The South West Plan for Sport is about creating a vision for sport in the South West and how people can be given the best opportunity to start, stay and succeed in sport and activity. Our challenge is to create a 1% year on year increase in moderate activity levels, leading to 50% of the South West population being physically active by 2020.
Consultation
The production of the Regional Plan for Sport was a 10 month journey which culminated in the formal launch on 25 March 2004. During this period a large number of consultation events took place with over 1000 attendees. All strategic partners in the region we given the opportunity to engage with the process.
What does it say?
The regional plan has four strategic themes: Delivering Community sport, Embracing Active Living, Influencing Strategic Planning and Raising Sports Profile.
Our vision is simple, to get 50% of the SW population active by 2020, which equates to a change of 1% per year or 5,200 new people being moderately active every month between now and 2020.
Delivering Community Sport: providing quality, accessible opportunities for all people to take part in fun, enjoyable activity and be helped to reach their full potential through
- Multi-sport hub clubs
- Network of full-time sports coaches
- Creating a network of community co-ordinators
- Helping individuals develop
Encouraging Active Living: establishing active health lifestyle habits which are fun, enjoyable, fulfilling and beneficial through
- Creating active workplaces
- Exploring alternative school days
- Supporting active travel opportunities
- Utilising the natural environment for family focused activity
Influencing Strategic Planning: integration of sport and active recreation with other strategic providers and issues through
- Increasing investment through planning contributions in the south west
- Influencing strategic measures of performance (CPA’s, Star ratings, LPSA’s)
- Supporting the development of integration of regional strategies
- Working with community strategies
Raising Sports Profile: to change people’s actions and views of sport through persuasion and the media through
- Creating cultural change through campaigns and brand recognition
- Involving MP’s, local politicians and decision makers
- Attracting and supporting major events
The regional plan for sport will determine how the Regional Sports Board will invest the lottery resources in the future.
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