Oxfordshire Sports Partnership Annual Report 2010-11

The Shared Vision “Everyone more active and achieving their potential in sport”

Annual Repor t April 2010 – March 2011

OXFORDSHIRE SPORTS PARTNERSHIP CORE TEAM

Bury Knowle House, Bury Knowle Park,

North Place, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9HY

[email protected]

Contents1. IntroductIon ................................................................................................................. 12. Background .................................................................................................................. 23. key achIevements ....................................................................................................... 34. PartIcIPatIon ................................................................................................................. 4-75. eXceL ..................................................................................................................................... 8-116. LearnIng ........................................................................................................................... 12-137. resources ........................................................................................................................ 14-158. FInancIaL summary .................................................................................................... 169. case studIes .................................................................................................................... 17-2210. Board memBer ProFILes ......................................................................................... 2311. oXFordshIre sPorts PartnershIP strategIc Framework ................ 24-25

A n n uA l R e p o R T A p R i l 2010 – M A R c h 2011

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Part of the national network of county sport and Physical activity Partnerships

1.IntroductionI am delighted to be able to introduce the

Oxfordshire Sports Partnership’s Annual report

for 2010/11, the first full year I have been

Chairman.

What has struck me since I started is how

much has been achieved in such a difficult

year of change and this is down to the

resilience and professionalism of partners and

the core team which has enabled them to

achieve so much.

Highlights for me are really difficult to pin

down but have included coming out top on

the National Active People survey figures, my

first Oxfordshire Youth Games at Iffley Road,

the Sports Awards at the Kassam Stadium,

the successful securing of the Active Women

award and the huge range of sporting and

physical activity which has taken place.

I was also very keen to support the new

Sports Board with a high quality induction

and the creation of various sub groups to

support the executive. I would like to thank

all Board Members for their support and hard

work in the pursuit of our collective vision.

The Partnership’s Core Team should also

be highlighted for their hard work and

professionalism in what in many instances is

a very difficult job but is ultimately essential if

we are to achieve what we want together.

Last but not least is special thanks to Sport

England for their financial and staff support

within a period of great change within the

sporting landscape. Life would be much

tougher without their leadership and support.

Finally with less than one year to the Olympic

Games can I ask that going forward within

the future changes that are to come that we

work together for everyone’s benefit and that

great things can be achieved by being part of

a team, many thanks.

Mike Walker

Chairman of the Oxfordshire Sports

Partnership

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Mike Walker welcomed to his first Board meeting by Chris Freeman, Managing Director, Board and Core Team members

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2. BackgroundWhat is the Oxfordshire Sports Partnership?The Partnership is not a separate organisation

but is a network of agencies, groups and

individuals, who are all committed to achieve

a shared vision for Oxfordshire.

It is based on the rationale that the goals of

the partners that align with others within the

Partnerships are best achieved by working

collaboratively and that the value from the

Partnership outweighs the investment of time.

Partners have said they want to see an

Oxfordshire where

“everyone is more active and achieving their

potential in sport”.

The Partnership’s purpose is:

“Bringing partners together to improve the

health of everyone in Oxfordshire through

enjoyable sport and physical activity”.

A core team are employed to lead when

appropriate, to support partners and to

co-ordinate.

The outcomes we want to achieve are:

• To increase and sustain participation in sport,

active recreation and active living

• To widen access to sport, active recreation

and active living and reduce inequalities

• To improve levels of performance in sport

• Improve health and well being

• Contribute to developing thriving

communities

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Part of the national network of county sport and Physical activity Partnerships 3

33. Key achievements within the Partnership

The Oxfordshire Sports Partnership uses the

balanced scorecard approach to communicate

and implement Oxfordshire’s Strategic

Framework for Sport and Physical Activity,

Moving to 2020.

The framework takes a holistic and balanced

approach to the successful implementation of

the strategy and is divided into four key areas.

Each of these areas needs to be addressed to

achieve the ultimate vision and outcomes.

In 2010/11 the key achievements for each of

the four key areas include:

PARTICIPATION: Increasing participation and reducing

inequalities

• The results from the National Active People 5

survey places Oxfordshire as the joint highest

participating County in England in terms of

sport and active recreation.

• GO Active Independent Evaluation hails 3

year programme as a success.

• Sport Unlimited programme achieves 98% of

its 3 year target.

• Delivery of Playground to Podium

programme in Oxfordshire underway.

• 32 NGB agreements completed and

support given.

• Secured 3 Inspire Marks for Oxfordshire.

• 5th Oxfordshire Youth Games successful run

at Iffley Road.

EXCEL: What we must excel at to increase

participation

• Oxfordshire Sports Partnership successfully

achieved the NSPCC’s Advanced Level

Safeguarding Standard.

• Biggest Oxfordshire Sports Awards 2010 run

to date.

• First ever Oxfordshire Physical Activity Plan

achieved by partners working together.

• The Leadership Champions programme

launched to support 16-19 year olds develop

their wider skills and encourage volunteering.

• First ever Oxfordshire Coaching Strategy

created.

• New Partnership structure underway.

LEARNING: Partnership Learning and development

• 85.3% of respondents are very satisfied

or satisfied with the Oxfordshire Sports

Partnership.

• In the Zone education for sport and

physical activity workshops attract over 600

participants.

• Core Team support leads to community

organisations securing around £73,000 of

external funding.

• Oxfordshire Be Inspired…Oxfordshire’s 2012

Olympic and Paralympic Sports and Physical

Activity Legacy created and launched.

• Coach and Club databases refreshed.

RESOURCES:

Sufficient resources

• Successful in securing £90,000 reward

money from the Local Area Agreement

scheme.

• Oxfordshire allocated £420,280 over 4 years

for Sportivate.

• Partnership successful in securing £371,000

of Active Women funding for Oxfordshire.

• Partner Portal launched for partners.

• Funding secured for Local Authorities since

2006 exceeds £1 million.

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Increasing participation and reducing inequalities

The Partnership defines who its customers,

partners, funders and stakeholders are and

how it can meet their needs. Hence if partner’s

needs are met by being part of the Partnership

then they will stay engaged and the Vision

is more likely to be achieved. Likewise if the

needs of the public (customers) are met they

are more likely to increase participation which

again will enable us to meet our vision.

Active People ResultsThe results from the interim National Active

People 5 survey places Oxfordshire as the joint

highest participating County in England in

terms of sport and active recreation.

This has been a key destination or goal for

the Partnership since its creation in 2006 and

achieving good progress is testament to the

benefit of partnership working.

GO Active (Get Oxfordshire Active)GO Active is a three year (2008 – November

2011), £1.4m partnership project, led by the

Oxfordshire Sports Partnership and funded by

Sport England, Oxfordshire NHS and other key

partners.

The project aims to increase participation in

sport and physical activity across Oxfordshire by

engaging with health professionals, providing

new activities in local areas, signposting people

into exiting activities and providing one to one

support for people to get active.

2010/11 has seen a rapid period of growth

for GO Active and the development of key

projects in Oxfordshire that are contributing

to the increased Active People Survey

participation results.

