The key sports
bodies for third sector organisations to know about are Sport
England, the National Governing Bodies of Sport, the Central
Council for Physical Recreation and County Sports Partnerships. For
more information on these and how they interlink see below.
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Sport England
Sport England is the government agency responsible for delivering a
world class community sport system. Their strategy contains the
following targets:
- one million people doing more sport
- a 25% reduction in the number of 16 year-olds who drop out of
five key sports
- improved talent development systems in at least 25 sports
- a measurable increase in people's satisfaction with their
experience of sport
- a major contribution to the delivery of the Five Hour Offer for
PE and sport for children and young people.
Sport England have published their
strategy for 2009 to 2012 and have also published a new funding
strategy,
Funding sport in the community, setting out investment
programmes that will be available to organisations delivering
grassroots sport from April 2009 and explaining how investment will
be focussed on organisations and projects that can deliver the key
outcomes of Sport England's overall strategy to 'grow, sustain and
excel'.
Sport England works closely with the
National Governing Bodies of
Sport (NGBs) to deliver the strategy and also works in
partnership with local authorities. The
Sport England Strategy 2009-2013 focuses on sport, not sport
and active recreation. As part of the strategy Sport England will
also provide
community funding.
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National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGBs)
NGBs are essentially infrastructure organisations for community
sport. They exist to organise, regulate, and encourage more people
into their sport or activity. There is great variation in the size
and capacity of NGBs, ranging from organisations such as the
Football Association, British Cycling, to England Volleyball.
Sport England will spend £110 - £120m per annum to deliver the
strategic outcomes outlined in the Sport England Strategy. A
significant proportion of which will be channelled via 46 focus
NGBs.
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Central Council of Physical Recreation (CCPR)
CCPR is the national membership/alliance organisation for
governing and representative bodies of sport and recreation. Within
the sports sector, its roles and functions are similar to NAVCA. It
represents its members and provides a definitive, independent voice
for sport and recreation. It has 270 members representing 150,000
clubs across the UK and some 13 million regular participants.
Although these participants are drawn from activities as different
as country dancing and karate, there are many issues and challenges
which all governing bodies have in common.
NAVCA is working with NGBs and the CCPR to identify how we can
assist NGBs in increasing participation. The combined reach of CCPR
and NAVCA's membership is potentially more than 310,000 community
organisations.
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County Sports Partnerships
County Sports Partnerships are local networks of Local
Authorities, NGBs, clubs, schools and School Sport Partnerships,
Primary Care Trusts and other local agencies committed to working
together to increase participation in sport and physical
activity.
All CSPs:
- Are underpinned by a commitment to equity
- Seek to ensure that sports development is driven through NGB
plans
- Action is based on local need - influencing the understanding,
interpretation and deployment of national, regional and local
policy
- Are focused on investing in, and valuing people
- Are committed to achieving quality standards through continuous
improvement and excellence in order to demonstrate impact
- Are fundamentally independent so that the core partnership team
is impartial in order to broker progress
CSP profiles
The network of 49 county sports partnerships are responsible for
organising sport across England.
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