CSP Update
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NHS North Staffordshire Sports Club Capacity funding
Sport Across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent (SASSOT) 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.
Clubs play a vital role and provide a supportive environment for young players to develop. SASSOT help assist National Governing Bodies of Sport in the development of active, accessible and accredited clubs through national and sub-regional programmes.
The Sports Club Capacity Funding Project has been designed to meet the main objectives of SASSOT’s Club Support Plan. It has been established to develop the sports club infrastructure and increase the number of Clubmark / NGB accredited sports clubs within Newcastle-under-Lyme and Staffordshire Moorlands. The aim being to contribute to increasing levels of participation by 1% + year on year in club and community sport.
SASSOT, NHS North Staffordshire, Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Community Sports and Physical Activity Network and Staffordshire Moorland’s Community Activity Network want to ensure there is an extensive network of community sports clubs offering high quality sporting opportunities for young people.
The Sports Club Capacity funding is open to all sports clubs, which lie within the boundaries of either Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough or Staffordshire Mooreland’s District.
The funding is available to sports clubs who require financial assistance to support or develop a new project, which fits into one of the following categories:
Please find attached below the project's Guidance Notes and Application Form. Project applications are currently being sought from National Governing Bodies of Sport and sports club so please forward and disseminate the attached Guidance Notes and Application form to sports clubs and contacts.
Guidance Notes and Application Form
Applications can only be submitted electronically, so please email all completed application forms to Chris Turner at Sport Across Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent by the 20th April 2009. Email: cturner@staffordbc.gov.uk
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New funding opportunities for grassroots sport
Breaking Down Barriers To Rural Sport
Sport England’s Investment Fund will officially launch on the 1st April 2009 and will support grassroots sport through a series of themed rounds that tackle key challenges.
The first funding period will focus on removing the barriers faced by people in rural areas who wish to take part in sporting activities, such as a reduced choice of activities and difficulties with transport.
The government agency hopes its new fund will empower councils, local sports clubs and community groups to break down these barriers to participation and enhance local residents’ sporting opportunities. Grants worth upwards of £10,000 will be available once the scheme is up and running, with Sport England encouraging high value, high impact projects that will require funding in excess of £500,000.
The rural communities funding round is expected to run for three months from 1 April, with a second priority area identified for a future application period during the autumn.
From April this year, the body will run a series of new programmes with the aim of increasing sporting participation, particularly amongst children and young people.
Along with the Investment Fund, Sport England will also establish a £7 million Small Grants Fund offering local groups cash injections ranging from £300 to £10,000, a £3 million match fund to encourage additional private sector investment, and a £5 million Innovation Fund to test and develop new ways of promoting grassroots sport.
Further details about the new fund will be posted on 1 April 09 at www.sportengland.org
Sportsmatch 2009/10 Funding Round Sportsmatch is funded by Sport England to support the development of grassroots sport and applications are now being encouraged for 2009/10 financial year.
The minimum award available for 2009/10 will be £1,000 (£500 for schools) and the maximum will be £100,000 or £25,000 capital grants for equipment projects. The minimum partnership funding of £1,000 (or £500) must come from one eligible source - a number of businesses/trusts/individuals cannot club together to make up the minimum sponsorship.
The scheme is open to community based sports projects, in particular those that benefit young people, disability groups, black and minority ethnic groups and/or women and girls.
An organisation seeking sponsorship should be a properly constituted organising body involved in sport. This includes governing bodies, sports clubs, charities, local authorities, schools/colleges and voluntary youth organisations.
Applications can now be made on the Sportsmatch website, http://www.sportsmatch.co.uk/index.html help available over a dedicated telephone line.
A new application will go live on 1 April 2009.
For information on how to apply call 08458 508 508.
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Staffordshire County High Five netball festival 2009
The netball festival, now in its seventh year, compromised of 20 primary school high five netball teams representing each school sport partnership across Staffordshire competing to become Staffordshire County High Five Champions. Boys and girls in years 5 and 6 participated in the festival, which showcased the best high five netball talent in the county.
The afternoon began with a series of fixtures. Teams were placed into four sections compromising of five teams per section. Young leaders who had achieved the young netball organiser’s award put their skills to the test with some officiating and scoring under the supervision of volunteers from the Staffordshire County Netball Association.
Sporting Champion, Sinclair Thomas paralympic bronze medallist in wheelchair basketball, was guest at the event and provided a question and answer session for all participants, teachers and supporters. St Stephen’s primary school (Burntwood and Lichfield) came prepared with questions ready to ask Sinclair and St Thomas Tean (Staffordshire Moorlands) set a challenge for Sinclair by asking him to shoot a goal with no backboard and with a high five netball! Two years into retirement and he still didn’t miss!
