Resources
Below are links to various support websites on promoting sport and how to get active.
Stoke-on-Trent Sports Summit - "Check and Challenge" event
1st Feb 08 at Port Vale FC
Click on the links below to view the agenda and presentations given at the event.
Agenda
Introduction by Rauf Mirza, Chair, West Midlands Regional Sports Board, SEWM
Update on the Review of Sport in England
Stoke-on-Trent City Council - Strategy development update
Proposed major development updates
Physical Activity Floor Target Action Plan
2012 and major events in the City
Marketing update
For more information contact: Mark Thornewill, Director, SASSOT on 01785 619896 or email mthornewill@staffordbc.gov.uk
Active People Survey Results (7/12/2006)
Click the link for Results of Sport England's Active People Survey - National
Click the link for Results of Sport England's Active People Survey - West Midlands
Active People Survey headline results for each of our local authorities and for the CSP region can be found by clicking any of the following links: Cannock Chase, East Staffs, Lichfield, Newcastle, South Staffs, Stafford, Staffs Moorlands, Stoke, Tamworth and SASSOT.
Small area estimate maps by LA - now on Sport England website www.sportengland.org -arranged alphabetically under each regional page.
For more information on the Active People Survey, please contact Naomi Bird at nbird@staffordbc.gov.uk or on 01785 619599.
Active Places -
www.activeplaces.comThis website allows you to search for sports facilities anywhere in England by a number of different ways. You can browse an interactive map of the country, search for facilities in your local area, use the name and address of a specific facility to find out more information.
Clubmark
To access resources and templates that will be of benefit to your club click here.
London 2012
For details of how to get involved in London 2012, click here.
The site offers information for volunteers, students, teachers and businesses on how to be part of London 2012.
Promoting Sport Toolkit
Sport England has created a free, easy-to use Promoting Sport Toolkit designed to help clubs, sports development officers and volunteers promote their sport or activities.
The toolkit is designed to help anyone working in sport - paid or unpaid - produce high quality campaigns and marketing material such as posters, leaflets and flyers that can be used to promote sport.
The toolkit includes:
The toolkit is available at www.sportengland.org, click here for a direct link to the page.
Sporting Champions - www.sportingchampions.org.uk
Sporting Champions is a Sport England initiative, which brings world-class athletes face-to-face with Young People to inspire and motivate them to participate in sport.
Sport Across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, in partnership with Sporting Champions, is offering your Community Sports Network, Club or Event the opportunity to receive a visit from a top class athlete.
Sporting Champions organise around 450 visits each year, bringing 100 world-class athletes into schools and local communities throughout the country. 200 of these are set aside for community-based visits, co-ordinated through County Sport Partnerships, to encourage young people to be more active so they can live up to their potential in sport and in every other part of their lives.
The visits themselves can be tailored to fit the needs of a community-focused organisation and allow for interaction between the Champion and Young People. They can involve coaching workshops, interactive sessions or targeted activity to promote development of school and club links, and raise awareness of the benefits to leadership and volunteering.
A Sporting Champions visit can be used to:
1. Raise awareness of sport and the benefits of sport and physical activity
2. Motivate young people in their wider lives with a talk based on the Champion's own experience and directly related to the key theme of the event
3. Practical element e.g. workshops, demonstrations, coaching sessions.
4. Engage and enthuse young people - question and answer session
5. Increase the profile of a variety of sports and local sports clubs
6. Improve behaviour in the local community
7. Raise the profile of a particular event
To find out more visit Sporting Champions' website at www.sportingchampions.org.uk
How to Apply
Funding secured by Sporting Champions for the period April 07 to March 08 will allow us to apply for a national pot of around 200 visits. Requests for these visits are to be made via the County Sports Partnership and must demonstrate support to Sport England's vision and Sport Across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent's Delivery Plan through one or all of the following key themes:
- Increasing participation in sport and physical activity in the community (preferably via a Community Sports Network programme or project for young people)
- Equality and Diversity
- Leadership and Volunteering
To apply, simply complete the attached form (click here to download) and return to Leigh Morton lmorton@staffordbc.gov.uk . Your request will then be submitted to Sporting Champions who will thereafter liaise with you direct regarding the outcome and visit arrangements.
So, have a think about your forthcoming events, and let's try to get as many Champions to visit community-based activities from the 200 in the national pot up for grabs! Please do not nominate schools or School Sports Partnerships, as these visits will be coordinated through the YST and SSP networks.
The inspirational effect of these visits from top class athletes can not be overestimated. Sport Across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent have used these visits at a number of events including the Festival of Sport & Enjoyment 2007 and Star:Track ahtletics programmes and want to hear from you if your Community Sports Network, Club or Event can use a visit.
This is a fantastic opportunity - don't miss it!!
For more information on the above please contact Leigh Morton, Admin Officer on (01785) 619349 or lmorton@staffordbc.gov.uk
Staffordshire University - Sport & Leisure Policies presentation by Mark Thornewill on 6 December 2007.
Staffordshire University - Delivery System for sport and active recreation & Partnerships working in action presentation by Mark Thornwill on 29 February 2008.
