Central Government Policy on Sport About:
In November 2007 the Goverments Comprehensive Spending Review announced 30 new Public Service Agreements (PSAs) setting a vision for continuous and accelerated improvement in the Government's priority outcomes for the period 2008-11. PSAs are shared agreements across government departments that outline how improvements in the government’s outcomes will be achieved. As part of this process government departments were required to produce Departmental Strategic Objectives (DSOs) in support of the delivery of the cross departmental PSAs.
Sport is directly mentioned in a number of the PSAs (although the wider value of sport means that it has the potential to contribute to other Goverment PSAs and DSOs) .
Central Government Policy on Sport:
This document from PRO-ACTIVE North London outlines how sport contributes to PSAs and the new national indicator set.
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The two main goverment departments that set national policy for sport are the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCSM) and the Department of Children, School and Families (DSCF), who each lead on or contribute to one or more of the Public Service Agreements (PSAs) relating to sport, in addition to having a number of Departmental Strategic Objectives (DSOs) that relate to sport.
In 2008 the DCMS launched Playing to win: A New Era for Sport which outlines its ten year vision for sport and how it will go about achieving the governments cross department PSAs and its own DSOs which are:
DCMS DSO1: Opportunity Encourage more widespread enjoyment of culture, media and sport
DCMS DSO2: Excellence Support talent and excellence in culture, media and sport
DCMS DSO4: Olympics and Sport for Young People Deliver a successful and inspirational Olympic and Paralympic Games that provide for a sustainable legacy and get more children and young people taking part in high quality PE and sport
Playing to win makes clear the need to have an integrated and sustainable sporting system and clearly defines the future role that the three bodies in charge of leading the main building blocks of sporting success across England and the UK will play: PE and school sport (Youth Sport Trust), community sport (Sport England) and elite sport (UK Sport). The objectives relating to each of these areas are:
PE and Sport for Young People – Young peoples particpation in the 5 hour and 3 hour offers
Community Sport – an increase in more regular participation in sport
Elite Sport – 4th in Olympics and 2nd moving to 1st in Paralympics
To achieve its objectives relating to PE and sport for young people the DCMS and the DCSF announced the new PE and Sport Strategy for Young People (PESSYP) in January 2008. PESSYP builds on the success of the PE, School Sport and Club Links (PESSCL) Strategy for 5-16 year olds and will see an investment of £755 million over the next three years into PE and sport for young people until 2011.
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Department of Health and National Physical Activity About:
In February 2009 the Department of Health launched its physical activity strategy for England Be Active Be Healthy. Be active, be healthy establishes a new framework for the delivery of physical activity alongside sport for the period leading up to the London 2012 Olympic Games, Paralympic Games and beyond. Programmes outlined in the plan will contribute to Government’s ambition of getting 2 million more people active by 2012 and have been designed to leave a lasting legacy from the Games.
Be Healthy Strategy (2009):
A plan for getting the nation moving.
Useful Documents
 Quick reference guide:Physical activity and the environment,January 2008 |
| Healthy weight,Healthy Lives:A Cross-Government Strategy for England |
| Forecasting Obesity to 2010, 2006 |
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Sport England is a non-departmental public body who is the strategic lead responsible for delivering the Government’s sporting objectives. It aims to develop a world leading community sport system to sustain and increase participation and develop sporting talent at all levels. Specially Sport England is committed to:
Growing sport participation by at least 1 million more regular adult (16+) participants by 2012-2012 and contribute to helping more young people access five hours of sport a week (working with the Youth Sport Trust)
Sustaining participation by reducing the post-16 drop off and increase user satisfaction
Excel in developing peoples sporting talent through high quality clubs and coaches.
Sport England launched their new strategy for 2008-2011 outlining how they intend to achieve these outcomes in June 2008. National Governing Bodies (NGBs) are placed at the heart of the new strategy. Sport England will work with and through them, commissioning them to deliver the outcomes of the strategy and supporting them to grown their capacity where necessary. The Knowledge Platform has a seperate section devoted to Sport England matters which holds further information.
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The Youth Sport Trust is a registered charity, established in 1994. Its mission is to build a brighter future for young people by enhancing the quality of their physical education (PE) and sporting opportunities. Through the PE and School Sport Club Link (PESSCL) strategy (launched in 2002) the Youth Sport Trust has began to transform the landscape of PE and school sport in schools and have established a national structure (School Sport Partnerships) that have enabled more children and young people to take part in a wider range of sports for more time.
The Youth Sports Trust role in achieving the governments sporting objectives is to support the delivery of the new PE and Sport Strategy for Young People, working with Sport England and led by the Department of Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Department of Children Schools and Families (DCSF) to increase the numbers of 5-16 year olds participating in the 5 hour offer and the numbers of 16-19 year olds participating in the 3 hour offer.
Further and more detailed information on the Youth Sport Trust and its strategies abd documents can be found on the Youth Sport Trust/School Sport section of the platform.
More information... www.youthsporttrust.org/page/home-welcome/index.html |
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English Institute of Sport About:
The English Institute of Sport (EIS) is a nationwide network of sport science and sports medical support services, designed to foster the talents of our elite athletes.The sports that are supported include all the summer Olympic sports with the exception of tennis and men's football, all Paralympic sports, and a limited number of Winter Olympic and English sports.Services are offered from nine regional hub sites and a network of satellite centres within England, ensuring that elite athletes have local access to support services. The expert support services available to athletes out of the EIS High Performance Centres includes sports medicine, physiotherapy, soft tissue therapy, nutrition, psychology, biomechanics, performance analysis, talent identification, strength and conditioning and performance lifestyle. The EIS service providers work in close consultation with the national governing bodies of sports, performance directors, coaches, and the athletes themselves.
More infromation.. www.eis2win.co.uk/pages |
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UK Sport was established by Royal Charter in January 1997, to focus directly on high-performance sport at the UK level, with the aim of achieving sporting excellence on the world stage.
The work of UK Sport is targeted towards developing and supporting a system capable of producing a constant flow of world class performers. More information.. www.uksport.gov.uk
Below is the third in a series of annual reports produced by UK Sport to monitor the progress that women have made in the following areas of sport: women and girls' participation in spot; performance and excellence and leadership.This information was complied by the Women's Sports Foundation.
| Women in Sport the State of Play 2006 |
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