• 12,500 participants and growing (see graph)

• 240 coaches and 220 volunteers involved in

delivery

In partnership with Nordic Walking UK GO

Active unleashed Nordic Walking to Oxfordshire

in summer 2009. After which a programme of

community Nordic Walking training and social

regular walks was implemented. After training

over 1,000 people to Nordic Walk and training

44 community Nordic walk leaders GO Active

now has a programme of regular social and

fitness walks across the county.

GO Active launched Just Jog in 2009 and has

since trained over 50 leaders to lead informal

and social beginner jogging groups across the

county. Over 450 participants have attended

a jogging group and 45 of these successfully

completed a 5K race specifically for Just Jog

participants in 2010 in Cherwell.

Two Left Feet ran again in September 2010 to

coincide with the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing

programme. A variety of successful dance

sessions from Bollywood to Salsa encouraged

over 500 participants to try something new. As

a result fully sustainable dance sessions are still

taking place across the county.

Sport UnlimitedThis year saw the end of the 3 year Sport

Unlimited Programme.

Sport Unlimited was funded by Sport England

and the Partnership secured over £400,000 over

the 3 years for increasing participation in 14-18

year old young people.

The programme suffered in year one by being

launched at short notice at the same time

as GO Active in Oxfordshire but finally the

programme achieved 98% of its target and

contributed to ensure the overall National

three-year target was achieved.


The final two terms was the most successful

term of Sport Unlimited with over 5737

retained in activity, which has resulted in

the overall retain target of 9391 across the

nine terms of delivery. The commitment to

ensuring the sustainability of the programme

also continued throughout the spring term

and it is evident that many young people are

going on to join a club to participate further.

The National data from the spring round of

sustainability tracking research is positive with

412 young people tracked, revealing that

over half had joined a club to continue their

participation in activity.

Area Delivery Project Information

Cherwell DC Cherwell DC Get in 2 Get in 2 programme various different sports including Water Polo, Basketball Cricket, Dance, Gym Based fitness, Gaelic Football

Cherwell DC Cherwell DC Youth Activator

Street Sports Activity via the Multi Use Games Area and games such as Rock-it -ball, Dodgeball and Ultimate Frisbee

Countywide Oxfordshire Association for Young People

Giving Young People a Chance

An Angling based project working with hard to reach young people


Something for everyone

A mixture of street sports lead by the young people with a focus on Hard to Reach NEET, Disabled and Young Offenders.


Get up and Do it

A mixture of Street Dance, Boxing and Multi Sports aimed at young people in rural communities

Countywide Oxfordshire Cricket Development Groups

Girls and women hub club

Each local Cricket development group linking with schools , to help support the development of girls district cricket

Countywide RFU Get into Rugby

Come and try Rugby with a focus on girls as a target group

Oxford CC Cheney School Basketball Club

The formation of Cheney school basketball club for year 7 pupils

Oxford CC Cheney School City Triathlon Helping development of staff and the establishment of Triathlon competition in the city schools

Oxford CC Oxford City Council Street sport Linking with Positive Activities - A mixture of street sports including Street Hockey and Football

Oxford CC Oxford Cycle workshop Cherwell School GO Ride

A mixture of cycling disciplines from Cyclo-cross to Cycle pole

Oxford CC Thame and Oxford SSP Here we come

A primaries school programme using Netball and Gymnastics

South Oxfordshire DC ASA Free swimming

An intervention to help older pupils develop their water confidence and swimming skills

South Oxfordshire DC South Oxon SSP Get in to A mixture of sports over the school year including Golf, Canoeing, Tennis, Football, Basketball, Sailing, Athletics, Football, Dance, Cheerleading, Climbing and Judo

South Oxfordshire DC South Oxon DC Street Sports A mixture of street sports including Dodge ball, Boxercise, Street Dance

Vale of the White Horse DC Vale SSP Get in 2 Athletics

An athletics based intervention allowing young people to try the field disciplines

Vale of the White Horse DC Vale SSP Get into A taster programme using Gym based activities and primary school basketball

Vale of the White Horse DC Vale Of the White Horse DC Get in 2 A taster programme of sports linking to clubs

West Oxfordshire DC West Oxon DC Gym Fit A 16 plus intervention using gym based activities, mainly targeted at girls

West Oxfordshire DC West Oxon DC Base 33 An intervention using sport to engage disaffected young people

West Oxfordshire DC West Oxon DC Peer Football An intervention using football to engage disaffected young people helping develop there self esteem and leadership qualities

Projects that ran successfully in 2010/11 included:


DisabilityA wide range of mechanisms have been used

to increase participation rates in sport and

physical activity amongst disabled people in

Oxfordshire over the last 12 months. This work

has been led by the Disability and Inclusion

Sports Development Officer whose post

has been funded by Sport England, the PCT,

Learning Disability Trust, Oxford City Council

and the Partnership itself.

Highlights include:

• The county’s first Disability Sport Information

Fair held at Blackbird Leys Leisure Centre,

Oxford

• Working with clubs to develop disability and

inclusive sport sections for example Oxford

City Football Club, OXSRAD Boccia club

• Working with leisure providers to welcome

people with disabilities and develop sport

opportunities

• Launching the Oxfordshire Sports Directory

for people with a disability or impairment

which outlines sporting opportunities

throughout the county

• Awarding of London 2012 Inspire Mark

status for Boccia Revolution. 23 leaders were

trained to deliver Boccia throughout the

county

• Staging Typhoo Sport for All training helping

coaches to integrate disabled participants

into their coaching

• Delivery of Playground to Podium

programme in Oxfordshire. 32 talented

athletes from across the county took part

in the County Assessment Day where they

were directed on the correct pathway to

pursue their sport further

• Parallel Youth Games held in July with over

90 pupils with a range of disabilities take part

in Tag Rugby, Cricket, Boccia, Athletics, Table

Cricket and New Age Kurling

• Sports Development Day for young people

with Cerebral Palsy and Physical Disabilities

• Continued support of Oxfordshire Special

Olympics based at OXSRAD (but with

satellite venues throughout the county

• Support for Oxfordshire Learning Disability

Partnership through the Fighting Fit Group

promoting sporting opportunities to adults

with learning disabilities

National Governing Body (NGB) supportThe Partnership has a core contract with Sport

England to provide a support package for

National Governing Bodies of sport (NGBs).

Of the 46 Sport England funded National

Governing Bodies, the core team has had

engagement meetings and agreements with

32 National Governing Bodies.

The services delivered then fall into two

camps.

The first elements are provided via Partnership

services that are available to all partners

such as the In The Zone programme,

funding advice and information, networking

opportunities etc.

Secondly bespoke services are agreed to be

delivered for NGBs e.g Archery development

group established and identify new school

club links, sharing best practice and

encouraging new competition for new

archers.

BasketballOxfordshire Sports Partnership funds the

Oxfordshire Basketball Development Team,

via financial support from England Basketball,

who are based and hosted by Oxford Brookes

University. A selection of achievements in this

year includes:

• In conjunction with Oxford HOOPS

Basketball Club, Oxford City Council’s Street

Sports team, GO Active and the Oxfordshire

Sports Partnership, £4000 of Sportivate

funding was secured to run a 12-week ‘Street

3 vs. 3’ tournament at 4 Multi-Use Games

Areas (MUGAs) across Oxford. 92 different

players (aged 14-25) participated, all of

whom are in the process of being affiliated

to England Basketball, and have been

directed towards existing exit routes

• Closely working with GO Active to run

Corporate League basketball at Westminster

Sports Centre for beginners/back to

basketball players aged 18+ (Maj. 25-30).

