02 what is the csp network?

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1 annual review 2014

2 02 what is the csp network? The collective nationwide network of 45 County Sports Partnerships (CSPs) A charity has been established to support, represent and lead the CSP Network comprising of a small core team and board who are we? CSP Network Board of Trustees 9 Directors appointed from each region and up to 3 independent members Richard Saunders (Chair) Jean Stephens David Watson Steve Nelson Lloyd Conaway Sadie Mason Angus Robertson Janet Inman Ian Gardiner Allison Green Martine Wright CSP Network Core Team Lee Mason, Chief Executive Adrian Ledbury, Head of Operations Nicki Couzens, Business Support Manager Graeme Sinnott, Performance Insight Manager Workstrand and Project Leads Our workstrand leads coordinate and lead Nigel Harrison, NGB Sport Richard May, Primary PE & Sport Premium Michelle Leavesley, Marcomms Nikki Enoch, Community Games Simon Hall, Coaching Adrian Ledbury, Improvement Group Martin Kimberley, Health and Physical Activity Andrew Watson / Kim Lillie, Workplace Challenge Children & Young People, Vacant what do we do? Provide national reach with local presence Achieve local impact through co-ordinated delivery with and through local agencies Understanding of local needs and connected to local communities at a national, regional and local level Broker relationships to maximise use of resources Lever in extra resources

3 03 our mission Great People creating Great CSPs, the network together creating National Reach & Local Impact headline goals Get 500,000 more adults participating regularly in sport Reduce the number of adults that are inactive by 250,000 Get 1 million young people more active continually innovating to improve standards and collaborating to unlock growing and diversifying funding sources to improve independent partnership builders acting with integrity create and respond positively to change, innovate to maximise impact and have a dynamic approach committed to excellence, continuously improving and maximise impact for our contents a message from our chair chief executives report performance and impact stakeholder value quality & collaboration financial sustainability future priorities

4 04 message from chair I am once again delighted to present our annual review that shows growth, in terms of investment and programmes, a record level of investment into the network of 49 million, and a forward commitment to Collectively CSPs have delivered some remarkable results over the year as you will read about in this report, organisations CSPs have to demonstrate value for money and show that they can drive down operating Finally, as ever I want to acknowledge and thank Lee Mason and Nicki Couzens for their ongoing commitment to the Network, and in addition welcome Adrian Ledbury and Graeme Sinnott to the core I also want to recognise our project leads and trustees for their support and in particular welcome remains dynamic and progressive and we will undertake a governance review later this year to ensure we Richard Saunders Chairman

5 05 mission good to great! I am pleased to report on another successful year for the Network, characterised by a deepening of our core The CSPs successfully completed the Sport Makers programme, achieving the challenging targets of recruiting, training and deploying over 60,000 local volunteers to make sport happen for their friends, to engage young people in sports of their choice, School Games festivals to promote school sport, and Our contribution in education was further enhanced with the CSPs playing a critical role in supporting primary schools to maximise the impact of their Premium funding for PE & School sport, whilst our work with business was improved with the introduction of our new Workplace Challenge programme, and our role in wider physical activity and health was strengthened through close working with Public Heath England and Looking ahead, we are committed to building on these strong foundations with our Mission Good to tools to continually improve quality standards, facilitate collaboration, enhance stakeholder will enable us to continue to achieve our collective mission to improve people s lives by Lee Mason Chief Executive

6 06 performance and impact performance and impact demonstrating impact on outcomes. As a nationwide network, collectively the County Sports Partnerships Level 3 School Games competitions, involving 36 sports 3,615 new Satellite Clubs in schools and colleges involving Supporting Sport Premium local Sportivate projects involving 1 8 people elite Sporting Champion visits across the CSPs volunteers, involving an estimated 3 million participants 15,131 people signed up to the Workplace challenge programme across workplaces new coaches recruited and coaches provided with CPD opportunities make sport happen for their friends, neighbours and colleagues 1 secured for coaching across the million CSP Network Over secured for the of local partners

7 07 supporting the primary pe & sports premium Following the announcement of ring fenced funding to coordinate the local support to schools to help maximize the impact of this investment. There are over 17,000 primary schools in England, and CSPs are expected to have an overview of how schools in their area are utlising the funding and the support they need, to communicate the support available from local and many schools are using the funding for CPD for their teachers and to fund coaches Nationally, the CSP Network is working with Sport England, Youth Sport Trust and Association for Physical Education (afpe) to develop a number of resources for schools and training for CSPs and Edward Timson, Under Secretary of State for Schools and Families delivered a keynote CSPs play a key role in providing support to schools in their use of the primary PE and sport premium Edward Timpson Under Secretary for State Schools and Families performance and impact tees valley sport special schools' pe and sport network Through consultation and networking with schools and school sport level of support to these schools, enable networking between similar schools, Following initial expressions of interest, the CSP, in partnership with Project So far the network has held a celebratory bell boating regatta for 60 pupils and Next steps will include using the calendar to shape the level 2/3 School Games The success of the project can be attributed to partnership working with