After the question and answer session by Sinclair Thomas the knockout rounds began until there were two finalists.
The final was a close battle, both teams very tired after a full afternoon of netball but both still striving to win the competition. Codsall Middle School led the first half but St Mary’s fought back in the second and when the final whistle went both teams were drawing 2 – 2. The final went into extra time of two minutes each way; St Mary’s coming out as champions winning the final 5 – 2.
Netball St Mary's Cannock High Five Winners pictured with Sinclair Thomas
WINNERS: St Mary’s (Cannock & Rugeley SSP) RUNNERS UP: Codsall Middle (South Staffordshire SSP) FAIR PLAY AWARD: Colwich Primary School (Cannock & Rugeley SSP)
Many thanks to all of those who helped to make the event a success.
For more information on netball in Staffordshire please visit: www.sportacrossstaffordshire.co.uk www.staffordshirenetball.co.uk
Emma Warren
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Cannock and Rugeley Netball Competition
Year 5 & 6 pupils got the chance to take part in the first Partnership High Five competition as part of the Cannock and Rugeley School Sport Partnership competition calendar. Over 80 young pupils from 10 primary schools, and 15 students from the Leadership Academy took part in a 2 ½ competition at Rugeley Leisure Centre.
Each school battled through 4 league games until a nail biting final crowning St Marys of Cannock the winners and St Luke’s the runners up. Not even poor weather conditions could hold back the event with a last minute decision to move indoors and with some creative use of courts that enabled the competition to go ahead.
Lucy Stevenson PDM said “The tournament was a great success with all teams getting into the spirit of competition, supporting other schools and enjoying themselves. The Young Leaders have been fantastic and the event couldn’t have run without them. This is a great event that we are planning to hold annually”.
The winners represented the Cannock and Rugeley School Sport Partnership at the Staffordshire High Five Netball Final on the 16th March at Fenton Manor.
The High Five Netball competition was run in conjunction with Lucy Stevenson PDM, Nigel Camacho Competition Manager and Emma Warren Netball Development Officer.
For more information please contact: Nigel Camacho
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Stoke Partnerships' High 5 Netball 2009
North Stoke Partnership Primary High 5 Netball Tournament On Thursday 29th January 2009 the North Stoke Partnership Primary High 5 Netball Tournament took place at Fenton Manor Sports Complex. Twelve teams competed after qualifying by finishing in the top 3 at their cluster competitions.
The top 6 from the North Stoke Competition then qualified for the Stoke City High 5 Netball Tournament. They were: Carmountside 1st, Hanley St Luke’s 2nd, Packmoor 3rd, Hillside 4th, St and Mary’s RC and Sneyd Green joint 5th place.
N Stoke High 5 Netball action
The tournament supplied many exciting matches with a number of very close results. Play-offs for the last six places saw Sneyd Green and St Mary’s RC drawing 3 all in a nail biting play-off for 5th and 6th place, Packmoor beat Hillside 5-1 for 3rd place and the final between Carmountside and Hanley St Luke’s saw Carmountside winning 2-0. A huge congratulations to all six teams. Well done also to Hillside and Etruscan primary schools who qualified for the first time for the competition.
Stoke on Trent High 5 top 6 Leaders 2009
In October, 56 leaders from North Stoke gained their Young Netball Organisers Award. Without the hard work and commitment of the Young Netball Leaders from each of the secondary schools, the competition would not have taken place. They did an excellent job umpiring the whole tournament, as well as assisting players to complete their officiating roles as scorers and centre pass markers.
Thank you to all the teachers and parents who supported the event and a personal thank you to Emma Warren the Netball Development Officer, Richard Adams the North Stoke Competition Manager and Dave Gould North Stoke SSCo for their support and help in running the event.
For more information on this event contact Claire Montifroy, North Stoke SSCo for St Peter’s and Thistley Hough at cmontifroy@sgfl.org.uk
Stoke City Partnerships' High 5 Netball The next round of the Stoke City Partnerships' High 5 Netball took place on Monday 9th February 2009. The 11 qualifiers from North and South Stoke met at Fenton Manor to decide who would qualify for a place in the Staffordshire County High 5 Tournament in March.
The final four placements went to Sutherland, Carmountside, St Thomas Aquinas and Packmoor. A huge congratulations to all four teams who then went on to compete in the Staffordshire County Tournament on Monday 16th March 2009.
As with the previous round, spectators were able to enjoy some first class High 5 netball skills. Many exciting matches were played, with some very close results. This year four qualifying places for the Staffordshire County tournament were available for teams to fight for.
