Programme Aims

  1. To target sports development funding to the following groups and geographical areas:
    • Disabled People
    • Young People
    • Communities affected by crime and anti social behaviour
    • Women
    • Communities and individuals which are economically deprived
    • 50 +
    • Isolated rural villages
  2. To strive to develop a broader range of activities on offer within High Peak Leisure Facilities
  3. To develop the use of other community facilities for community sport and recreation
  4. To offer a coaching service to the whole community where coaches can be 'bought in' by schools, community groups and other voluntary organisations
  5. To identify volunteers and train them to run sports coaching on an ongoing basis within their community through a coach and sports leader scholarship scheme.

Managing the programme:

  1. By co-ordinating the Sports Programme on a week to week basis (CSC)
  2. Co-ordination of a team of casual sports coaches/ leaders and volunteers who will work in the High Peak's communities (CSC)
  3. Support to community groups to identify funding sources to engage with the outreach programme (SDO)
  4. Identification of target groups within the community to whom support can be offered (All)
  5. Support for target groups to enable them to receive training and education and to empower them to lead their own community sports activities (Coaches/CSC/SDO)
  6. Developmental use of time within High Peak Leisure facilities through use of sports coaches and leaders, and targeting of groups under represented in sports participation. (HPL/CSC)
  7. To identify and work in partnership with owners and managers of other facilities in order to make wider use of the existing community facilities for sport and recreation activities (CSC/SDO)
  8. To co ordinate a booking programme for sports coaches and leaders who will work in the community for existing groups (who are not 'under represented' in sports participation) (CSC).
  9. To co ordinate a coach and leader education and development programme for the whole community, and targeted at under represented groups, in order to develop sustainable sports opportunities for all (SDO).

CSC - Community Sports Coordinator
SDO - Sports Development Officer
HPL - High Peak Leisure