Four teams entered this season

• Successfully running the 5th successive

Junior Central Venue League for U14 and

U16s across Oxfordshire. This included first

junior female team (U15)

• Completed a full audit of all the qualified

coaches in Oxfordshire, which will be used

to look at how and where we can develop

opportunities by managing our coaching

resources

• Schools Basketball Association re-invigorated

with new coordinator – increased

participation in the Schools leagues,

particularly at U16 and U19 levels

• A new Oxfordshire Basketball Association

website also went live, as part of a plan to

promote Oxfordshire Basketball. This was

well received by relevant groups, and will

continue to grow

Inspire MarksOxfordshire Sports Partnership has three

projects that have been granted the London

2012 Inspire Mark, the badge of the London

2012 Inspire programme which recognises

exceptional and innovative projects inspired

by the 2012 Games. These include the

outstanding projects, Leadership Champions

and Boccia Revolution.

Leadership Champions is a new programme

to give young people aged 16-19, the

skills and confidence they need to make a

significant and sustained difference in their

community. Building on the successful Step

into Sport programme that ran in schools,

Leadership Champions targets those already

involved in community sport that would

benefit from additional development

opportunities to further their voluntary

involvement.

Over the year the young people are offered

a range of workshops and mentoring

opportunities to develop their skills,

knowledge and confidence culminating in

the young people undertaking a community

volunteering project of their choice.


Lord Seb Coe, Chair, London Organising

Committee of the Olympic Games and

Paralympic Games said:

“Leadership Champions is encouraging young

people to fulfil their potential. I am proud that

with the help of partners such as Oxfordshire

Sports Partnership we are delivering on our

vision to use the power of the Olympic Games

and Paralympic Games to boost participation in

Leadership and Volunteering.”

Boccia Revolution is a countywide project

to educate, inspire, increase participation,

awareness and training in the Paralympic

sport of Boccia.

The project aims to develop new Boccia

clubs and provide a pathway for participants

at a grassroots level as well as the ability

to progress to National and International

representation leading ultimately to

Paralympic selection.

Boccia Leaders Courses are being delivered

to train volunteers to run Boccia activities

including 12 fun taster sessions in schools,

day services and homes for older people

to introduce and signpost them to Boccia

opportunities. A Disability and Inclusive

Sports Information Fair on 6th November

2010 promoted the sporting opportunities

available for people with a disability within

Oxfordshire, ensuring that participants learnt

about Boccia, and were inspired to play

further and participate regularly.

With the development of regular clubs the

project enables new friendships to be forged

as well as encouraging respect for other

players, rules and differences in ability.

For more information on both projects go to

www.oxfordshiresport.org/inspireprojects.

The Oxfordshire Youth Games is a year-long

programme of competition and coaching

that culminates in a celebration of Oxfordshire

sport. It is open to children and young people

of all abilities, from schools and districts across

the County.

The Oxfordshire Youth Games Finals Day is a

high profile, very successful and established

event in the County Calendar designed to

encourage children and young people to

become involved in sport and a healthy life

style, whether as participants, coaches or

sports leaders. The 2010 Finals Day took place

on Sunday 27th June at the Oxford University

Sports Complex and Netball and Basketball

taking place at St Gregory’s School Oxford.

The benefits are increased participation for

children at the margins of sport, creating

more players, positive lifestyle habits and

more coaches and sports leaders into clubs.

The 2010 Oxfordshire Youth Games was

funded and organised by partners involved

in the organisation of the Oxfordshire Youth

Games including Competition Managers,

Sports Clubs, Local Authorities, School Sport

Partnerships, Sports National Governing

Bodies and the Core Team of the

Oxfordshire Sports Partnership. The

County Council via their ‘Chill Out Fund’

generously contributed to enable

the finals day to go ahead.

The Finals Day, now in its fifth year, attracted

around 1,000 players and supporters and

was a great place to witness the sports

development and talent of our children

and young people in Oxfordshire.

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5. Excel What we must excel at to increase participation

Safeguarding StandardOxfordshire Sports Partnership successfully

achieved the NSPCC’s Advanced Level

Safeguarding Standard.

The Gold Medal was awarded this year

following the successful outcome given by

the Child Protection in Sport Unit (CPSU)

judging panel, whose job it is to read through

and assess each County Sports Partnership’s

safeguarding portfolio submissions against

strict evidence criteria.

Fresh new content, including the updated

Safeguarding Policy, is now available on the

safeguarding pages of the Oxfordshiresport

website. Here you will find safeguarding

leaflets for children, parents and carers, clubs

coaches and volunteers along with other

resources that can be downloaded for free, as

well as useful links to other websites.

Please visit www.oxfordshiresport.org/

safeguarding to access this safeguarding

information which is available to all. The

safeguarding resources are also available on

the Partner Portal for members.

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Oxfordshire Sports Awards 2010- Raising the profile of sport within OxfordshireIn a glamorous awards ceremony at the

Kassam Stadium on Friday 26th November,

the sporting elite of Oxfordshire came

together to reveal the winners of the

Oxfordshire Sports Awards 2010.

The awards are an annual event organised

by the Oxfordshire Sports Partnership Core

Team to celebrate and recognise the sporting

commitment and achievements of sporting

men, women, juniors, clubs, teams and

individuals.

BBC Oxford’s Jerome Sale, Brennan Nicholls

and Jo Thoenes had the pleasure of

announcing the winners. Out of the Blue,

an A Capella Group from Oxford University

opened up the awards ceremony, and further

entertainment was provided by Unleashed, a

team of talented dancers from Step 2 Dance, a

large West Oxfordshire based Dance school.

We’d like to say a massive thanks to our

sponsors; to BBC Oxford and Oxford Mail

who were our Official Broadcast and Media

partners; to everyone who nominated, those

who were nominated, the finalists and the

winners themselves, without whom the sports

awards would not be the success it is today!

And the winners were:

• Active Inspiration Award, sponsored by

GO Active

Janette Cardy – GO Active Instructor

• Club of the Year, sponsored by Oxford

City Council

Horspath Cricket Club

• Coach of the Year, sponsored by

Gladstone Health & Lifestyle

Chris Wilder (Oxford United)

• Junior Sports Team of the Year,

sponsored by BRITA

Oxford School of Gymnastics

• Sports Team of the Year, sponsored by

BRITA

Oxford United Football Club

• Junior Unsung Hero of the Year,

sponsored by Sport Unlimited

Ethan Peel (Cricket & Rugby)

• Unsung Hero of the Year

Ann Setch (Boxing)

• Junior Sportsperson of the Year,

sponsored by Fusion Lifestyle

John Paul (Cycling)

• Disabled Sportsperson of the Year,

sponsored by Nexus Community

Andrew Gardiner (Disability Target Shooting)

• Sportswoman of the Year, sponsored by

Oxfordshire RFU

Deta Hedman (Darts)

• Sportsman of the Year, sponsored by

Ability Matters

Josh McEachran (Football)

Oxfordshire Physical Activity PlanIn April 2010 a new Oxfordshire Physical

Activity Group was established to lead the

development of a Physical Activity Plan for

the county. After an initial task and finish

group met to develop the Sep 2010 – Sep

2011 plan, a Steering Group was established

to co-ordinate the plan’s implementation and

review it’s impact. Key objectives within the

plan are:

• Maximise participation in community

settings by increasing number of activities,

improving access and making better use of

existing provision

• Support and develop the Physical Activity

workforce

• Increase participation in sport, active

recreation and play among inactive young

people aged 0-5 years

• Secure sufficient funding to sustain existing

projects and develop new ones to enable us

to meet our destinations

• Develop and promote consistent messages

about physical activity, linked to national

campaigns

• Contribute to effective partnership working

and effective delivery structures

VolunteeringNorth Oxfordshire’s Blessed George Napier

school topped the national ranking for hours

logged on the new Step into Sport Volunteer

Passport.

