Sport England funds national governing bodies to
deliver our three outcomes - grow, sustain and excel and provides
additional support to help them achieve this.
National governing bodies of sport (NGBs) are at the heart of
the strategy as it is their networks of community clubs, coaches
and volunteers that make sport happen.
We are investing £450 million through 46 governing bodies over the
next four years and have agreed grow, sustain
and excel targets with each one. Each sport has developed a
whole sport plan that explains how it
will use this money to achieve these targets.
Governing bodies will have greater autonomy over the four year
public investment entrusted to them; but, alongside this they will
also have greater responsibility for effective delivery against
Sport England’s key targets
Grow outcome targets and progress are measured annually
through the Active People survey.
Sustain outcomes for each
NGB
are measured by people’s
satisfaction with the elements of their sport that are important to
them. This is measured annually through the Quality of your Sporting Experience Survey
(SQSE)
Headline
results for each sport from the first satisfaction survey are
now available.
The excel outcome is based on the size and quality of the
‘talent pool’ for each sport and is different for each governing
body.
How were NGBs selected?
The main criteria were:
- An London 2012 Olympic or Paralympic sport, or
- Already designated as a development sport by Sport England,
or
- More than 75,000 people in England participating in that sport
(Active People)
Other recognised sports may also receive funding for specific
projects through our other funding streams such as themed rounds, small grants
scheme or the Innovation Fund.
We are also continuing to work with the Central Council of Physical
Recreation to support some smaller sports.
NGB
measurement
and understanding
The Relationship Manager Team reviews governing body progress
against targets every six months.
We look at how the interventions in the plans are going and how
they are doing with their outcome targets around Grow, Sustain and
Excel.
In addition we discuss their financial position with regard
to our investment, making sure they continue to run their
organisation effectively and discussing external factors that may
influence their ability to deliver.
This discussion also includes feedback on our support to
them including where additional support could be offered through
the centres of Excellence and other partners in the community sport
system like county sport partnerships and
national funded partners such as sports coach UK.