Inter-relationship between Sport England and local and national partners to increase participation Flashcards
WHAT IS SPORT ENGLAND’S MISSION?
Sport england have an overall mission reflected in its new strategy Towards an Active Nation (2016-21).
It works with a range of partners locally and nationally to try to achieve its ambitions of increasing participation in sport/physical activity.
What are the 5 main outcomes that Sport England are looking to achieve?
1) Physical well-being
2) Mental well-being
3) Individual development
4) Social and community development
5) Economic development
What are there three underrepresentation target groups?
1) Women or teenage girls
2) ethnic minorities
3) disabilities
To help achieve this strategy of creating an active nation sport england have identified 6 key principles of its work through to 2021, what are they?
1) Focus money and resources
2) investing more in children and
3) to help those who are active now to carry on participating on tacking in activity young people from the age of 5
4) helping the sport/active leisure sectors to become more welcoming and inclusive
5) helping to deliver a more joined up experience of sport and physical activity for customers
6) Encourage innovation and sharing of best practice
Define a County Sports Partnership (CSPs)?
A national networks of local agencies working together to increase participation in sport and physical activity.
Explain sport England’s relationship with local partners?
Sport England places a key emphasis on local delivery in terms of meeting it objectives, and works with a range of local partners to try to ensure sport is accessible in the country.
It invests in 49 County Sports Partnerships (CSPs) spread across the country so that programmes can be delivered regionally/locally to meet specific local needs.
HOW DOES THE CSP HELP?
The CSP work with a number of sport/physical activity providers, including the local authorities, health organisations, national governing bodies, sports clubs and schools/education providers - all with a commitment to increasing participation across their network.
- Sport England also offers support and expertise to local authorities to help them develop sport in their area, designing and implementing schemes and initiatives specific to their needs and requirements. It has outreach teams across the region offering support and advice.
Name some of sport englands partners?
English federation of Disability sports EFDS
Sporting equals
Women in Sport – new name for Women’s Sport & Fitness Foundation
Street - Games
NGBs
Sport England works directly with a number of nationally funded partners, including the following:
The English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) is a national charity dedicated to increasing participation in sport and physical activity.
Sporting Equals is an organisation which exists to actively promote ethnic diversity across sport and physical activity. In 2013, Sport
England invested £1 million into Sporting Equals to help more black and minority (BME) communities get into sport. Sporting Equals
works closely with a number of local and national providers of sporting opportunities, such as NGBs and local authorities.
Women in Sport is the new name for the Womens Sport and Fitness Foundation (WSFF). It aims to make being active more attractive to
women and teenage girls by trying to break down the barriers which are putting them off participating in sport/physical activity.
StreetGames is a national charity dedicated to developing sport in disadvantaged communities, making it accessible to all, regardless of social circumstances. In terms of social class, StreetGames is working to create networks at national and local levels (e.g. nationally with
NGBs and locally with local authorities and local sports clubs) to strengthen the commitment to doorstep sport i.e. providing access to sports in local communities where people live. To try to overcome some of the issues surrounding participation of the lower socio-economic groups in society, StreetGames provides affordable, low-cost activities within the neighbourhood of communities, so travel is less of an issue. Informal, multi-sport sessions take place at times convenient to targeted participants to make participation more likely.
How is sport England supporting disability in sport?
Sport England is working with the EFDS to challenge and change low levels of participation
in sport, helping disabled people to view taking part in sport as a viable lifestyle
choice.
Schemes:
- Places People Play (2015) - £10.2 million ring fenced to improve the sport on offer for disabled people (national lottery funding)
- Inclusive sport – money spent to improve the expertise involved in disability sports, it was aimed at Increasing the number of 14+ and adults getting involved in sport regarly
- Get Equipped – funding scheme to provide specialist equipment for disability sports
How is sport England supporting disability in sport?
Sport england is working hard with local and national partners including CSP, NGBs and women sport to get more women playing sport.
The initiatives include the following:
- Sport England is making women’s sport a major priority financially across the board in the 46 core sports NGBs in which it is investing millions of pounds. In 2015 it invested
2.3 million into ‘I WILL IF YOU WILL’ a year long pioneering behavioural change pilot in the local authority of Bury to help understand how to get more women playing sport
- Sport england has also invested millions of pounds into sport via the Women’s Sport Fitness Foundation (WSFF), to help sports bodies attract more women and teenage girls to do sport more regularly.
In 2015 it introduced ‘THIS GIRL CAN’ in a wave of media publicity. Essentially this is a
scheme designed to overcome barriers to increase participation in sport among women and girls.
- Millions more went into 20 Active Women’s projects across different local authorities, to encourage women in disadvantaged communities and women with children to be more physically active and tackle the gender gap
What is Sport England’s ultimate aim?
Sport England and its various partners all aim to make a sustainable difference to the inclusion of under-represented communities in sport and physical activity, in order to improve the long-term opportines and health outcomes of those communities.