The Leadership Champions programme

launched to support 16-19 year olds develop

their wider skills and encourage volunteering.

Leadership Champions was designed to

support NGB programmes and workshops

were integrated into the RFU Involved Camp.

Minimum standards checklist created for

clubs to identify area for improvement in

volunteer management and direct them to

support.

Series of volunteer management workshops

delivered to clubs in the Oxfordshire Athletics

Network with excellent feedback.

23 certificates issued for community

volunteering including 2 gold (200 hours)

totalling over 1150 hours of verified

community volunteering.

New pathways for over 16 volunteering

developed with ‘Do Sport A Favour’ enabling

volunteers to offer their specific skills

and experience to community sport and

‘Oxfordshire Event Volunteers’ supporting the

recruitment of volunteers for events.

Coaching- developing an effective workforce.Coaching System Support Network

(CSSN) Background

The Coaching System Support Network or

Coaching Oxfordshire as it is known employs

an integrated and multi agency approach to

the development of coaches and coaching

across Oxfordshire. It also acts as a coaching

information hub and a signposting tool for the

county, seeking out and providing solutions

to local coaching problems.

Steering Group

Coaching Oxfordshire is managed by the

Coaching Development Officer along with

direction and guidance from a Steering

Group made up from volunteers and officers

recruited from within the NGB’s, HE/ FE,

Local Authorities, School Sports Partnerships,

Leisure Providers and other coach employers.


Gap Analysis/ Coaching StrategyIn order to develop an effective CSSN, it was

necessary first of all to conduct a gap analysis to

understand what the “local coaching” landscape

looked like (strengths and weaknesses), in

direct relation to the UK Coaching Framework.

A robust analysis and research was conducted

with our partners between April – August

2010. The resulting qualitative and quantitative

data was collated into a 100 page document

which was used to inform the writing of the

Oxfordshire Coaching Strategy.

Coach Survey “What coaches want”What we learned from the results was that

the Oxfordshire Sports Partnership plays an

important role in the career of all coaches.

Coaches want us to provide more coach

education courses and also to help them find

funding to sustain their coach development.

To this latter end £10,600 was accessed from

South East Coaching Bursary for Level 2

Coaches:-Cricket, Cycling, Netball, Football,

Gymnastics and Rugby.

Coaching ConferenceDelegates from wide ranging sports including

synchronised swimming, rugby, rowing,

badminton, tennis, hockey, netball, table tennis,

golf, basketball, squash and athletics attended

Oxfordshire’s 1st Coaching Conference on

Sunday 13th June. All were in agreement that it

was a great “substitute” for the World Cup!

Some quotes from the delegates -

“Very interesting, fun, energetic day. I feel inspired

to take up some of today’s ideas into my next

training session.”

“Really interesting and thoughtful – different and

a welcome change from NGB qualifications.”

“Great content and great networking

opportunities.”

“I thoroughly enjoyed the workshops - gave me

lots of ideas to take back to my club and fellow

coaches. It reminded me that there are different

ways of doing things other than the traditional

way.”

Phil Hassell Coaching Chair, Badminton

Oxfordshire said,

“I will be emailing my badminton coaches to tell

them they missed a trick.”

Andy Taylor, Golf Professional Kidlington GC

commented,

“It was good to take time and speak to the

presenters afterwards.”

CommunicationsThe Partnership developed a new

communications plan within 2010/11 and

developments that came from this included:

Re-brand: Oxfordshire Sports Partnership Partner Portal www.oxfordshiresport.org/partnerportal

The Oxfordshire Sports Partnership Extranet

website was a member-only website open (via

approval) to all organisations and individuals

involved with and/or working within the sport

and physical activity sectors in Oxfordshire.

During 2010-2011 the Oxfordshire Sports

Partnership Extranet website was re-branded

as the Oxfordshire Sports Partnership

Partner Portal. This was to reflect the main

purpose of the website which is to provide

a portal accessible to selected partners and

stakeholders which offers an opportunity to

share information, download resources and

exchange best practice.

The re-brand was successful and membership

was increased from 60 to 100 partners. The

Portal is also used to send out monthly

eBulletins to our partners highlighting new

developments in the sporting landscape and

news of local projects and initiatives that are

relevant to partners.

The Portal is an excellent resource for partners

to share best practice, upload meeting

minutes, and download marketing materials

and other documents for which access is

required by a multitude of people. A collection

of useful resources are also available which

include:

• Oxfordshire Club Database

• Coaching

• In the Zone calendar and progress reports

• Partnership Calendar

• Strategic Framework

• Survey results

• Sportivate documents and application forms

Coaching ENews

The first quarterly “Coaching Matters” went

to print October 2010, packed with coaching

hints and tips, articles from coaches and coach

educators, as well as information about funding

opportunities, forthcoming courses and

workshops.

eBulletinThe eBulletin is a monthly newsletter that is

emailed to members of The Partner Portal

to keep them informed about all the latest

updates, deadlines and key information from

the Core Team to support their work.

It is a stakeholder focused communications

tool that provides regular national, regional and

local highlights about fresh developments in

the sporting landscape. It also supplies news

of local projects and initiatives that are relevant

to those working in sport and physical activity

sectors.

The monthly eBulletin helps to prevent email

overload for partners by reducing the need to

send numerous emails throughout the month.

It promotes Partnership working by enabling

the sharing of best practice and resources.


Having excellent Networks and structures for partners Following the successful inaugural Partnership

Forum in March 2010 which provided an

opportunity for all stakeholders to contribute

and shape the Partnerships structures and

networks the Partnership developed the

Physical Activity and Sports Groups as the main

planning, consultation and implementation

groups.

In April 2010 a new Oxfordshire Physical

Activity Group was established to lead the

development of a Physical Activity Plan for the

county. After an initial task and finish group

met to develop the Sep 2010 – Sep 2011

plan, a Steering Group was established to co-

ordinate the plan’s implementation and review.

The Partnership’s Sport Group which is

open to all of our NGB’s, Local Authorities,

Leisure Providers and Education partners met

frequently during 2010/11. The Sport Group’s

purpose is to provide support for agreed

development areas (Coaching, Volunteers, and

Development Groups); networking to share

good practice, enhancing partnership working

and influencing the future sports development

priorities of the Partnership.

The structure aims to reduce the fragmentation

that traditionally exists within sporting and

physical activity structures within English

Counties. Such a structure is far more

efficient not least with all partners suffering

capacity cuts and the need to work cross

organisationally to tackle inactivity.

