Last year we took part in the CCPR’s review of sports facilities in England. We commented at the time on the appallung state of outdoor changing rooms at local parks. In a Guardian article yesterday, David Conn echoes this theme: – http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/david-conn-inside-sport-blog/2011/apr/20/premier-league-cuts-funding-grass-roots?INTCMP=SRCH
The Olympic Velodrome opened on February 22nd. The 6,000 seat venue is first of the new facilities at the Olympic Park to be completed and will provide a long lasting legacy (copyright Seb Coe) for cyclists in east London. We at PLC were proud to have played a small part in bringing the Games to…
October 2011. We recently completed a five year business plan for the Millwall Community Scheme, one of the earliest Football in the Community schemes. The recent reductions in the availability of public funding have created challenges for voluntary and charitable bodies such as the MCS. We therefore produced a plan, to help it to identify…
A new initiative to protect playing fields has been announced by Fields in Trust (formerly the National Playing Fields Association). It’s designed to get landowners to sign a Deed of Dedication to ensure that the fields will be available for sport in perpetuity. http://www.qe2fields.com/ It also means that sites are eligible for funding of up…
A leadership vacuum in the leisure industry http://www.theleisurereview.co.uk/articles10/lynch.html
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…
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 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…
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…
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…