South Stoke High 5 Leaders 2009
The schools competing were as follows: from North Stoke: Carmountside, Hanley St Luke’s, Packmoor, Hillside, St Mary’s RC and Sneyd Green and from the South of the City: Sutherland A & B, St Thomas Aquinas, Blurton and St Paul’s. The play-off for 3rd and 4th place saw St Thomas Aquinas beating Packmoor 5-0 and the final saw Carmountside giving Sutherland a tight match, Sutherland finally winning 4-2 for the 8th year. Well done to all four teams for their achievement.
Stoke City Sunderland winners 2009
Once again Sports Leaders from Stoke City High Schools were on hand to offer their invaluable support and expertise officiating the entire tournament. A big thank you to the leaders from Holden Lane, St Peter’s CE, Haywood, Brownhills, Trentham and St Joseph’s High Schools.
The event was well supported by teachers and parents.
For more information on this event contact Claire Montifroy, North Stoke SSCo for St Peter’s and Thistley Hough at cmontifroy@sgfl.org.uk
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Netball High Five goes from strength to strength in Tamworth
After all primary schools in Tamworth had only recently agreed to play Netball High Five, the turn out of 14 schools to the High Five primary netball competition was impressive. The event took place at Rawlett Sports College on 4th March and attracted primary schools from across the borough, with some participating in the event for the first time....
Dave Rudman, Competition Manager for Tamworth said: 'It was fantastic to see so many young people taking part and gaining such an incredible experience of netball. It was good to see the professionalism of the young leaders of Rawlett High School who helped officiate and score the games. I hope this event continues to grow as it is a good advocacy for the hard work of the School Sport Partnership and the School Sport Coordinators.'
For further information please contact:
Dave Rudman
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March news from Staffordshire Cricket
Staffordshire Cricket NatWest OSCAs 2009
Staffordshire Cricket is delighted to announce the launch of the Outstanding Services to Cricket Awards 2009.
The awards started in 2008 seeing volunteers in the county nominated by their club for the county oscas. This gives a fantastic opportunity for all clubs to recognise the invaluable work done by the many wonderful people who help the progression of cricket in Staffordshire.
Deadline for all nominations will be Midnight Sunday 28th June. Decisions will then be reached by the Executive Board of Staffordshire Cricket within 14 days.
The winners will then be asked to attend the awards ceremony in August and all county winners will be invited to the National Awards in October at Lords Cricket Ground. Staffordshire Cricket will be delighted to receive applications from any club affiliated to the Staffordshire Cricket Board.
Application forms can be requested by e mail from Andy Grice andy.grice@ecb.co.uk and returned to Andy by e mail or by post: Staffordshire Osca's
We request that every nomination is well written and you can look at case studies at the following link http://www.ecb.co.uk/development/natwest-oscas/oscas-cas-studies,1346,BP.html
To read more about the nomination catagories please click here.
Cheadle Cricket Club is undergoing a mass renovation over the weekend of 28th and 29th March, and now they are asking for in kind support from local businesses in return for lots of publicity.
Cheadle CC has been selected as the Staffordshire showcase club for NatWest CricketForce, the biggest sport volunteering event in the country. Amidst a carnival and family atmosphere over the two days, the club’s facilities will be given their biggest ever renovation.
The Club has drawn up a list of renovation projects and any businesses that can help in any way will be rewarded with the kind of publicity opportunity that money can’t buy.
Businesses who agree to donate their time and expertise to the project will be welcome to promote their company over the weekend however they see fit. The ground will be crammed with volunteers, local dignitaries, sporting celebrities, members of the public, media and other business contacts.
Companies will gain goodwill from the local community, as well as being permitted to hand out their business cards and promotional literature, or even host promotional stalls throughout the weekend. Also, a plaque presentation board will be inaugurated after the event displaying the name of every company that contributed to the project
The work to be carried out is set to include: the renovation of the changing and toilet facilities, restoration of public seating, the extension of power supplies, a regeneration of the club’s net facilities, new or improved sightscreens and plenty of general painting and decorating.
The flagship project, meanwhile, will be a complete refurbishment of the Members’ Lounge with a new layout, bar and seating all proposed to be completed over the weekend.
If you think that your company can help, in any way, contact Neil Sommerville on 07805 110505 or email cheadlecricketforce09@hotmail.co.uk and take advantage of this unique publicity opportunity.
To read more about this event please click here.
For further information contact Tom Holdcroft on 07791 273819 or email the club on cheadlecricketforce09@hotmail.co.uk
In 2005 Dave Ford invited four teams, Meir Heath, Little Stoke, Leek and Milford Hall to form the first ever girls-only cricket league in Staffordshire. This league has now grown to sixteen teams with divisions throughout the County and is now administered by the South Moorlands Junior Cricket League.