Board and Board sub groups

Physical Activity Group

4 times a year

active recreation and Living

go activeLeast active

health inequalitiesni8

national initiativessocial marketing

csn support

PartnershipForums

2 times a year

sport, active recreation, living

sharing best practice

communicationconsultationnetworking

Personal development

Sport Group

4 times a year

sport-organised

ngB sportcoachclub

Facilitiesyouth sport-3/5hr

Local develop groups support

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6. Learning Partnership Learning and development

In the Zone is Oxfordshire’s Education

for Sport and Physical Activity directory;

developing skills, knowledge and confidence.

Key to the programmes success is that

partners work collaboratively sharing

responsibility for running the sessions and

recruiting participants, thereby sharing the

work load and success.

In the 2010/2011 programme In the Zone

provided over 600 development opportunities

for clubs, coaches and volunteers all over

Oxfordshire.

A total of 41 workshops were run ranging

from minimum standards workshops such

as Safeguarding and Protecting Children and

First Aid to more specialised workshops like

Analysing your Coaching, Typhoo Sports for

All: Disability Inclusion and the very popular

Sports Nutrition.

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EDUCATION FOR SPORTAND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY


Attendance Breakdown on all courses:

Attendances Male Female Total 16-25 Ethnicity Disability

Cherwell 81 40 121 25 3 0

City 58 46 104 17 5 1

South 60 35 95 35 1 1

Vale 42 42 84 8 0 0

West 71 66 137 29 1 1

Other 51 18 69 18 1 1

Total 363 247 610 132 11 4

% 60 40 100 21 1.8 0.6

Coach and club databaseWe currently have 1525 coaches on our

coach database which is made up of all the

attendants on workshops over the last few

years.

The club database is currently made up of 721

clubs from 43 different sports.

A major refresh of this data was undertaken

in late 2010 and now the data is refreshed

monthly and is determined by when the clubs

reaffiliate to their National Governing Body.

FundingFuture Jobs FundOxfordshire Sports Partnership, working in

partnership with Fusion successfully submitted

a bid to The National Skills Academy for Sport

and Leisure Apprentices. The fund was aimed

at 18-24 year olds who have been claiming

Jobseekers Allowance for nearly a year.

Fusion received the equivalent of a 6-month

job at minimum wage (£3100-3600 dependent

on age). An additional amount was available for

training the candidates.

Other funding information• Throughout the year advice and support

was given by the Core Team that led to

community clubs and partners securing

around £73,000 of external funding.

• This year also saw the total of funding secured

for Local Authorities since 2006 exceeding £1

million.

• Oxfordshire allocated £420,280 over 4 years for

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77. ResourcesSufficient resources to support partners

Website ResourcesThe Oxfordshire Sports Partnership website

has developed a resources section

www.oxfordshiresport.org/resources

where you can download a variety of useful

templates and information guides on:

• Club Management

• Volunteer Management

• Safeguarding, Equity and Health & Safety

• Coaching

• Funding

• Promoting Sport and Physical Activity

The Volunteer Management section includes

a range of new templates to help clubs

develop their practice and policies to aid the

recruitment and management of volunteers.

The Promoting Sport and Physical Activity

section provides links to a range of free image

galleries, ideal for creating eye catching leaflets

and posters, whilst in the Club Management

section you’ll find a constitution template and

role descriptions for a wide range of club roles.

Oxfordshire Be Inspired.. Oxfordshire’s 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Sports and Physical Activity LegacyThe Partnership led on the co-ordination

and collation of an Oxfordshire Framework

for maximising the benefits from the 2012

Olympics and Paralympics.

This involved a task and finish group with

representatives from the main partner sectors.

The work was funded by the District Council’s

within Oxfordshire and has led onto:

• Promotion and securing of Inspire Marks

within Oxfordshire

• Oxfordshire School Games support

• www.oxfordshiregameon.com

• Volunteer programmes

• Promotion of Olympic Open events

• Chairmanship of overall Oxfordshire 2012

network


The Partnership was also selected as the main

sector representation on the Oxfordshire 2012

Olympic Network group and our Chairman,

Mike Walker became the Groups new Chairman

within 2010.

The Partnership was successful in its Active

Women funding application to Sport England.

Active Women one of Sport England’s

themed funding rounds aims to tackle gaps

in participation amongst women from

disadvantaged communities and those with

children under 16. In Oxfordshire this will

be done by identifying barriers and putting

measures in place which will overcome them.

Sports which are part of the programme will

be modified versions rather than traditional

versions of the sports which participants may

have experienced in the past.

The following sports will be part of Active

Women in Oxfordshire

• Badminton

• Gymnastics

• Football

• Tennis

• Netball

• Athletics

As well as helping more women into sport, the

project will also help them to get into coaching

and volunteering. This will allow them to

become role models in their sport and inspire

many more women to get involved.

Website Google Analytics for www.oxfordshiresport.org

From the 1st April 2010 until the 31st March

2011, 14,775 people visited

www.oxfordshiresport.org. Over the year,

the total number of visits to the website was

26,306 and the number of pages viewed was

106,636. The average number of page views

per visit was 4.05 and people spent in the

region of 3 minutes and 37 seconds on the

website. The bounce rate was 38.42% and the

percentage of new visits was 53.33%.

Over the course of the year, the number of monthly visitors to www.oxfordshiresport.org shows

an upward trend from 1051 visitors in April 2010 to 1721 in March 2011, an increase of 670 from

April 2010.

88. Financial Summary2010 11 Accounts

Income

Core Team salaries/ services Sport England Capacity funding for core team -302000

Other project funding -61590

Funding for Disability Post -35000

Total salaries/services -398590

OSP Project Delivery Sports Awards -9699

In the Zone -11000

Disability -5000

Coaching Conference -1000

Other -15000

Total project delivery income -41699

Programme delivery GO Active partner delivery -292000

Active Women LAA funding -90000

Sport Unlimited delivery -156000

Youth Games delivery -10000

Basketball Officer -30000

Other -12000

Total programme income -590000

Other Local Authorities -9000

Total Other -9000

TOTAL INCOME -1039289

Expenditure

Salaries Total salaries/services 390320

Project Delivery Total Project delivery 46010

Programme Delivery Total Programme delivery 514000

TOTAL EXPENDITURE 950330

FORECAST BALANCE( - surplus) -88959



99. Case Studies

This years Stakeholder survey resulted in the

following headlines…

• 85.3% of respondents are very satisfied

or satisfied with the Oxfordshire Sports

Partnership

• 88.2% of respondents are very satisfied or

satisfied with the Core Team of the Oxfordshire

Sports Partnership.

When asked about how respondents view the

Oxfordshire Sports Partnership 38.3% answered

a partnership of partners and stakeholders.

However 19.1% see the Oxfordshire Sports

Partnership as the Core Team based at Bury

Knowle and 42.6% see the Partnership as both.

This highlights that more work needs to be

done to underline the benefits of partnership

working and that all the stakeholders are part of

the Oxfordshire Sports Partnership.