8 08 school games inspires a new generation of competitive school sport Working in partnership with the Youth Sport Trust, NGBs and local partners, the CSPs involving over competitions across 36 sports, supporting the drive to increase competitive sport in schools and inspire a spotlight performance and impact The Leicester-Shire and Rutland School Games was an award-winning programme for increasing 85% of schools across the area took part in 55 competitions across sports Almost young people took part in Level 2 (inter-school) competition, of which over were disabled athletes Almost and Championships events all levels of the School Games The and School Games torch competitions added value to the event 5 Local Sporting Ambassadors, including World Champions and Paralympians supported the programme to inspire the young participants

9 new satellite clubs help create a sporting habit for life new Satellite Clubs programme, to aid the transition from school to satellite community sports club on its site and already over 1500 schools and colleges have been supported to create over 3500 clubs involving nearly 150,000 The clubs help grow the number of year olds taking part in sport for at least 30 minutes every week, as well as reducing the number of young people spotlight: round house boxing club created to reduce the racial tensions within the school especially between race related but are also linked to territorial issues when two schools Establishing a satellite club at the school brought young people from The satellite club is designed as a foundation for those that would like to the option to join the hub club or continue with the Round House satellite sportivate activities help young people find their sport CSPs continue to work with their local sports providers to recruit more This year has seen 180, year olds involved, smashing the annual The programme continues to retain a communities as well as disabled young people although engaging girls and young women continues to be a challenge, Spotlight: North West Lancaster Youth Challenge Lancaster Youth Challenge, which was established to change the lives Sportivate to introduce young people to cycling and get them training to complete a challenge to cycle from Lancaster to Edinburgh which was key The project delivery included social media training, bike maintenance communication was paramount to making sure that the participants were Over 20 young people took part in the Sportivate sessions, with coaches 10 young people then completed the cycle challenge, where they raised developed with local cycle clubs, including the local Go Ride club, ensuring 09 performance and impact

10 10 community games activates local communities are encouraged and supported to organize their own event providing friends and families with the Over the 3 years as a national programme, there have been over 4,000 events supported by over 85,000 In 2013, seventy Community Games Shining Lights (marking each day of the torch relay), who were inspired by the Olympic and Paralympic Games to organise an event in their community, were invited to London to receive a performance and impact The campaign was repeated this year with Shaida Akbar, chosen by an esteemed panel of judges, as the national award winner who was invited to see the Commonwealth Games action in Glasgow as a result of the Olympic and Paralympic legacy ambassador, Lord Coe believes the work of people such as Shaida is key to Two years on the London 2012 Games continue to inspire unsung heroes to encourage sporting activities within their communities. Shaida Akbar is a great example of keeping the legacy alive by persuading people to make sport a fun part of their lives. Community Games really has inspired a new era of community sports and cultural activities and all the volunteers should be extremely proud of their achievements. Future Plans are to use the Community Games as a start of a community activation programme, which leads to a sustained

11 new workplace challenge an instant hit 11 The challenge involves a unique combination of a user friendly online platform, which embraces the current The challenge proved to be an instant hit, with over 15,000 employees signed up across 3,000 workplaces As a key aim of the project, we are particularly pleased that nearly 4,000 of those recruited were The online activity log is underpinned by an innovative logarithm which turns activity into points to help participants set their own personal challenges, and the leaderboards then track challenges between The programme is based on a successful programme in Leicester-Shire & Rutland CSP, funded by Sport England as part of our aims to utlise our national reach to identify best practice to scale up and roll out performance and impact

12 12 supporting ngbs to have local impact The CSPs continue to support NGBs to deliver their whole sport plans within local communities, providing local intelligence, brokering relationships with new providers and securing additional resources. Spotlight Support for a community badminton network in South Derbyshire & Derby City, including funding to support clubs to develop junior sessions Female coaches are being supported through Derbyshire Sport to deliver Essentials courses Derbyshire Sport has facilitated links to community organisations to further expand SmashUp! delivery locally performance and impact Rachel Tallon, BADMINTON England Regional Delivery Manager for Yorkshire and the East Midlands said Derbyshire Sport has been a model of how engagement between NGBs and CSPs should work. We have consistently worked together to develop clear actions, which deliver our aims and those of Derbyshire Sport. Key to success has been the ability of Derbyshire Sport to facilitate links and engagement with partners who can deliver our products and programmes. Derbyshire Sport has proven it can do this across a wide spectrum from schools to leisure operators and community groups. I look forward to the continued success of this relationship and for participation numbers to continue to increase in the county. Milton Keynes to deliver their whole sport plan priorities for the county, in As a result of exposure from London 2012 many schools across the county had demonstrated an interest in delivering handball as part of the curriculum or as Due to the success of the project, EHA have adopted the project as a model demonstration of how the power of partnership working can make a Impact 15 schools signed up to bespoke package Nearly 200 new participants Over 30 teachers attended training - all received free coaching and equipment New Chiltern schools district league established Aylesbury Grammar went on to become U15 boys National Champions A representative U16 county team set up 2 satellite clubs developed New volunteer level 2 coach being supported Colleges and Universities are now showing an interest in the sport

