Vaga Associates Enquires: Views of Sports Development Officers Forum Work Stations 7 th April 2005

Vaga Associates Enquires: Work Stations Big ticket items Opportunities Areas for improvement Focus on you Local sports networks

Vaga Associates Enquires: Produce a sport and physical activity strategy –Realistic, deliverable, framework for local plans, change needed, attract new Consultation –Wider partners, bring in those on periphery –Integrate: sport, education, community (structure for including social inclusion projects etc.) –Countywide and local partnerships Know the what, how, where, when and who –Share good practice and lessons learnt Establish baseline data –Each LA & NGB: co-ordinated and standardised for collecting, analysing & updating Better promotion of Cumbria Sports Partnership –Marketing and communication, tools for all partners (e.g. newsletter) Cross sports working –Multi sports and multi skill clubs, –Facilities, officers, PDMs, CSCs, NGBs, Centralised resources –Funding, officers, information, education and training Let’s get our act together (sports focus) first before significant expansion Big Ticket Items Sports Development Forum

Vaga Associates Enquires: Communication***** Tangible improvements to things e.g. –More participation, improved delivery, better facilities Evidence and research –Baseline, impact, improvement Strategy and structure –Vision, systems, simplicity, streamline Partnership working –Wider, more commitment, more ownership Resources –More and better use of people, funding, facilities Areas for Improvement Sports Development Forum

Vaga Associates Enquires: Opportunities Sports Development Forum The Cumbria Cyclops One vision One body Many arms

Vaga Associates Enquires: Sport is higher on other agendas One vision – one strategy Revised/modified structure - fit for purpose Chance to evaluate and prioritise More and better partnership working Community sports coaches Countywide support CPD LTAD Facilities/facilities audit Schools Quality processes Funding Local delivery plans and budgets Clarify roles Opportunities Sports Development Forum

Vaga Associates Enquires: More Resources –Funding (county magnet fund/funding officers), people (coaches, volunteers) Management support, training and continuous professional development –Managing time, budgets, people, developing self Better and more strategic facilities/centres –Multi sport, needs audit –Sports colleges/NGB performance centres Centralised support –Shared vision / one strategy –Cumbria Sports officers working in the LAs –On-line databases (Clubs, coaches, SDOs,,Contacts) –Baselines information gathering and evaluation (clubs, coaches, facilities) –Specific targets / KPIs –Central budget holding –Employment, hosting of staff/officers Communication/Information –Mapped networks (simple/streamline structure) Commitment / local ownership What would help you most? Sports Development Forum

Vaga Associates Enquires: Local Sports Networks/Alliances County co-ordination role Education Sector Sports Sector Community Sector Local Sports Networks/ Alliance/ Council County Sports Partnership

Vaga Associates Enquires: Local Sports Networks/Alliances Positives Local needs lead Local contacts Local knowledge Local planning Closer to end users Structure for bringing people together Two way influence & communication Sharing of resources Securing resources More devolved More ownership More inclusive Understanding of roles One size doesn’t fit all –Clarity –Coordination –Commitment Sports Development Forum Areas to Explore Regional/county/district/ local fit NGB fit Devise a model /framework for building Tool kit for starting Communication Build on existing forums Explore existing practice - good & bad Reach those on the periphery Address over commitment /capacity and under resourced issues Role of CSP What should be the common core? Concerns More than LAs Not seeing the ‘big picture’ Doing own thing Local agenda/insular Duplication Potentially –Inefficient –Ineffective –Too many layers –Fire fighting Silo working/UDI Disparate Delivery –Capacity –Commitment –Quality Managing expectations NGB fit