In relation to contact with Oxfordshire Sports

Partnership the following % answered very satisfied or satisfied:

• Providing a lead role for sport and physical

activity in Oxfordshire 82.5%

• Developing partnerships within Oxfordshire 80%

• Adding value to the services that you provide

75%

In relation to contact with the Core Team of the

Oxfordshire Sports Partnership the following %

answered very satisfied or satisfied:

• Level of support provided 85%

• Professionalism and helpfulness of staff 92.5%

• Accessibility of staff to assist with requests and

queries 90%

• Quality of support and advice given 82.5%

In relation to the communication tools used by

the Core Team the following % answered very satisfied or satisfied:• Website 91.2%

• Email 94.1%

• ENews, Partner e-bulletin, Coaching Matters

85.3%

• 72.5% rated their understanding and

knowledge of the role of the Oxfordshire

Sports Partnership as very good or good

We received 47 responses from the 119

stakeholders contacted, a response rate of

almost 40%.

Thank you to all those who took the time to

complete the survey. Further results are available

on the Partner Portal.

GO Active evaluationGO Active (Get Oxfordshire Active) was designed

to raise participation levels in sport and active

recreation across Oxfordshire. It was established

in autumn 2009 with £635,490 of investment

from the Community Investment Fund of the

National Lottery, £255,000 from the Oxfordshire

NHS (Primary Care Trust) and other funding from

local partners. Initial funding was for a three year

period up to autumn 2011. GO Active aims to

improve health and well-being by increasing

participation in sport and active recreation

through an improved range of opportunities,

signposting and information.

GO Active EvaluationThe rationale for the evaluation of the GO Active

Programme was to:

• Assess if the Programme has made a difference

to increasing participation levels in the short

and longer terms

• Provide evidence of health benefits

• Seek the views of participants and stakeholders

on aspects that they liked and areas for

improvement.

The evaluation study involved: desk research,

a participant questionnaire (completed by

454 participants), 17 focus groups (attended

by 159 people), a countywide Nordic Walking

focus group (attended by 45 people) and a

stakeholder questionnaire (completed by 45

people involved in GO Active).

Desk Research• 10,973 participants involved with GO Active –

equivalent to 2.1% of the adult population

• 381 coaches, instructors and volunteer leaders

involved in the delivery of GO Active.

Participant Survey• 454 respondents

• 81.9% female and 18.1% male

• Youngest 12 (born in 1998) and oldest 89 (born

in 1921) with a good distribution across age

range

• 98.4% (377) were ‘White’; 1.0% were Asian /

Asian British, and 0.4% was ‘Black / Black British’

• 65.5% existing and 34.5% new participants

• 22.7% have a long term illness

Most participants found out about GO Active

by: Local Leisure Centres; staff; word of mouth

/informal social networking. ‘Other’ methods

included signs / leaflets / posters on Village Hall

Notice Boards; local shop windows etc.

Oxfordshire Sports Partnership Stakeholder Survey Results


GO ACTIVE EVALUATION EXECUTIVE SUMMARYImpactThe following diagram shows a comparison of the reported activity levels of existing users – before their

involvement with GO Active and in the previous seven days.

It is evident that GO Active has had a positive

effect on physical activity levels. Overall, the

percentage of existing users undertaking 30

minutes physical activity on three or more

days per week has increased from 39.4% to

58.5%. This is far greater than the average adult

population of Oxfordshire (25.9%), which

is indicated by the latest Active People Survey.

Analysis of the data also revealed large

reductions by those who undertook no physical

activity (down from 19.5% to 8.2%) and those

who previously undertook just one 30 minute

session per week (down from 23.4% to 13.3%).

When asked if “has your involvement in the GO

Active programme encouraged you to do more

physical activity on a regular basis?” 83.5% of

existing users said yes.

Satisfaction LevelsAn overall 96.8% satisfaction rate is very

impressive.

The top five motivations for taking part in

GO Active matched the top five benefits that

respondents said that they had got from taking

part in GO Active:

• Improving health

• Making them feel better

• Trying something new

• Doing an activity with friends/ family

• Making new friends.

SummaryIn summary the evaluation showed that

GO Active has been successful in increasing

participation in sport and physical activity

in Oxfordshire, and at the point when the

evaluation was carried out, the project was in

a growth phase. The evaluation found that GO

Active:

• Had engaged 10,973 individuals (as at end

2010)

• Encouraged 84% of respondents to do more

physical activity

• Achieved a 97% satisfaction rate among

participants

• Influenced participants to make lifestyle

changes

• Facilitated improvements to participants health

(as perceived by participants)

• Satisfied stakeholders (91% view GO Active as

good or very good)

Hinksey Sculling School - Sculling and Rowing in the CommunityPartners Involved • Hinksey Sculling School

• Regional Secondary Schools

• Support received from

• Oxford City Council Sports Development Team

• Oxfordshire Sports Partnership Core Team

• Amateur Rowing Association (now British

Rowing)

Success Factors• Good planning

• Evidence of need

• Met eligibility criteria

• Value for money

• Good track record of delivery

• Built strong links with local schools


What was the project?The Hinksey Sculling School (HSS) required

funding to purchase a portable floating

pontoon which would enable athletes and

coaches to operate in a safe environment

and allow the school to provide training

opportunities all year round.

Aims of the ProjectThe primary goal of the project is to take the

sport to state schools in the less privileged

areas of east and south Oxford. HSS built links

with Secondary Schools throughout the region,

some from the most deprived wards in the City

of Oxford itself.

To achieve their goals HSS needed to increase

the capacity as the current conditions on the

water made it difficult to cope with the existing

demand for sculling and rowing. There is a

waiting list to join the school but HSS were keen

to open their doors to a wider audience.

HSS provides opportunities for young people

with physical disabilities by working with Oxford

Adaptive Rowing and making equipment

available to them. The school also attracts as

many girls as boys - recently girls outnumbered

boys for the first time.

Successful Funding BidsHSS were focused in their search for funding

and were fortunate to receive £15,000 from 2

Trust funds: The Garfield Weston Foundation

and the Cloth Workers Foundation. They also

received £10,000 from the Sport England Small

Grants Programme.

John Broadhurst of HSS said the process for

Sport England’s Small Grant Programme was

simple and easy to follow. As with all funding

applications he recommends you read the small

print and answer all the questions asked of you.

Desired OutputsHSS has just received their Sport England

cheque but have a clear idea of how the new

pontoon will affect the school. HSS currently

have 125 junior members and want to develop

their activities so that they are able to recruit 40-

50 athletes a year, from eight or more schools,

building a club of some 400 athletes in total. The

future for HSS is exciting!

Testimonial Quote from one parent. “The benefit that my

daughter received from being a member of HSS

was amazing. She became much more confident

and self disciplined. In a few short months after

being introduced to sculling and starting her

training her schoolwork began to show a marked

improvement. I believe this was not a coincidence.

She then went on to get excellent GCSE results

followed by three grade A’s at A Level whilst

continuing to row up to five times a week.”

Lessons LearnedIf applying for capital items they must be

portable to be eligible for Small Grants pot

Application process was not difficult.

Do answer all the questions.

Do read the small print and then read it again!

Oxfordshire Disability Sports Information FairOver 100 people attended the first Oxfordshire

Disability Sports Information Fair that took place

on Saturday 6th November 2010 at Blackbird

Leys Leisure Centre, Oxford.

