Jim writes in The Leisure Review
A leadership vacuum in the leisure industry http://www.theleisurereview.co.uk/articles10/lynch.html
School Sports Partnerships – A Reprieve?
The BBC is reporting that there may be a government U turn on School Sports Partnerships. David Cameron, in answer to a question at Prime Minister’s Questions, said that the DCMS and Department for Education are working on a “solution”. This contrasted to a much harder line alast week. It appears as though Sue Campbell’s…
Comprehensive Spending Review
The coalition government has announced a reduction of 28% in its grant to local government over the next 4 years. This will inevitably lead to pressure on sports, leisure and cultural services all of which are discretionary rather than statutory. To some extent the paid attractions such as swimming pools and ice rinks can make…
Audiences UK
Audiences UK is the national network of Audience Development Agencies, organisations that specialise in understanding how to engage and develop audiences. Twelve core member agencies work collaboratively to develop and deliver programmes and services based on the needs of their regions. We evaluated a project entitled ‘Bringing Data and Segmentation to Life’ for Audiences UK…
Dover Town Council
We at PLC are pleased to announce that we have just been appointed by Dover Town Council to produce a Football Development Plan for their Western Heights Playing Fields. This plan will guide the redevelopment of the Western Heights site which has been out of use for a number of years. The plan will undepin a…
News from PLC
BBC 5 Live Tony Ploszalski was interviewed recently by BBC Radio 5 Live with regards to the participation legacy from next year’s Olympics. So much of the legacy debate has focussed on the built facilities that increasing participation has been forgotten. In Singapore in 2005, Coe and Co promised that the lasting legacy would be…
What We Do
Ploszajski Lynch Consulting Ltd. is a highly experienced leisure management consultancy practice. We offer our clients a wide range of services including funding, financial advice, management reviews, strategic plans and feasibility studies. We work in all areas of leisure with recent work ranging from swimminmg pools to orchestras and from museums to social clubs.
Opening of Hythe Pavilion – Football Foundation Funded
It’s always great to get asked to the opening of a facility we’ve helped fund. So last Saturday it was a pleasure to be at the opening of the new cricket and football pavilion at Hythe in Kent. This £850,000 building was part funded by a grant of £450,000 from the Football Foundation. PLC wrote…
New Libraries for Old
Last year thorugh our work with the Capacity Building Network we won nearly £3 million for 2 new libraries from the Big Lottery fund. These have opened in the last year at Kinson in Bournemouth and Pollards Hill at Merton. The photos below show Pollards Hill being opened by Mayor of London, Boris Johnson accompanied…
Our Expertise
Our core services and product areas include: – Feasibility Studies, Market Assessments, Design Advice for indoor and outdoor facilities, Playing Pitch Strategies (PPS), Built Facility Strategies using ANOG guidance, Open Space Assessments using PPG 17 Studies – We’ve carried out some 50 such assignments Funding Applications – We’ve won more than £40 million for our…