Community Sport Networks
Community Sports Networks (CSNs) are an integral element of the Delivery System.
These pages will try and explain their roles and look at the composition, working practices and resourcing of the CSNs within the Delivery System.
Important Documents from Sport England
- CSN Implementation and Investment Guidance
- The Delivery System for Sport in England
- Sport Playing Its Part newsletter No.2
Overview
West Yorkshire Sport is the County Sports Partnerership (CSP) for West Yorkshire. We work with the 5 CSNs in West Yorkshire:
- Bradford
- Calderdale
- Kirklees
- Leeds
- Wakefield
- Core outcomes of all CSNs
- Increase numbers of people taking part in sport and active recreation by 1% year on year.
- Widen access to opportunities for sport and active recreation
- Bring together and align partners’ existing priorities and targets within one joined up local action plan for and active recreation within the CSN area, based upon the needs of local communities and ensuring clarity in roles and responsibilities.
Where possible, building upon existing local networks, CSNs should:
- Be a group of local ‘delivery agents’ pulled from a range of relevant organisations and sectors
- Successfully coordinate opportunities for sport and active recreation in the local area by providing effective leadership
- Identify local needs, priorities and potential interventions, and develop a locally shared vision with buy in from key partners including the Local Strategic Partnership(LSP), this may be the sport sub group of the LSP), to create economies of scale
- Coordinate the engagement and integration of sport in order to support the achievement of outcomes as part of Local Area Agreements (LAAs)
- Support the achievement of Performance Indicators (PIs) as part of the Comprehensive Performance Assessment Process (CPA), where appropriate
- Secure resources from a broad range of partners to deliver the identified interventions and outcomes
- Support and assist in the creation and development of sporting pathways
- Focus upon building capacity to increase participation and widen opportunities
- Facilitate the provision of opportunities and the management of volunteers in sport
- Have formal links with the CSP core team to ensure an effective sub-regional Delivery System.