There are three key areas of work that CSPs focus on:

Pathways for young people
All CSPs will:

• Contribute to the delivery of PESSCL
  
• Develop the links between school, community and performance sport
  
• Ensure that school and community sport is driven by, and focused on, NGB plans

This will create a single system for community sport understood by all sporting partners and stakeholders.

Club development
All CSPs will:

• Support the development of high quality clubs
  
• Develop high quality school club links
  
• Work to increase club membership

This will lead to increased participation and retention - the first two elements of Sport England's mission to help more people start, stay and succeed in sport.

Workforce development
All CSPs will, through community sports networks, develop the people who support sport—teachers, coaches, officials, volunteers, and professional staff—by:

• Analysing sports’ needs
  
• Matching needs of individuals with sports’ needs
  
• Co-ordinating the strategy for recruitment and training of individuals
  

Putting in place systems that will value and support the workforce

This will create and effective and diverse workforce

Supporting the wider agenda
CSPs have the potential to contribute to a wider agenda by:

• Using sport as a social tool to improve the well-being of the individual and to support the community as a whole
  
• Helping other agencies meet their objectives and organisational goals as defined in the framework for sport
  
• Helping to link the shared priorities of central and local government on health, community safety and regeneration

To do this, CSPs will:

• Influence work in these sectors and networks
  
• Secure resources for sport
  
• Ensure the sports system is able to deliver appropriately to meet locally identified priorities through community sports networks
  
• Stretch ‘traditional sports operations through innovation and creativity to deliver social policy outcomes

This will be achieved by:

• Influencing Local Area Agreement and Local Public Sector Agreements
  
• Providing evidence of sport contributing to achieving wider socio-economic outcomes
  
• Working with Children’s Trusts/Services (Every Child Matters)
  
• Developing Physical Activity Plans and Physical Activity Strategies in collaboration with Primary Care Trusts (PCTs)

This will create a co-ordinated strategic approach at a sub-regional level helping us reduce costs and allowing for greater investment in sport.

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