To attract girls of different ages and abilities Dave decided the format would be Inter-Cricket and allowed girls up to the age of fifteen to take part although the average age of the players is actually about eleven.
The success of this league has necessitated the recruitment of more players into the clubs from schools and in Dave's capacity as Community Cricket Coach for Stoke-on-Trent and the Moorlands, working for both the North Stoke Schools Partnership and the Staffordshire Cricket Board he set up a Girls Cricket Academy at the new Indoor Cricket Facility at Sandon High School in February 2008.
The idea behind this Academy was to offer cricket coaching by E.C.B. accredited coaches to girls from schools in North Staffordshire and then offer them the opportunity to join local cricket clubs where they could compete in the Girls Inter-Cricket League during the cricket season.
In its inaugural year the Academy attracted sixteen girls and with the continued support and funding from the North Stoke Schools Partnership we have increased participation so that this year there are as many as twenty girls attending from at least seven different schools within the Stoke-On-Trent and Moorlands area of North Staffordshire.
The Staffordshire Cricket Board successfully organised the inaugural Asda Kwik Cricket competition for girls last season, led by Alison Grimley and two schools form the North of the County, St.Lukes (Endon) and Carmountside Primary (Abbey Hulton), made it to the Staffordshire finals which were held at Moddershall Cricket Club.
One girl from Carmountside Primary school Emily Corden took up the invitation to join the Academy last year and was then invited to join the girls team at Meir Heath Cricket Club where she received weekly coaching from accredited E.C.B. coaches and competed in the club’s Girls Inter-Cricket team in the Moorlands Girls league.
To read the complete newsletter and this article in full please click here.
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Your game, your say, your county
Following on from last year's successful consultation events, Staffordshire FA is again giving an opportunity to share success of the Strategy so far and a chance to have a say in how we can continue to move forward.
We need YOU to give YOUR thoughts and opinions on how you see the game in Staffordshire developing. This is your chance to have an input on YOUR GAME in YOUR COUNTY.
If you want to be in involved in this event please fill in the form attached or alternatively go to www.staffordshirefa.com to apply online.
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Actor Ray Winstone backs Football's Respect programme
Hollywood star, Ray Winstone, features in a brand new film that promotes The FA’s new online Respect Parent Guide and aims to improve behaviour at youth football matches in Staffordshire and across the country.
The Respect programme aims to deal with the behaviour of a minority of spectators with youth football thriving and 60,000 teams playing each week. Other FA plans to improve pitch side behaviour include teaming up with the Football Foundation to provide grants for Respect Barriers which ensure that spectators are standing well away from the touchline at youth football games. You can watch both the Ray Winstone film and The FA Respect Parent Guide by logging onto www.TheFA.com/Respect. |
Ability Counts Awareness Programme
Staffordshire Football Association and Stoke City FC held their annual Ability Counts Awareness Campaign from Monday 16th March through to Wednesday 25th March 2009 at the Britannia Stadium.
Over 100 children with disabilities and impairments from Special Schools in the County attended and supported the campaign.
Each school were invited to receive a free coaching session each from Staffordshire FA’s Disability Football Coach in the Stoke City Academy Dome and then were given an access all areas tour of The Britannia Stadium including the managerial football lounge, home team dressing room, pitch side, Jimmy Greenhoff Suite which hosts the trophy cabinet with the tour coming to an end in the Stanley Matthews Lounge, a suite dedicated to the Stoke City and England legend.
Lindsay Leighton, Disability Liaison Officer at Stoke City said: “The students that have attended have really enjoyed themselves. Each student was encouraged to participate fully in the day and hopefully we are promoting Disability Football to the next generation of Ability Counts League players.”
On the 19th March the County hosted its 1st ever Powerchair / Wheelchair football taster session in conjunction with Able 2 United from Burton, a club that play in the Staffordshire Ability Counts League. The session helped gauge the level of interest but also offered players the opportunity to improve their technique as well as picking up new skills in a fun filled environment.
The campaign is held annually to raise awareness and to promote disability football as well as offering the people a chance to experience a football environment at close hand, with some of the schools being lucky enough to meet 1st team players during their tours.
The week’s main event was the Barclays Premier League fixture between Stoke City and Middlesbrough. On the Scoreboard before the game the crowd were treated to Aynsley School using BSL to sign the words to the famous terrace anthem ‘Delilah’ before being presented with their winner’s trophies from the Staffordshire FA’s Special Schools Tournament. The presentation was made by England Blind footballer and GB Paralympian Lee Greatbatch. Lee was the campaigns guest of honour and both Stoke City FC and Staffordshire FA are very grateful for his involvement and support towards the campaign. Half time of the day’s main event saw Stoke City Ability Counts FC entertain Middlesbrough Soccability FC in a well contested exhibition match that ended 1-1.