Oxfordshire Sports Partnership ran the event

with support by Oxford City Council and

Fusion Lifestyle to share knowledge of the

opportunities available in Oxfordshire as well as

to act as a tool for individuals and organisations

to discuss current and future developments.

The event aimed to support:• Adults and Young people with a disability

wanting to find out more about the

opportunities available.

• Parents and Carers wanting to encourage and

support someone to take part in sports activity.

• Professionals who work with disabled people

or community activities to find out the

opportunities available in disability sport.

• The launch, promotion and distribution of the

New “Oxfordshire Sports Directory for people

with a disability or impairment”

There was a variety of different activities

happening on the morning including sport

tasters run by Oxfordshire clubs including:

Summertown Stars Visually Impaired Football,

Oxford Eagles Wheelchair Basketball, England

Athletics, Rebound Therapy run by Styleacre,

Oxford Adapted Rowing and OXSRAD Boccia

Club.

Many clubs, charities and organisation ran

stands to demonstrate the activities and services

they offer, these included Oxford City Casuals

Football, Oxford Swans Swimming Club, Fusion

and Nexus Leisure Trusts, OXSRAD Leisure

Centre Vale School Sports Partnership, KEEN,

The Ridgeway Partnership, Oxfordshire Play

Association and Positive activities.

Lucy Tappin, Disability and Inclusive Sports

Officer said

“We were really excited to have such good

attendance at this event, it has really helped to

promote what is on offer, show the great work

sports clubs, associations and charities do in

Oxfordshire and also to find out where there are

gaps in provision that we need to tackle.”

Frances Gittens a Community Support Worker

with the Ridgeway Partnership who attended

the day and wrote:

“I was pleased to be able to attend the Disability

Sports Information Fair, accompanied by two

service users who had participated in our ‘Keeping

on your Feet’ group. My knowledge of sporting

activities has been greatly enhanced by my

attendance at the Fair. All- in -all, attending the

Disability Sports Information Day has been of

benefit to me but more importantly will give our

service users opportunities to participate further

in sporting activities.”


In the Zone: Wallingford RFC and Oxfordshire Sports PartnershipBy John Peel, Club Coach Coordinator, Wallingford RFC

Wallingford RFC takes its health and safety

responsibilities very seriously. The club has a

number of trained medical practitioners on

its committee and among its players’ parents.

Over the years we have endeavoured to ensure

that each age group had at least one person

with first aid training available at all games and

practice sessions.

However, many of the generic courses attended

by our volunteers did not deal specifically with

the common types of injury seen in rugby and

as a consequence even trained volunteers

sometimes felt unconfident when presented

with an injury beyond a simple bump or bruise.

As Club Coach Coordinator I contacted the

Oxfordshire Sports Partnership and asked if they

could lay on a rugby-specific first aid course at

the club. I asked for three volunteers from each

age group with a first, second and third choice

in case individuals weren’t able to attend at

short notice.

The course was limited to 16 attendees and I got

well over 30 expressions of interest. I allocated

places on the course to ensure as many age

groups as possible were covered and in the end

we had attendees from each age group bar one

(that age group has two GPs and a paramedic

among their parents).

The club funded the course from the coaching

budget and the cost seems particularly good

value for money given that we now have 16

newly qualified First Aiders who have practical

knowledge of how to deal with the most

common injury types found in rugby.

The feedback from attendees has been

excellent. Many of the volunteers remarked how

much more relevant the content was compared

with generic first aid training and there were

several comments from attendees about how

they now felt more confident in dealing with

things like suspected concussion, breaks and

dislocations.

Ultimately of course injuries like these will be

referred to medical professionals but our

newly trained team of First Aiders can

help to make sure that the first few

minutes after a player has sustained

an injury are as safe and comfortable

as possible for the injured player.

EDUCATION FOR SPORTAND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY


Sport Unlimited Cherwell District Council Youth Activators and Banbury MosqueFiaz Ahmed, Youth Leader, Park Road Mosque

How We Got InvolvedAfter working alongside a local Youth Club, a link

was made with Youth Leader, Fiaz Ahmed who

also works on a community multicultural play

project. Within the Youth Club, The Activators ran

a set block of sessions once a week for a period

of ten weeks. It was then bought to the attention

of Fiaz that the young people who attended the

Banbury Mosque did not have the opportunities

or access to participate in such sessions in their

local areas.

Providing OpportunityIt was agreed that the Activators would deliver

a similar block of sessions, split into two 5 week

blocks. The Activators visited the mosque to

establish which types of sports and activities the

young people would like to participate in.

The young people of the Mosque attended daily,

learning more about their cultural and religious

values. It was agreed The Activators would

support the young people by offering one hour

sessions every Monday alongside their daily

practices. The Activators met the young people

at the Mosque, and walked down to a nearby

situated park with a multi-use games area to

allow the opportunity to take part in structured

sport and activity with equipment provided by

The Activators themselves.

The SessionsIn order to abide by cultural policies, sessions had

to be adapted by separating the boys and girls

into separate groups. The sessions switched to

ensure all participants had the benefits of playing

in both areas, and participating in different

activities.

Within the sessions the use of non traditional or

alternative sports were used to cater for those of

all ability levels, and to introduce a range of new

sports to young people. Games such as Rock-It

Ball, Dodgeball, and Ultimate Frisbee are proving

to be increasingly popular amongst young

people, and encourage those of all abilities to

try something new with the hope of increasing

confidence and self esteem.

Looking ForwardAfter the ten week period of sessions, it is of

hope that the young people of the mosque

community will continue to use the park for

recreational use, with the confidence and added

knowledge of new games and activity ideas

given by the Activators. Alongside this, the young

people will be signposted and encouraged to

get involved in local sports clubs, and groups.

Social inclusion is one of the main barriers that

the Activators look to tackle, with the optimism

that after completing a period of sessions, young

people will confidently feel valued within their

communities and feel free to express themselves

through the use of sport and activity.

Feedback “It has been an amazing project with Nick and

Lydia coming to the Mosque for the sessions with

the children. At first it was a bit difficult because I

don’t think play has been introduced to the children

during the sessions ever before at the Mosque.

I can recall being there in one of the sessions playing

circle games. One child in particular was very shy

and quiet- he hardly ever spoke out, on this occasion

Nick and Lydia got this child up and playing and

joining in, this is a huge success.

The children’s behaviour has also improved

as the children know that they must be

on best behaviour in order to continue

and enjoy the play activities.”


Sport Unlimited: Giving Young People A Chance - The Angling Project Organisations Involved • Oxfordshire Sports Partnership

• Oxfordshire Association for Young People (OAYP)

• The Oxford Academy

• Meadowbrook College

• Northfield School

What is the Angling Project? The Angling Project works with vulnerable young

people to engage them in new and innovative

ways. The project is uniquely placed to provide a

quiet and reflective space for young people who

may never have access to that kind of therapeutic

environment and find it hugely beneficial in

managing stress and challenges in their lives. By

working in this environment, both alone and in a

larger group, young people are able to develop

a range of new skills. As well as the specific tasks

around fishing, young people work on team

building, communication and leadership skills.

