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County Sports Partnership Update |
Partnership Directors UpdateThe next executive board meeting will be held at Stoke-on-Trent City Council on Monday 16th April. Key agenda items for decision by Board Members include:
Full details on these agenda items will be made available following the board meeting. For more information on any of the above please contact Mark Thornewill
Senoir Leisure & Cultural Officers Forum (SLCOF) UpdateSLCOF have recently established two new working groups the first of which is the 'Performance Management Group'. This group will encourage the are-wide co-ordination of the development, collation and dissemination of relevant performance indicators. The second new group to be established is a 'Sub Regional Facilities Group' that will develop a sub-regional facilities strategy. Discussions are also to take place to establish a 'Facilities Managers Forum'. New Sport Announced for Special Schools Sports FestivalThe list of sports has been confirmed for this year’s Special Schools Sports Festival. Zone Hockey, Tag Rugby, Athletics, Cricket and Football will all be on offer as in previous years, and for the first time the Festival will also able to offer Badminton. The Festival will take place on Wednesday 27th June at Shobnall Leisure Complex, Burton-upon-Trent, and will offer more than 250 Special School pupils the opportunity to experience coaching and / or competition in their chosen sport. Invitations have been sent out to all Special Schools and those that are able to take part will be offered the chance to access free pre-event coaching sessions in the above sports. Youth Games Steering Group Set UpA Steering Group has been set up to assess whether it will be possible to run a Partnership Youth Games or similar one-day multi-sport event in 2008. The group will take into consideration potential funding options, the format of the event and how to ensure it fits in with partner priorities. The Steering Group, which consists of representatives from the SASSOT core team, Local Authorities, School Sport Partnerships and National Governing Bodies (NGBs), held its first meeting recently. The Group were unanimous in deciding that, if the Games were to take place, it was vital that there were clear links with the player pathways of each sport. To that end, all NGBs have been asked to put together a brief proposal outlining how they would use the Games to help achieve their identified targets. These will be collated and form part of an overall Games proposal that, once approved by the Steering Group, will be shared with other Partners for input. For more information please contact Jane Kracke, Sports Manager 01785 619187 or jkracke@staffordbc.gov.uk Community Sports Network UpdateEast Staffordshire United East Staffordshire held a very successful first meeting on March 9 2007. There was excellent attendance and commitment towards forming a community sports network from a broad range of organisations. There was high-level representation from East Staffordshire Borough Council Leisure services, Children and Young People, Parks and Countryside, Arts and waste management. Other organisations represented were Staffordshire Police, Extended schools, Children and Lifelong Learning Partnership, South Staffordshire Primary Care Trust, Staffordshire Youth Service, Staffordshire County Council, Heart of Burton, East Staffordshire School Sports Partnership, County Sports Partnership, Staffordshire Early years and Childcare Unit. Apologies were given from Burton Albion Education Centre, Voluntary Centre and clubs and community groups. The meeting began with a team building exercise and then followed on with an informative presentation by Vicky Brearley (Head of Sport Physical Health and Community) on the work that had and was continuing to take place within East Staffordshire to raise physical activity and sporting participation levels. Will Evans then presented East Staffordshire current statistics from the Active Peoples Survey. He highlighted that 22.8% of over 16 year olds are participating in 30minutes of moderate activity three times a week however 48.2% were doing no activity. This session highlighted the task in hand for East Staffordshire United and focused the group to think about how they can work in partnership to increase participation levels. A presentation was also provided on The New Delivery System for Sport, the purpose and make up of a Community Sports Network. Group discussions then took place on opportunities and threats of working in this way to address community safety, regeneration, education and health. The outcomes from this discussion will form the basis of the work programme for East Staffordshire United. The next meeting will take place on 18 May. Vicky Brearley will act as Chair in the interim and lead this group to produce a well-planned delivery plan that will be actioned. For more information on East Staffordshire United please contact: - Vicky Brearley Head of Sport, Physical Health and Community Development East Staffordshire Borough Council Email: vicki.brearley@eaststaffsbc.gov.uk
Tamworth Borough Community Sports Network “Together getting Tamworth active through physical recreation”