Jamie Leaning, Staffordshire FA’s Disability Coach said “The campaign is devoted to giving people an insight into disability football opportunities within the county and also what Stoke City as a club can offer.
Many students with disabilities are sceptical about getting into sport for a variety of reasons. Some may be in classes or in a mainstream school that is not able to offer support for their personal needs so may miss out so this event is perfect to highlight the available opportunities.”
If you would like any more information about getting involved in disabled football, please contact Jamie Leaning on 01785 256994, 07800619884 or email jamie.leaning@staffordshirefa.com
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Talent spotting in Staffordshire Moorlands
All schools were asked to identify Gifted & Talented pupils and the School Sport Coordinator visited the school to assess the group through a series of tasks. From this an initial group pupils were sent to a 'moderation' session where the pupils were put into small groups from a selection of schools.
Pupils were assessed using the ‘Talent Matters’ programme focusing on 5 areas:
The result was that a group of 30 pupils were identified as Gifted & Talented.
During February half-term, the 30 pupils were invited to 3 sessions held at Biddulph Sports College, these were led by ASM Sports. Pupils here worked on a selection of skills:
Judging from the pupil evaluations the whole event was very popular. All the pupils left the event with a goodie bag and verbal feedback. Following the sessions, parents received written feedback and an invitation to the second phase which will take place in the Easter holidays at the Sports Hall for Cheadle Schools. After the Easter holidays event, the group will be taken to Fenton Manor to watch International Table Tennis.
For more information on this event please contact:
Zoë Harp
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Cash joy for young disabled trampoline fans
Young trampolinists with disabilities will be bouncing for joy after Cannock Chase Council helped to secure thousands of pounds to boost access to the popular sport.
The Council’s Sports Development Team worked with the G-Force Trampoline and Gymnastics Club to secure £9,000 that will be spent on specialist equipment for special sessions for youngsters with disabilities at Chase and Rugeley leisure centres.
The cash will pay for specialist equipment, including specialist trampolines and large foam steps, as well as funding to allow young people with disabilities to attend sessions free of charge.
The trampolining sessions for youngsters with disabilities take place on Mondays at Chase Leisure Centre and Fridays at Rugeley Leisure Centre from 5.45pm. to 6.45pm. Call Deborah Pearce from the Sports Development Team on 01543 425996 for more information. A range of other trampoline classes are also on offer.
An event is to be held at Chase Leisure Centre in Cannock on 18 April, called Going for Gold, that celebrates all the work that is taking place to encourage young people with disabilities and other access issues in Cannock Chase. It is open to all young people and their families and will include trampolining, football, rock climbing, archery, inflatables and lots of other fun activities. The day also aims to raise awareness of the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics and to inspire young people with disabilities to get involved in sport.
Who knows, a future paralympic hero just may come from Cannock Chase.
Councillor Neil Stanley, Cannock Chase Council Leader, said: “The Council is working hard to widen access to sporting opportunities for all Cannock Chase residents, whatever their needs. The trampoline club is one superb example of this and I am delighted at the £9,000 they have been able to attract. I would like to congratulate everyone involved."
For more information please contact: Deborah Pearce
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Playing for success
The celebrations of the Play East Staffs Partnership were held at Branston Golf Course on Thursday 5th March, marking a successful year of achievement for children’s play in the Borough. The partnership launched its play strategy last year, vowing to give young people the opportunity to access play for free, as well as being free to come and go and free to choose what to do.
Following the successful application of a Big Lottery grant and the support of Play England, five projects have been launched including the Tutbury Teens play area, Unity Park, Staffordshire County Council’s Toy Library, Stafford Playaway Scrap and the introduction of Satellite Playdays in Barton, Rocester and Uttoxeter adding to the already fantastic Playday event, organised by Jane Wells.
Cllr Bernard Peters, Deputy Leader for Health and Leisure and proud Play Champion got proceedings underway. Cllr Peters said the ‘work had been outstanding’ and the issues around play remained, ‘hosting the conference has brought together the right partners to take the work into year 2 of the strategy’. Cllr Peters also recognised what the importance play has on both physical and mental health and development.
Simeon Packard, invited key speaker and founder of Play Solutions Consultants, gave an inspiring presentation looking at how communities can come together to develop play in their areas. Simeon gave examples from other areas of England as well as reflecting on visits he had made to other European countries such as Denmark. He insists that play doesn’t have to mean swings and slides and that there is a great natural environment that lends itself to free play opportunities, it just takes a bit of imagination he concluded.
