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Sport and local third sector: Who’s Who and how to strategically engage!

Sport and local third sector: Who’s Who and how to strategically engage! Carrie McKenzie, Sport Partnership Strategic Advisor, NAVCA. Is sport Third Sector?

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Sport and local third sector: Who’s Who and how to strategically engage!

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  1. Sport and local third sector: Who’s Who and how to strategically engage! Carrie McKenzie, Sport Partnership Strategic Advisor, NAVCA

  2. Is sport Third Sector? “The voluntary [and community] sector includesnot just those organisations which provide services to the people who need help, advice or care; it embraces all those, formal and informal, large or small, which people set up and join because they like to play football or sing….”, NCVO Civil Society Almanac 2008 found sport is third largest segment of civil society organisations generating £6.1 billion

  3. Characteristics of clubs • Geographic (in an community) • Same interest (community of interest) • Volunteers – coaches, drivers • Little/no money and fundraise • Membership based/led • Managed by a Committee

  4. Sport Partnership Project Funded by Sport England (2007 – 2010) Aim: “To embed a culture of collaboration between sporting organisations and wider third sector” LIOs work with sport to clubs improve effectiveness and reach To provide most hard to reach and disadvantage to benefit from participation in sport

  5. Volunteering England We offer sport: • Research specialism • Good practice in volunteer management • Training and organisational accreditation • Campaigning on behalf of our sports members Benefits of working with NAVCA on sport agenda We offer our Volunteer Centre members: • Contact information • Easy guides to sport • Sport policy influencing at a national level • Creating better understanding about Volunteer Centres among sport organisations

  6. Sporty NAVCA members • 2D Sports Club Development • Dudley CVS • NAVCA Sport Survey • Volunteer Centres: London, East Midlands

  7. Sport England Strategy 08-13 • To grow, sustain, excel • 1m people doing more sport • Reduction in post-16 drop-off in at least five sports by 25% by 2012-13 • Increase in satisfaction with clubs • Improved talent development systems in 25 sports • Five Hour Sport Offer (school sport) • Ref: to third sector para 72 and importance of working equity groups

  8. Benefits to third sector • Funding – Lottery and NGB • Need to engage with equity groups • Share knowledge expertise, resources • Create 2012 legacy • Third sector more responsive and reflective

  9. Who’s Who, how to engage! • National Governing Bodies (NGBs – and their regional and county bodies) • County Sport Partnerships (CSPs) • Community Sport Networks (CSNs) • Local authority sport development teams • Sport Federations

  10. Laura Ferguson Head of sport volunteering Volunteering England Tel: 0114 289 3979 Fax: 0114 278 7004 Email: laura.ferguson@volunteeringengland.org Web: www.volunteeringengland.org/sport Carrie McKenzie Sport Partnership Strategic Advisor NAVCA Tel: 0114 289 3979 Fax: 0114 278 7004 Email: carrie.mckenzie@navca.org.uk Web: www.navca.org.uk/sport

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