Sporting club Tamworth invited all sporting clubs from within Tamworth to attend a presentation on the new Delivery System For Sport and find out more about their Tamworth Borough Community Sports Network. The main message presented was that the clubs have representation on this network through their National Governing Bodies, Sports Specific and Local Authority Development Officers and The County Sports Partnership as well as the chair of Sporting club Tamworth. They were all encouraged to continue to support Sporting Club Tamworth and encourage other sports clubs to join. The main benefits highlighted were that clubs would have additional support to gain clubmark, more coaches if required, more training for volunteers and coaches, more volunteers, increased publicity. The network recognises the opportunities the sports clubs offer the community of Tamworth and want to ensure they continue to develop. They will also want the clubs to have the capacity to take new members on in the future to help sustain and increase local people’s participation within sport. There was a mixed response from the sports clubs some felt this group could be a route of additional funding and support. Others were concerned that it will detract more funding away from the clubs and increase their burden placed on the volunteers. These concerns were addressed at the meeting and the clubs were reassured they can only gain benefit from this network but things will take time. These concerns will be taken back to the executive Board. For more information on Tamworth Borough Community Sports Network please contact: Wendy Anderson Active Recreation Manager Email wanderson@staffordbc.gov.uk Tel: 01785 619695
Lichfield District Community Sports Network Lichfield District held their first Community Sports Network meeting on 21 March 2007. Local sports clubs and organisations were invited to find out more about the new Delivery System For Sport and Community Sports Networks. Councillor Val Richards gave an enthusing speech on the challenge and benefits of increasing participation in sport and active recreation. This was followed on by an informative presentation by Helen Spearey Strategic Director Community Housing and Health on the District Councils priorities and Local Area Agreement and how this will link to the Community sports Network. A presentation was then provided on the Delivery system for Sport and the purpose and function of a Community Sports Network. Group discussions then took place on what the Districts Community Sports Network could achieve over the next five years, how your clubs and local organisation could benefit from this, what they could contribute, who else needs to be involved and whether they want to be part of the network. Many of these discussions focused on how this network could help to achieve some of the key focus areas and priorities for Lichfield District Council and the Local Area agreement. It was also clear that it would bring added benefits to the local sports clubs and community, through clubs working in partnership with organisations involved in the network. The evening was well received by all who attended. Lichfield District Council are keen to get this group established and will be moving things forward throughout April. If you would like more information on Lichfield District Community Sports Network please contact: - Paul Watson
New Web Pages For Community Sports NetworksSport Across Staffordshire website now has a new set of web pages on Staffordshire and Stoke On Trent’s Community Sports Networks. You will find these on the left hand navigation bar under the title Community Sports Network’s. The front page provides general information on The New Delivery System For Sport and Community Sports Networks. Each Local Authority area has their own section. Within this there is information on how the Network was formed, who is on it, terms of reference, minutes of meetings, their workplan and how to contact your Network. There will also be a page for news to promote the work of the Network. The aim will be that anyone can find out what is happening within their own Community Sports Network and how to get in involved. Please pass this information onto anyone who maybe interested in finding out more about Community Sports Networks. You can access these web pages on www.sportacrossstaffordshire.co.uk. I would be grateful for feedback on this part of the site, as it needs to hold the information that you would like to see.
If you have any comments or would like more information please contact: Wendy Anderson
Upcoming WorkshopsUpcoming workshops for March see the inclusion of Safeguarding & Protecting Children, Coaching Disabled Performers, A Club for All and Autism Awareness. Our workshops are organised in partnership with sports coach UK, runningsports and a number of First Aid organisers. We aim to offer a wide variety of workshops to help clubs, coaches and volunteers develop and keep up to date with topics such as child protection, disability, equity, mentoring, communication, funding and fitness. For more information on the full list of workshops available please click here For more information on the above please contact Elaine Loader on (01785) 619695 or eloader@staffordbc.gov.uk
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