The third part of the conference celebrated in style the year’s achievements in a ‘chat show’ style presentation. ‘Chat Show host’, Vicki Brearley, Head of Sport, Physical Health and Community Development for East Staffordshire Borough Council interviewed guests that had contributed to the development and implementation of the East Staffs Play Strategy, bringing back old friends such as Charles Dean, who hand delivered the Big Lottery Play Application and other partners including Staffordshire Wildlife, Play Partnership Chairman, Duncan Cowie, South Staffordshire Primary Care Trust and Janet Dean MP who also chairs the All Parties Parliamentary Play Council.
The delegates finally sat in workgroups to look at the challenges for the forthcoming year, and committed to attending the next partnership meeting on Weds 29th April, 2.00 pm at the Children’s Centre, Burton upon Trent, before Cllr Kathy Lamb, Chair of East Staffs District Children’s Trust gave a farewell speech and shared her thoughts on how we should bring back the ‘joy’ of play and free time.
For further information contact Vicki Brearley on vicki.brearley@eaststaffsbc.gov.uk or 01283 505911 for more details.
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Junior netball makes an impact in East Staffordshire
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March 2009 saw the first junior netball league for girls aged 11 - 14. The competition included teams from Burton and the local boroughs competing out on the court to become winners of the first ever Burton and District junior netball league. With some intense and highly competitive netball being played, it was a great showcase of local netball talent and a great opportunity for young girls to become involved with netball outside of school.
Junior Netball League Runners-up Belvedere Juniors
Parents, teachers and coaches lined the sports hall to encourage and motivate the young netball athletes. It is hoped that netball clubs involved in the Burton & District adult league will consider the benefits of a junior section and take on board the importance of junior netball in East Staffordshire so that we can inspire more young girls to stay in sport and become inspirational athletes like the local netball star, former England Captain, Olivia Murphy.
Junior Netball League in action
Presenting the awards was Regional Talent Coach, Loughborough Lightning coach and former Scotland International coach, Rosie Port. The Winners were King Eddies Junior Netball Club and Runners-up Belvedere Juniors Netball Club.
Emma Warren, Netball Development Officer for Staffordshire and The Black Country said: "The event was a triumph and I would like to thank East Staffordshire School Sport Partnership, the volunteers and supporters for making it such a success."
For further information about netball in Staffordshire, please visit the following websites -
www.sportacrossstaffordshire.co.uk www.staffordshirenetball.co.uk
Emma Warren
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Sub-4 City Parks Grand Prix
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Runners are being urged to lace up their trainers for a series of races around some of Stoke-on-Trent’s finest green spaces. The City Parks Grand Prix 2009 will see hundreds of competitors working up a sweat in four city parks. The events, which are held every summer, form part of the city council’s drive to increase sport and physical activity.
Starting at Longton Park on May 12, the races vary from 5km for senior runners, 3km for under 17’s and 2km for under 15’s. The Grand Prix moves onto Tunstall Park on June 9, Fenton Park on July 14 and Hanley Park on August 18. Races start at 6.30pm and are open to everyone. Participation in all four of the races guarantees a t-shirt at the end of the series. There is a comprehensive prize list thanks to the sponsorship from Sub-4 and ASICS.
Entry forms, details of entry fees and further information are available by phoning Ken Rushton on 01782 330853 or e-mailing suken@run222.freeserve.co.uk.
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Kick for Children with Cancer is back for 2009!
CLIC Sargent are urging Staffordshire football clubs and schools to help raise funds for children with cancer and their own football team this summer .
Organised by local schools and clubs, Kick for Children with Cancer events run throughout May to July and encourage kids to be active by getting them involved in penalty shoot-outs, skills classes and tournaments where they're sponsored to take part.
Every day in the UK, 10 families are told their child has cancer or leukaemia. 75% of the money raised by Kick for Children with Cancer will be used by the charity to provide ongoing care and support for those children and their families. The schools and clubs taking part will be able to keep the remaining 25% of the money they raise to use on their own local initiatives.
Organising a Kick for Children with Cancer event is simple. All the fundraising materials that teachers or club leaders need are provided, right down to the footballs! The event can easily fit in with the National Curriculum, with downloadable lesson plans online. Or if you're a club or team, organising a fun event can really liven up a training session!
For more information or to register to take part in Kick for Children with Cancer log onto here
For more information please contact: 08451 20 22 32.
