Sport England in the North West is committed to assisting the local government sector to make the most of the improvement agenda. As part of this approach, a Seminar on Improving Quality Management was held at Wigan on 15 November 2006.
1....SEMINAR ON 15 NOVEMBER 2006
The key areas which were addressed were:
- The context for improvement
- Opportunities for establishing efficiency and benchmarking regimes
- The ‘Quest’ award – what it can do
- The Active People Survey – the diagnostic tool
- ISPAL – its goals and aspirations
Presentations were made by the Sport England, National Benchmarking Service, APSE, Quest and ISPAL. Click on the links below to download the presentations in .pdf format:
- The Improvement Agenda - Implications for the North West, Chris Hughes, Ribble Valley BC (secondee)
- Roger Pontefract presentation
- National Benchmarking Service - What is it?, Peter Taylor, Sheffield Hallam University
- APSE Performance Networks, Mark Bramah, APSE
- Quality Assurance of Leisure Facilities relating to CPA 'Accessibility' Indicator, Chris Dodd, Sport England
- QUEST, Kevin Lane, PMP
- The Active People Survey, Helen Bibby, Sport England
- ISPAL, Ian Kendall ILAM President
Here is the supporting information:
2....SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AREAS (‘SPAAs’) and LOCAL AREA AGREEMENTS
As we get increasing clarity about how the new SPAAs will be resourced, the expectation of funding represents a good opportunity for affected local authorities to negotiate sport related targets in their Local Area Agreements. A note on how to advocate for this is available here (pdf 38Kb)
A list of targets (not just for culture) is contained in Annex D of the ODPM guidance on LAAs, which can be found at http://www.odpm.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1161635
A national Sport England ‘Briefing Note’ on how targets relating to sport and physical activity can be included in LAAs can be found here (pdf 1,107Kb).
3....'SPORT PLAYING ITS PART’
The hyperlink to ‘Sport Playing its Part’, the advocacy document for sport as a whole, can be found at http://www.sportengland.org/index/news_and_media/news_gs/sport_playing_its_part.htm
4....‘TOWARDS AN EXCELLENT SERVICE’
Martyn Allison at the IDeA has prepared a TAES workbook for the whole of a cultural service, not just sport and active recreation. This can be found here (pdf 375Kb)
There are a range of resources available on the Sport England website to assist in the TAES process at http://www.sportengland.org/taes
5....AUDIT COMMISSION – ‘THE HARDER TEST’
Copies of ‘The Harder Test’ – the Audit Commission’s framework for CPA for single tier local authorities - can be found on the Audit Commission website at http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/Products/NATIONAL-REPORT/7F3A448D-E88D-4b67-B8A4-61EEF6C093FB/CPATheHarderTest14Oct05REP.pdf
For more information on any of the above, contact chris.dodd@sportengland.org
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