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LOCAL AND NATIONAL LOCAL AND NATIONAL FACILITIESFACILITIES

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LOCAL PROVISION LOCAL PROVISION

• THE LOCAL AUTHORITY THE LOCAL AUTHORITY – They provide and maintain;They provide and maintain;

•Public Parks egPublic Parks eg•Public playing fields egPublic playing fields eg•Public swimming pools egPublic swimming pools eg•Sports facilities in schools egSports facilities in schools eg•Local sports centres egLocal sports centres eg•Local youth centres egLocal youth centres eg

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LOCAL PROVISION LOCAL PROVISION

– Many local facilities are used jointly Many local facilities are used jointly by schools and community groupsby schools and community groups

– Some LAs fund athletics tracks, Some LAs fund athletics tracks, outdoor pursuits centres and water outdoor pursuits centres and water sports centressports centres

– Their aim is to provide facilities and Their aim is to provide facilities and break evenbreak even

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LOCAL PROVISION LOCAL PROVISION PRIVATE ENTERPRISEPRIVATE ENTERPRISE– The main aim is to make a profitThe main aim is to make a profit– They tend to be:They tend to be:

• Private health and sports clubs e.g. Fitness Private health and sports clubs e.g. Fitness First, OasisFirst, Oasis

– They will charge either a yearly or They will charge either a yearly or monthly subscription chargemonthly subscription charge

– They do not cater for team gamesThey do not cater for team games– Can you give any other examples?Can you give any other examples?

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LOCAL PROVISION LOCAL PROVISION PRIVATE AND VOLUNTARY CLUBS AND PRIVATE AND VOLUNTARY CLUBS AND

ASSOCIATIONSASSOCIATIONS– These are private non-profit making clubs run These are private non-profit making clubs run

by committees for the benefit of the membersby committees for the benefit of the members– Most of the officers work voluntarilyMost of the officers work voluntarily– Normally owned by the members or held in trustNormally owned by the members or held in trust– Not owned by private investors or shareholdersNot owned by private investors or shareholders– Cater for outdoor team gamesCater for outdoor team games– Can you give any examples?Can you give any examples?

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NATIONAL PROVISION NATIONAL PROVISION • Provided through a mixture of public and Provided through a mixture of public and

private fundingprivate funding• Embraces wide range of activities:Embraces wide range of activities:

– SportSport– Public PathwaysPublic Pathways– Ancient buildingsAncient buildings– Sites of outstanding natural beautySites of outstanding natural beauty

• Responsibility of a number of bodies:Responsibility of a number of bodies:– The Countryside Agency The Countryside Agency – The Environment AgencyThe Environment Agency– English HeritageEnglish Heritage– The National TrustThe National Trust

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The Department of Culture, Media and Sport The Department of Culture, Media and Sport also has responsibility for:also has responsibility for:

Sport

Museums

National Lottery

Education

Ancient Buildings / Monuments

The Arts / Creative industries

Galleries / Libraries

Broadcasting / Media

Tourism

How many do you know?

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UK SPORTUK SPORTResponsible for organising and Responsible for organising and administrating sport in the UKadministrating sport in the UK

Sports Council for NISports Council for NI

Sports Council for WalesSports Council for Wales

Sport Sport EnglandEngland

Sport ScotlandSport Scotland

'More medals, more people, more places''More medals, more people, more places'

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SPORTS INSTITUTES SPORTS INSTITUTES provide:provide:

Organisational Organisational infrastructureinfrastructure Medical SupportMedical Support

CoachinCoachingg

Specialist facilitiesSpecialist facilities

All inside a number of small well All inside a number of small well equipped, well funded centresequipped, well funded centres

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English Institute of Sport – English Institute of Sport – administered by UK Sportadministered by UK Sport

South West South West (Bath (Bath University)University)

South (Bisham Abbey)South (Bisham Abbey)

North North (Gateshead)(Gateshead)

North West North West (Manchester)(Manchester)

West Midlands West Midlands (Lilleshall)(Lilleshall)

East East (University of (University of East Anglia)East Anglia)

South East South East (Crystal (Crystal Palace)Palace)

Yorkshire Yorkshire (Sheffield)(Sheffield)

East East Midlands Midlands (Holme (Holme

Pierpoint)Pierpoint)

What does EIS stand for? Where is our nearest one?

South Coast South Coast (Southampton(Southampton))

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SPORTS INSTITUTES SPORTS INSTITUTES

• The UKSI were set up following poor The UKSI were set up following poor performances in the Atlanta Olympic Games performances in the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996. It’s all with the aim of improving in 1996. It’s all with the aim of improving elite performance, and moving Great Britain elite performance, and moving Great Britain up the medal table.up the medal table.

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NATIONAL CENTRES NATIONAL CENTRES OF EXCELLENCEOF EXCELLENCE

Holme Pierpoint Holme Pierpoint (Nottingham) - (Nottingham) - watersports watersports

Lilleshall Lilleshall (Shropshire)- (Shropshire)- injuries, injuries, footballfootball

Manchester Manchester - cycling- cycling

Crystal Crystal Palace Palace (London) (London) - - AthleticsAthletics

Plas Y Plas Y Brenin Brenin (Wales) - (Wales) - Outdoor Outdoor Adventure Adventure ActivitiesActivities

Which NCoE matches the image?

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INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS COMPARISONS

• Other countries have been using public Other countries have been using public funding to develop facilities for some timefunding to develop facilities for some time– In Australia major facilities are developed using a In Australia major facilities are developed using a

combination of public funding and private combination of public funding and private sponsorshipsponsorship

– In France the 1998 World Cup final venue was In France the 1998 World Cup final venue was funded by the statefunded by the state

– In Italy most football grounds are owned by the In Italy most football grounds are owned by the state are rented out for the gamesstate are rented out for the games