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Sport England Update
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SE’s annual conference Building partnerships that deliver - 11 March 2009
Jennie Price, Sport England’s Chief Executive, has used the organisation’s annual conference to rally leading figures in grassroots sport around the shared mission of creating a lasting grassroots sporting legacy from London 2012………
SE - Play fields figures Success for play fields safeguards - 11 March 2009
SE research – with WM focus A summary of Sport England's research, containing links to specific data and information for the West Midlands, is provided below by Rachel O’Reilly. In the absence of a performance analyst in the region, as Rachel leaves SEWM to take a new post with the NH at based at Warwick University, she thought it would be a useful reference point for all our regional partners.
SE Tracker A reminder: The ‘Policy Trackers’ can now be viewed via a dedicated Sport England web page – please take a look.
SEWM website ceasing
Please note that the majority of the regional pages have been removed in readiness for closure and there being just one regional page on the main SE website.
Please be aware that if your website carries links to the SEWM site you must check these and remove accordingly. Counties’ Link closure You are all aware of the changes that are being made to the staffing structure of Sport England to bring it in-line to effectively deliver the aims outlined in the strategy that was launched in June 2008. The re-structuring has resulted in a smaller team based in the region, which means that certain functions have been focussed on central delivery teams; the communication role is one such function that falls into this category.
Jenny Warner hopes that over the years the information she has provided has been a valuable communication tool for you. She would also like to thank all partners for the information they contributed, this has helped to make it a truly regional service and your support has been really valued.
Partners are urged to sign up to receive some of the information newsletters, both sub regional and national, that will support your work in the future. They are as follows:
National ‘The latest from the pitch’ (Sport England) – sign up and view previous editions of the newsletter
Research newsletter (Sport England) – quarterly. Sign up through contacting: helen.bibby@sportengland.org
Regional
Birmingham Sport and Physical Activity Partnership – Claire Jenkins - Claire.jenkins@birmingham.gov.uk Black Country Sports – Jo Taylor – joanne_taylor@blackcountryconsortium.co.uk Coventry, Solihull & Warwickshire Sport – Tracy Murphy – Energize Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin – Tamsin Burton – Tamsin.Burton@shropshire-cc.gov.uk Sport Across Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent – Naomi Bird -
Sports Partnership Herefordshire & Worcestershire – Kate Fox -
UKA partnership with EIS UK Athletics on the start line with EIS 25/02/2009 (Source UKA) UKA have formally confirmed their partnership investment with the English Institute of Sport (EIS). This ensures that continued world class sports science and medical services are delivered within the athletics World Class Performance Programme leading up to and during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games… Read the full article here. CPA results You can load the CPA results via the LGA website – click here
Audit Commission CPA report Final score - The impact of the Comprehensive Performance Assessment of local government 2002-08. AC, 5 March 2009.
The explanation on pages 7-8 relating to the transition from CPA to CAA is very informative for people who do not work closely with this subject area.
CPA article re Audit Commission report Seven-year itch from the CPA
The CPA had a huge impact on council service delivery, not to mention political and managerial careers. Michael Burton looks at today’s report from the Audit Commission analysing the success of the seven-year regime which has now ended.
BIG’s consultation news PR, Wednesday 4 March 2009: BIG Lottery Fund has announced a big response to its public consultation on future priorities for its Lottery good cause funding with close to 3,400 submissions from across the UK.
The Fund invited the public to have their say in its ‘Big Thinking’ consultation in which people and organisations were asked for their views on how BIG’s £2 billion in funding over the next six years should be allocated………..
View the press release here. Podium Newsletter BA launches £500,000 ‘Great Britons’ scheme for young, talented Brits The British Airways ‘Great Britons’ programme will recognise and reward young talented Brits (16+ years old) who demonstrate the values associated with Olympic and Paralympic Games and strive to be the best at what they do.
Synthetic Surfaces Training Course Dates Announced for 2009 The Institute of Groundsmanship (IOG) has confirmed this year’s dates and venues for its popular training one-day seminar on the maintenance of synthetic surfaces, again to be delivered in conjunction with Technical Surfaces, the UK’s largest synthetic surfaces maintenance specialist.
Four one-day courses titled “The Maintenance and Management of Synthetic Sports Surfaces” will be held at the following venues.
Cost: £200 for non-IOG members and £100 for IOG members Read the full details via SAPCA’s website
WM – cultural intelligence – 2 papers
Two new evidence papers launched in March 2009 draw together what we know about the impact of culture in the West Midlands. Collectively, these papers significantly boost our understanding of the region's cultural and creative strengths, in addition to highlighting areas for potential development.
Culture & Prosperity: The Economic Role of Culture in the West Midlands
Drawing on a wide range of sources, this paper(PDF, 1.2MB) presents the latest economic intelligence associated with the West Midlands cultural sector, including information about levels of employment and the levels of gross value added (GVA) generated by cultural firms. A summary report (PDF, 1.1MB) is also available.