OAYP undertook the project to work with young

people who have been identified as at risk of

becoming NEET (Not in Education, Employment

or Training), or with special social and educational

needs. The success of the project is reflected in

the testimonials and young person’s story below.

Young Person’s Story Before *Rob began fishing, he usually isolated

himself from the rest of the group, particularly

in the classroom. He refused to sit with anyone,

answer questions, show anyone his work and

refused to follow instructions. He was also easily

intimidated by the other students.

Rob is now sitting with the others as a group,

working with them and answering teachers’

questions. He has developed the confidence

with angling to try and help the other students

with rods and equipment and he is beginning to

assert himself more.

Rob values the time he gets to fish. He particularly

enjoyed building a positive relationship with the

Angling Officer, a more positive relationship with

his teachers and also with the other students. He

also enjoys the quiet time he gets to reflect, the

natural isolation and camaraderie he can choose

to be a part of; and of course the challenge of

fishing itself.

* Rob is a name used to protect the identity of

the actual person.

Testimonials from the Schools Northfield School Pupil Referral Unit

“We are all really pleased with the project and all

the boys love it. Due to the success of the fishing we

are hoping to run an overnight camp and put some

of the fishing skills to the test. Some of the boys are

really keen to enter fishing competitions and it has

given them a new hobby outside of school.”

Meadowbrook College

“Our student’s exhibit extremely challenging

behaviours and the angling project has provided

an environment where our students not only

enjoy themselves, but can also manage and cope,

displaying none of the aforementioned behaviours.

The effect the activity has on our students, and the

way in which it allows them to not only learn new

skills, but to manage their own issues, cannot be

underestimated.”

The Oxford Academy

“The angling project has been very valuable to the

academy and the students have had a massive

experience in the outdoors including course fishing

and fly fishing. They have learned a lot about the

environment, fish and angling. Four students have

now bought there own equipment and license and

are looking to fish regularly.”

Sustainability

As with other Angling Projects that OAYP has

run in the past, this one funded by Sports

Unlimited has proved to be a huge success with

both the schools and the young people.

The schools involved have all agreed to help

fund future angling projects for our Angling

Officer and OAYP to support the young people

and allow them to continue developing further.

The benefits of the project have meant that

both OAYP and the schools can continue the

programme and target the most at need young

people, as well as allowing the existing young

people to continue with the angling.

Young People Testimonials“Lots of really good fun and I have learnt more from

fishing than I have in school.”

“My favourite part is catching really big fish!”

“I used to think fishing was really boring and for old

people. But now I have bought my own stuff.”

“I have really enjoyed the sessions and I have learnt

to work better with other people.”


1010. Board Member Profiles in 2010/11

Chairman: Mike WalkerMike Walker directs the Win Tennis Academies

throughout the UK & Europe. Mike has worked

very closely for many years with the LTA, Sport

England, the English Institute of Sport, the British

Olympic Association and the International

Tennis Federation. Former World Ranked Player,

Former LTA National Training Senior Manager,

trained more than 100 world ranked tennis

players, Television Commentator for Asian TV &

Sky Sports.

Vice Chairman: Ian PickfordPrevious career teaching PE and presently

Director of Mazars (5th largest firm of

accountants in UK) responsible for sales,

training, recruitment and product development.

Chairman of Oxford Cricket Club, the largest

cricket club in Oxfordshire.

Kevin RobinsonManaging partner of Robin Oxford International

wines. 12 years Chairman of Chinnor Rugby

Club, 2 years President of Oxfordshire RFU

and presently Chairman of Oxfordshire Rugby

Partnership. Level 3 Rugby coach and County

Welfare Manager.

Chris EllisDevelopment Manager for the Youth Sport

Trust (YST). Chris covers 3 Counties for YST.

Previously Chris worked in Local Authority

Sports Development.

Councillor Bill ServiceA keen ex rugby player, Bill is a County

Councillor as well as a District Councillor for

South Oxfordshire and Town Councillor. He

is also the portfolio holder for leisure at South

Oxfordshire District Council and the County

Council’s Olympic Champion.

Councillor Nicholas TurnerCouncillor Turner has lived in Banbury for over

40 years, educated at Cheltenham College.

Now runs the family farm and golf centre

on the outskirts of Banbury. Following in his

father’s footsteps on the County Council. Also

on Banbury Town and Cherwell District Council.

Played rugby for Oxfordshire & past Chairman of

the Banbury National Farmers’ Union.

Chris TysonPresently Head of Economy, Leisure and

Property at Vale of White Horse District Councils

and South Oxfordshire District Councils.

Colin TaylorManaging Director of Oxford City Football Club

following early retirement from senior financial

positions in the car manufacturing industry.

Colin has involvement in disability sport through

OXRADs.

Jon RoycroftDirector of Sport at Oxford University. Jon has

recently submitted a bid for Oxford University to

host an international Olympic team in 2012.

Kate KingKate replaced Paula Jackson and was the Health

Improvement Principal for Public Health at the

Primary Care Trust. Kate was the PCTs lead on

obesity within Oxfordshire.

Jessica CookJessica is Regional Manager for the English

Federation of Disability Sport. She is a keen

swimmer and has progressed to be an

international paralympian.

Claire FurlongClaire is presently Head of Communications at

UK Athletics and has previously been a journalist

as well as Head of Media for the English Institute

of Sport.

Ian BrookeIan is Head of Service City Leisure (Sport, leisure,

parks & open spaces) at Oxford City Council.

Paul JarvisPaul was the South East Region Development

Manager - Physical Activity for the Department

of Health.


1111. Oxfordshire Sports Partnership Strategic Framework


Part of the national network of county sport and Physical activity Partnerships 15Part of the national network of county sport and Physical activity Partnerships 25

Purpose: Bringing partners together to improve the health of everyone in Oxfordshire through

enjoyable sport and physical activity

and vision

“Everyone more active and achieving their potential in sport”

Destinations by 2012:

30,000 adults doing more sport and active recreation 12,000 more adults playing sport once a week60% Oxfordshire’s children taking part in 5 hours PE and sport per week12,000 adults no longer sedentary£2million of additional investment into OxfordshireReducing health inequalities

Destinations by 2020:

70,000 adults doing more sport and active recrea-tion by 202044,000 more adults playing sport once a weekOxfordshire’s children taking part in 5 hours PE and sport per week44,000 adults no longer sedentary£7million of additional investment into OxfordshireReducing health inequalities

Guiding principles to guide our work together• Being clear on purpose and roles• Having the capacity to influence and be influenced• Seeking win: win solutions• All views valued• Being open on concerns• Fit for purpose structures and system• Action and outcome oriented• Shared responsibility for performance

Outcomes• To increase and sustain participation in sport, active recreation and active living

• To widen access to sport, active recreation and ac-tive living and reduce inequalities

• To improve levels of performance in sport• Improve health and well being• Contribute to developing thriving communities

Strategic Priorities1. PARTICIPATION: Increasing participation and reducing

health inequalities by meeting needs2. EXCEL: What we must excel at to increase participation3. LEARNING: Development of skills and competencies4. RESOURCES: Sufficient resources

OXFORDSHIRE SPORTS PARTNERSHIP CORE TEAM

Bury Knowle House, Bury Knowle Park,

North Place, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9HY

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Oxfordshire Sports Partnership Annual Report 2010-11

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