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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.This report marks the end of the Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) and looks back over its seven years. Final Score considers the impact CPA has had on improving council services, governance and financial management since it was first introduced in 2002.
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.
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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