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Club Development and NGBs in the South West (199 Kb)
Children and Youg People Volunteering Work (4.9 Mb)
Community Sports Coach Scheme (312 Kb)
County Sports Partnerships in the South West (649 Kb)
Community Sports Networks in the South West (389 Kb)

Building Schools for the Future (BSF) is the largest strategic capital investment programme for schools in over 50 years and the most ambitious scheme of its kind in the world. It will see every single state secondary school in England rebuilt or renewed over the next 15 – 20 years, creating schools truly fit for the 21st century. Click to view publications, factsheets and guidance notes to help planners and architects.

To use our research database to find the evidence you need to demonstrate the power of sport, click on the link below.
The Value of Sport Monitor

Sport England North West
The facts, figures, information and support you need to start, stay and succeed in sport in the North West

Regional plan
North West On The Move: The North West Plan for Sport & Physical Activity 2004-2008
North West on the Move is a plan for sport and physical activity, not a Sport England plan. Its formulation has involved national, regional and local consultations with key stakeholders, agencies and organisations across the private, public and voluntary sectors who fully understand the strategic issues and local needs of the region.
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Key resources
Sport Playing its Part
Sport isn't just about lifting trophies - it's about changing lives for the better. A new series of publications shows how sport can help policy makers build stronger, safer, healthier and wealthier communities.
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Sport Playing its Part in Policies newsletter
This newsletter details the policies and initiatives that are relevant to Sport England and its partners. It is intended to keep you informed of current and new policies that affect sport.
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Sport and Active Leisure Skills and Productivity Plan for England’s Northwest 2005-2010
This report from SALSPA (the Sport and Active Leisure Skills and Productivity Alliance) highlights the sectors’ main training, skills, employment and business improvement needs in the north west. The report is an essential tool for the sector to use, in order to manage the potential and the growth of sport and active leisure in the region; take advantage of the nation’s focus on health and provide people with ample and accessible sport and leisure opportunities; target training and business support on those parts of the sector that perhaps need it most; capitalise on the sector’s confidence and optimism and promote it as a major contributor to the region’s economic, as well as social, health, educational and cultural lifeblood.
Sport and Active Leisure Skills and Productivity Plan for England’s Northwest 2005-2010 (pdf 176Kb)

Culture Observatory for the North West
The Northwest Culture Observatory, launched on 6th October 2005, is a key driver of culture sector intelligence for the region. The key activities that the Cultural Observatory will engage are: information and data housing and signposting; data collection, research championing and comissioning; strategic intelligence and analysis in 'think tank' capacity.
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Vital Signs: State of the North West Region
Vital Signs assesses a wealth of data from established sources to provide you with an annual ‘State of the Region’ picture of the region’s performance, against a wide and comprehensive set of themes and indicators.
Vital Signs 2005
Vital Signs 2004 (pdf 4230 kb)

Value of Sport and the Economy
Sport England has published the findings of a major national study assessing the economic value of sport in England and reported for the first time on its value across all of the English regions. The reports highlight the increasing value of sport to the economy.
National study
North West

A-Z of sport
A useful guide to initiatives, schemes, programmes, funds, and acronyms you've heard of but have no idea what they are!
A-Z of initiatives (113 Kb) PDF
A-Z of acronyms (16 Kb) PDF

Funding notes
Sport England North West has produced a comprehensive funding guide to help you understand the plethora of funding schemes and targetted initiatives available (not just for sport) from government, Europe, charitable trusts, and other organisations.
Guide to Sources of Funding (352Kb) pdf
or, see the sport specific section of this document (76Kb) pdf

Strategy links
The North West Plan for Sport and Physical Activity is being delivered in recognition of and in synergy with a number of key national and regional strategies and initiatives that influence the region:

National strategy links

Sport England strategy

Governing bodies of sport and whole sport plans
Twenty priority sports have been identified and whole sport plans are being produced to provide a co-ordinated platform for delivery, providing a framework for sport for partners at all levels (nationally, regionally and locally).

The PE, school sport and club links national strategy
Launched on the 2 October 2002, this has a joint Department for Culture Media and Sport and Department for Education and Skills objective of enhancing the take up of sporting opportunities by 5 16 year olds.

Securing good health for the whole population: The Wanless Report
This review has focussed particularly on prevention and the wider determinants of health in England and on the cost-effectiveness of action that can be taken to improve the health of the whole population and reduce health inequalities.

Planning policy guidance note 17: Planning for open space, sport and recreation (PPG177 )
The Government’s planning guidance in relation to sport and recreation is contained in PPG17, which recognises that open space, sport and recreation all underpin people’s quality of life.

Government floor targets
Government has agreed floor targets with individual government departments, to reflect the Government’s cross cutting agenda and how individual departments can contribute to them.

Regional strategy links

Regional Economic Strategy (RES)
The RES has been established by partners in the region to transform England's North West through sustainable economic development.

Investment for health a plan for the North West
This plan is an attempt to establish a common approach and priorities between partners for improving health and inequalities in the region.

Action for sustainability
This provides a framework for achieving more sustainable development in the North West and has influenced the development of Regional Planning Guidance and the Regional Economic Strategy.

Cultural strategy for England’s North West
The strategy sets the overall context for the region including its cultural strengths and assets and what the North West’s Cultural Consortium believes can and should be done, together with its partners, to develop and improve cultural opportunities to add to the well being of the North West.

Regional planning guidance for the North West (RPG 13)
The overriding aim of RPG13 is to promote sustainable development and physical change. RPG13 gives planning guidance to the Region’s forty-six plan making local authorities.

State of the North West region: vital signs
The set of indicators adopted as vital signs provide a basis for examining the relative strengths and weaknesses on the North West from a variety of perspectives. This is available from the Government Office for the North West.

Useful links
Downloadable Sport England publications
A range of useful publications are available to download from the Sport England website. Click here to view documents on: sports participation, volunteering in sport, technical guidance for sports facilities, issues around planning, best value, active communities, equity and sport, and funding for sport.

Commonwealth Games Legacy Website
Question: "Where can I find out more about the 2002 Commonwealth Games?"
Answer: Manchester City Council's games legacy website

This website covers contains a large body of information about the hosting and legacy of the 2002 Games, covering issues such as regeneration, sporting legacy and public and media reaction to the event.

Manchester's Central Library also holds an extensive archive of Games related material. For further information please contact Julia Banks at Manchester Archives and Local Studies on (0161) 9241968.

Wondering where to play?
Activeplaces.com is a new website which features over 10,000 sports halls, playing fields, swimming pools and other facilities. Find out what's near you.
Go to Active Places

Contacts for sport
Use this central website directory to find out more about England's major sporting organisations. You will also find a sports contacts database to help you track down the right person to speak to in your locality.

Sports development website
This website is produced by an academic and is primarily for use by students but also of interest to practitioners. The site provides a useful starting point for both, academics who already teach modules in sports development, as well as those new to the topic. There are useful links to a range of useful resources.

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