Launch of SASSOT Club Support Plan and new Executive Board Club Development Champion

 

The Executive Board officially signed off the SASSOT Club Support Plan at their Executive Board meeting on the 21^st January 2009. The SASSOT Club Support Plan focuses on the opportunities for supporting and developing the sports club infrastructure throughout Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, which is deemed by government, as pivotal in the role SASSOT can play in contributing to driving the 1% increase in sport and active recreation needed year on year.

 

Sport Across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent recognise that sports clubs are at the heart of the future development of sport in the country, we therefore dedicate a lot of time and effort into the development and support of our sports clubs.

 

One of the key elements in supporting participation in sport is building a quality club infrastructure across the sub-region whilst improving and developing the capacity for sports clubs to attract new members.

 

Clubs play a vital role and provide a supportive environment for young players to develop. Sport Across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent will help assist National Governing Bodies of Sport in the development of active, accessible and accredited clubs through national and sub-regional programmes.

 

The club support action plan aims to connect participants and local deliverers to different partners in a simple coordinated way that is framed by the needs of the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent area. Therefore the club support action plan will provide a clear, coordinated, needs led approach to club development.

 

A number of working groups and organisations were consulted with when developing this club support plan including the SASSOT team, Local Authority Sports Development teams, National Governing Bodies of Sport, School Sport Partnerships, Voluntary and Community groups and Sports Clubs and their needs and views have helped shape the Action Plan.

 

Chris Turner, SASSOT's Club & PESSCL Development Officer said: "I am currently looking for representatives to sit on the Club Support Steering group to drive and steer the Club Support Action Plan and act as the assessment panel for sports club accreditation. If anyone is interested, please contact me on the details below."

 

The partnership has recently appointed Executive Board Member, Simon Dickie as Club Development Champion, which presents an opportunity to raise the profile of important Club Development issues with partners and to advocate best practice to organisations involved with the delivery of sport and active recreation throughout the sub-region.

As well as being a SASSOT Board member, Simon is the National Youth and Community Manager for the Amateur Rowing Association and brings vast experience in the voluntary, private and local government sectors and knowledge as an athlete, coach educator and club volunteer.

  

Chris Turner
Club & PESSCL Development Officer
T: 01785 619681

E: cturner@staffordbc.gov.uk