Culture, People & Place: The Social & Environmental Role of Culture in the West Midlands
For the first time, this paper (PDF, 1.6MB) brings together evidence in relation to the social and environmental impact and role of culture in the West Midlands. This includes an exploration of research into the West Midlands ‘cultural offer’ and the latest regional participation data from the Taking Part and Active People surveys. The report is also available in summary form (PDF, 1.24MB). Volunteers in sport (VIS) West Midlands - seminar VIS seminar on 23rd April 2009 at Solihull Arden Club when the Minister for Sport Gerry Sutcliffe will be the keynote speaker.
‘Active England’ programme report ‘Sport and physical activity: Active England final report. Hallaitken for SE and BIG, March 2009.
From page 2 of the report: ‘The headline outputs are:
The number of participants will continue to grow as capital projects continue to bring in new people in the coming years. Each £10,000 of Active England funding has delivered:
Read the press release from Sport England related to the report SE & LGA leaflet – working together
This was launched at the ‘LGA/CLOA annual culture, tourism and sport conference and exhibition 2009’ – 17-18 March. The leaflet, folding out to produce a poster, is going to be distributed to LAs through the LGA. The leaflet/poster:
The leaflet is 2.9 MB; if you want to receive a copy please email – jenny.warner@sportengland.org
Note that hopefully it should be uploaded to the SE website soon. British Swimming announce £15m sponsorship deal with British Gas 13/03/2009 (source British Swimming)
British Swimming has announced on Thursday that British Gas will be its sponsoring partner in the run up to the London 2012 Olympics – and beyond until 2015……
West Midlands Cultural Sector Economic Snapshot (February 2009) This has been produced by the West Midland Cultural Observatory – please view on their website Equality Standard Newsletter To view the 7th Newsletter, February 2009, click here. National Benchmarking Services conference Improvement Conference: The 2008 National benchmarks 22 April 2009 in Portsmouth.
CCPR Policy Update View the March edition here. 2012 Activity Calendar To view the latest edition please click here.
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And finally...
UKA Wheelchair Racing Summit
This is a one day summit which will be led by Peter Erikisson, Head of Coach and Performance Director and will cover a wide range of areas that will enable us to develop wheelchair racing much more effectively in the UK.
It will be of interest to wheelchair racing coaches or coaches who would like to get more involved with wheelchair racing.
The summit will be held on Saturday 18th April from 10am - 4pm at the UKA Head Office, Solihull. Lunch will be provided. The deadline for booking a place is 10th April 2009.
For more information click here to view the promotional flyer or contact the following: Marie Yates
Get Active This Easter!
Kids can get active this Easter at Fenton Manor Sports Complex who will be running their Holiday Fun Zone.
The Fun Zone will be running weekdays, with the exception of the bank holidays, and activities include kwik cricket, aerobics, volleyball and even junior cooking! In addition intensive swim lessons, for both babies and children, will also be running throughout the two week break.
Chris Austin, Events Co-ordinator says, ‘We’ve two jam packed weeks of exciting sports and activities lined up that will keep the kids occupied over the Easter holidays. Our intensive swim lessons will also be running which are great for children who missed our most recent swim lesson enrolment or those who just need to brush up on their technique.’
The Fun Zone will be running from Monday 6th April – Friday 17th April. Fun Zone is suitable for children aged 8 – 15 years old. Morning fun zone sessions run from 10am – 12noon and afternoon sessions run from 1pm – 3pm. Sessions are £3.50 each or there is the option of doing the full day for £9 including lunch. Intensive swim lessons run for 30 minutes each weekday and the cost for the four day courses are £13.60. For more information or to book contact Fenton Manor Sports Complex on 01782 233222.
Mencap Sporting events 2009
Mencap have various sporting events taking place this year including netball, swimming, football, table tennis and athletics. For more information please view the poster here.
You can also visit the website www.mencap.org.uk/sport or contact Mencap Sport on 01924 234912 or email sport@mencap.org.uk for details and entry forms and information on regional and local events.
People’s Millions opens in ITV Central for Community Lottery cash
The People’s Millions TV contest has been launched nationwide giving communities in ITV Central region a fresh chance to win up to £50,000 in Lottery good cause cash to improve their locality.
Local groups are being invited to join the contest which opens for entries from the 19th of March. The People’s Millions partnership between the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) and ITV gives the voting public the opportunity to decide which local projects will receive Lottery good cause funding. The popular contest is now entering its fifth successful year.
For more information on the People's Millions launch 2009 please read the press releases by clicking on the links below.
Talent Introduction to Wheelchair Racing and Running
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