The Delivery System for Sport
In December 2002 the Government published: Game Plan, a strategy for delivering Government’s sport and physical activity objectives.
It laid out plans to increase and widen the base of people taking part in sport and for success on the international sporting stage. Equally important, it also called for reform to create effective delivery structures.
The Delivery System is sport’s delivery chain.
The Government expects local authorities and other public sector agencies and their various partners to work together to ensure public services meet the needs of local communities.
There is also an increasing emphasis on involving members of the community in this process, not only in planning and decisionmaking, but also in measuring the performance of public sector agencies.
Public services must respond to the issues that people think are important at a local and national level.
Within this context, the Delivery System clarifies the position and role that different agencies and organisations play in delivering opportunities for sport and active recreation.
This in turn provides: The Delivery System for Sport
Who is part of the Delivery System?
National Partners
Regional partners
County Sports Partnerships
Community Sports Networks
The Delivery System diagram (above right) shows the relationship between the key components of the system and how national and regional partners connect to the sub-regional and local components of the system.
However, it does not represent an isolated sporting setting, but has clear links to the priorities and goals of a wide range of partners at a local level. The two key elements of the Delivery System at the local level are the County Sports Partnerships (CSPs) and the Community Sports Networks (CSNs).
The Delivery System connects participants and local deliverers to policy makers and investors in a simple and co-ordinated way.
This ensures that policy development, investment and the delivery of sport are framed around the needs of communities.
Each section adds value by unlocking the resources for sport through careful planning, joined up thinking and powerful advocacy.
It is one system, for any community, that is scaleable, measurable and accountable.
Delivery System outcomes
The system has two aims; to increase the number of people taking part in sport and active recreation especially amongst the hard to reach; and to build talent pathways to support young people to achieve their full potential and to sustain higher levels of participation.
By looking at existing working structures and practices, Sport England has identified a core set of criteria which need to be in place to maximise the chances of a CSN operating effectively:
• Strong leadership
• Active support
• A representative group of relevant local
stakeholders
• Clear alignment and integration with the
Local Strategic Partnerships
• An action plan in place
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