. We’ve put the money in place; now Local Authorities must act and work with young people to make the most of this fantastic opportunity. That is why today’s announcement is so important not only for young people but for everyone in the community.” For further information please see here.
The closing date for responses is Friday 18 July 2008.
The consultation document is available here for information.
FRENCH INTERNATIONAL BACKS BEND IT LIKE BIRMINGHAM PROJECT Friday, 18 April 2008 One of the World’s leading Asian footballers is backing a pioneering project to tackle community tensions in inner-city Birmingham through sport. Vikash Dhorasoo, who replaced Zinedine Zidane after the infamous ‘head butt’ incident at the 2006 World Cup, will coach young Muslim women and other youngsters involved in the ‘Bend it like Birmingham’ initiative on Wednesday. Read the full press release from this project that received National Lottery funding from the Community Investment Fund through Sport England.
Article from Planning Resource – re more schools eligible for BSF Jon Reeds, Planning Resource, 10 April 2008 Education authorities will be allowed to cite wider criteria including regeneration needs and poor infrastructure to back applications for school building cash.
House of Commons & House of Lords – sport questions etc, from 31 March to 2 April - including, key statements from sports related organisation
Mon, 31 March 2008 | House of Commons - Written Answer Mon, 31 March 2008 | House of Commons - Written Answer Mon, 31 March 2008 | House of Commons - Written Answer Tue, 1 April 2008 | House of Commons - Written Answer Hunt - Sporting and Cultural Champions initiatives (expenditure) Tue, 1 April 2008 | House of Commons - Written AnswerContents Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department has spent on the (a) Sporting and (b) Cultural Champions initiatives since each was established. [198227] ………………………………….. Hunt - Sporting Champions Mentoring programme Tue, 1 April 2008 | House of Commons - Written Answer Statements Brennan makes statement on School Playing Fields Wed, 2 April 2008 | House of Commons - Written Ministerial Statements Summary The following written ministerial statement has been made today by The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Kevin Brennan ……………View the full details:
House of Commons & House of Lords – sport questions etc, 3 April only Wiggin (Leominster) - Charity Run Leisure Centres Thu, 3 April 2008 | House of Commons - Written Answer
House of Commons & House of Lords – sport questions etc, 21 April (lots for this day) nef claims '2012 Olympics will break legacy promise unless rules are changed quickly' Mon, 21 April 2008 | Campaign Organisation Press Release Summary The new economics foundation (nef) has announced that, together with Community Links, it has issued a report called Fool’s Gold, which it has claimed shows that, unless cast-iron guarantees are built into plans for the 2012 Olympics, the Games will fail to leave the promised positive local legacy for the poorest residents of East London. Efford - Sports (VAT) Mon, 21 April 2008 | House of Commons - Written Answer Clive Efford: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on HM Revenue and Customs' decision to apply VAT at the standard rate retrospectively to inclusive membership packages offered by sports and leisure trusts; what representations he has received on the subject; and if he will make a statement. [196754] …. Mon, 21 April 2008 | House of Commons - Written Answer Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many (a) athletics tracks, (b) golf facilities, (c) grass pitches, (d) health and fitness suites, (e) ice rinks, (f) indoor bowls facilities, (g) indoor tennis centres, (h) ski slopes, (i) sports halls, (j) swimming pools and (k) synthetic turf pitches listed on the Active Places website are (i) public and (ii) private facilities. [198817] ……… Mon, 21 April 2008 | House of Commons - Written Answer Contents Hugh Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether he has had recent discussions on the governance of baseball; and if he will make a statement. [199027] ……………….. Tue, 22 April 2008 | House of Commons - Written Answer Sandra Gidley: To ask the Minister for the Olympics what assessment she has made of the likely effects of the 2012 Olympics on public health. [199363] ………………………………………………. Wed, 23 April 2008 | House of Commons - Written Answer Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what average time was spent by school children on physical education, broken down by year group, in each year for which figures are available. [200785] …………….. Wed, 23 April 2008 | House of Commons - Written Answer Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much funding was provided to (a) museums, galleries and libraries, (b) the arts, (c) sport and (d) heritage from (i) the public purse and (ii) lottery funding in each year since 1997, expressed in 2007-08 prices. [197047] ………………. Foster, D - Physical Education (Standards) Mon, 21 April 2008 | House of Commons - Written Answer Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) pursuant to the answer of 25 March 2008, Official Report, columns 109-10W, on physical education: standards, if he will provide a breakdown of the average time spent by school children on sport by school year group; [198329] ………………………………. nbsp;Reed - School Sports (Funding) Mon, 21 April 2008 | House of Commons - Written Answer Mr. Andy Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much funding school sport received from (a) the national lottery and (b) the public purse in each year since 1997; and how much it is projected to receive in each year of the comprehensive spending review period to 2010-11. [194860]............ Mon, 21 April 2008 | House of Commons - Written Answer Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many school sites were sold (a) wholly and (b) partly in each year since 1992; and if he will make a statement. [199414] ….. Mon, 21 April 2008 | House of Commons - Written Answer Julia Goldsworthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which of his Department's programme budgets were administered by the Government Offices of the Regions in each of the last five years. [195175] ………………………………………….
BBC poll of impact of London 2012 Games for the whole country
As will have all picked up there has been much media interest in the BBC poll – news item starting Thursday 3 April. Please view the extract from the BBC website:
2012 Calendar 2012 PAC report House of Common Committee of Public Accounts
Birmingham – gets another World Championships
From their press release:
Sport England recognition for 2 sports
We have agreed to recognise Stoolball as a sport (see press release attached). This means that Stoolball clubs and organisations are eligible to apply for funding. The sport is only played in the South East so this won’t affect the majority of you. We have agreed to recognise Floorball in place of Unihoc. They are basically the same sport (indoor hockey) and the term Unihoc – which is a trade name anyway – is now rarely used.
Tamworth Boxing Club will be staging a weight training course. The course will be delivered by the British Amateur Weight Lifting Association. The course will be open to any level of coach or club helper.
LTA – change to their calendar for 2009 Press release 9 April 2008: ‘The LTA today announced a new look international calendar for 2009 including the first ATP/Sony Ericsson WTA Tour combined event to be held in Great Britain. The changes to the grass court tournaments leading up to The Championships, Wimbledon will be introduced from next year. …….’
Youth Active – ceases operation
Please view the information received from Youth Active as they cease operating from 1 April 2008.
SkillsActive Monthly ezine View the April edition – there is a very useful article on Norfolk CSP
The MJ Achievement Awards 2008 - shortlists The shortlists for the 2008 MJ Achievement Awards have been unveiled.
‘Best achieving council of the year’ – Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council – commended
Partnering with health services achievement of the year – finalists include – Sandwell MBC and Staffordshire County Council
Reducing health inequalities achievement of the year – finalist include – Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council
There a more WM LAs recognised in other categories -
View the full range of award nominees
npower Disability Sports Awards 2008 – West Midlands TOP ATHLETES HONOUR THE BEST OF THE WEST MIDLANDS AT DISABILITY SPORTS AWARDS Friday, 18 April 2008 The West Midlands’ gathered to honour some of its finest athletes at last night’s 2008 npower Disability Sports Awards, held at Aston Villa Football Club………………….. Sport England congratulates all winners, EFDS in West Midlands and npower on what was a very successful night.
CCPR betting report Risks to the integrity of sport from betting corruption: A Report for the Central Council for Physical Recreation by the Centre for the Study of Gambling, University of Salford Read the press release on the publication of the report
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