13 13 coaching & volunteering This year the CSP Network has established new coaching and volunteering sites to underpin this work, and both and Sport Makers - This year, we achieved the incredibly challenging target of recruiting, training and deploying over 60,000 Sport Makers as local volunteers In coaching, CSPs have supported the following Over coaching hours delivered 5 million of additional funding has been made available through England Coaching Network (ECN) for the development of coaches leaders encouraged to start their coaching journey coaches supported to move from Level 1 to Level 2 across a range of sports Targeted development of disability coaches, female coaches and coaches working on talent pathways Over and intelligence to inform workforce development planning The quote below from Amy Willis, Coaching Manager for England Netball, demonstrates the is helping to support our key participation programmes by tailoring localised bursary support to Level 2 programme targeting the recruitment, development and deployment of female coaches across the South through the development of a women s coaching network and provide a body of evidence to encourage the The project has been delivered through a partnership approach between the seven South East County Sports performance and impact

14 14 stakeholder value stakeholder value It is essential that CSPs continue to listen and respond to the views of their In November 2013, 1,781 stakeholders completed the survey and pleasingly An Improvement plan was developed for CSP Network as a result of the 1,781 responses from partners NGB (14%) 389 School sport (13%) HE/FE 199 (11%) 138 (8%) Percentage (%) NGB Sch Excellent and professional organisation that adds value to sport, leisure, and health in our area The CSP has been supportive in understanding my aims and bringing resources to support those aims Always professional and punctual in providing support and advice on a number of fronts. Easy to contact and approach (Local Authority, Leisure/Sport Service)

15 15 inspiring under represented groups CSPs throughout all their work aim to ensure the CSP Network works with national increased presence at a community level, key Women in Sport messages and recommendations could This enabled the Women in Sport to gain a greater understanding of opportunities for women and girls Now entering phase two, Women in Sport with the three CSPs have started to develop a package of EFDS and CSPN building links between The English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) in conjunction with the CSP Network and supported by Sport England produced the Engagement Guide to support CSPs and other local sports providers to strengthen their local engagement with disabled people and boost grassroots opportunities, which in turn organisations to improve their reach as well as Engaging disabled people in sport and physical activity stakeholder value spotlight Female Funding Round Following a successful pilot Female Funding Round for Sportivate delivered in East London a The FFR has been a huge success for London Sport and with well over 200 applications A guide for County Sports Partnerships to support their engagement with disabled people. (photo of paper)

16 16 quality and collaboration collaborating to unlock our collective expertise. Our Mission Good to Great has included the development of a new balanced scorecard and a series of Balanced Scorecard & Benchmarking Tool Launched in July 2014 with the aim of supporting CSPs to understand their current performance across the balanced scorecard, identify areas for improvement and develop an environment of collaboration and quality and collaboration High Performance Guides Peer Mentoring Programme An innovative Peer Mentoring Programme matching 14 experienced professionals from within the Network I would love to continue to receive mentoring in the future. It is very nice to have an external mentor and fresh perspective on how I could develop. (Mentee)

17 17 csp network convention 2014 collective understanding of what excellence looks like in CSPs, stretching the Network and its partners including Sport England, EFDS, Child Protection in Sport Unit, afpe, Youth Chief Executive of Sport England supported the message of Good to Great Overall an excellent event, from which I came away with some additional insight as well as some reinforcement that we are on the right track. Relevant content, professionally executed delivery, great networking opportunities. quality and collaboration

18 18 financial sustainability financial sustainability financial performance Financial Headlines non-sport England sources Supported by over 1m of in-kind partner funding Total Sport England funding Total non-sport England funding 21,015,002 Marketing 628,453 Programme and project 20,264,996 Administration 2,047,021 Other 2,408,279 Marketing Programme and project Administration Other Total Sport England funding Total non-sport England funding The current average reliance across all CSPs on Sport England funding as a Currently the average percentage of expenditure that is spent on administration targets that by March 2017 will see the administration costs of a hosted CSP be

19 19 future priorities Embedding the CSP Improvement Framework including implementing new leadership, including services to support the primary growing capacity and capability in CSPs and securing national wide support and mandate, to help reduce levels of inactivity and improve future priorities 6 Insight and Impact - 8 Improve inter CSP collaboration to drive improvement and improve understanding the training needs to achieve the priorities above and

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