Wakefield
The Wakefield Community Sports Network
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The Wakefield Community Sports Network (WCSN) exists to bring together and achieve a common purpose amongst all agencies which are responsible for providing and developing opportunities in sport and active recreation.
It has formal links with the West Yorkshire County Sports Partnership and its mission is to develop and support the Sport and Active Lifestyles network in the Wakefield District.
The WCSN is a network not a committee, neither is it owned or controlled by any one single organisation. All those involved in the WCSN remain independent but collectively aim to:
• Raise participation levels within sport and active lifestyles by 1.5% year on year (currently 26% in Wakefield)
• Increase number of all school children accessing 2 hours quality PE and Sport in and outside of the curriculum (currently 92% in Wakefield)
• Ensure that Wakefield is well represented in England and Great Britain Teams (a 10% target of Yorkshire Athletes has been set).
• Bring together and align partner priorities and targets within one joined up delivery/strategic plan based on the needs of local communities
• Widen access to opportunities for sport and active lifestyles
The CSN will seek to achieve its aims by:
• Acting as the local voice for sport and active lifestyles
• Supporting and assisting in the creation and development of sporting pathways for people to achieve their full potential
• Increase the infrastructure capacity of the local professional and voluntary sector, both paid and unpaid.
• Coordinating the engagement and integration of sport in order to support the achievement of the outcomes of Local Area Agreement (LAA)
• Support the achievement of Performance Indicators (measures of success) as part of the Local Authority Improvement Agenda and PESSYP targets
• Successfully co-ordinate opportunities for sport and active lifestyles in the local population by providing leadership and strategic direction
• Effectively inform, monitor and assess Sport England investments made via West Yorkshire Sport
It is planned that the full network will meet four times a year. The key reference document for the Wakefield Community Sports Network is the Wakefield District Sport and Active Lifestyles Strategy.
In order to both inform the wider network and progress issues raised in the Sport and Active Lifestyles Strategy, a number of sub groups are planned either on an on going or task and finish basis.
There is still scope for representatives from other sectors that represent either economies of scale or economies of scope – for example, sports-specific action groups (such as cricket, rugby league, swimming or gymnastics), equality action groups (such as disability sport) and area groups (such as local sports alliances).
The current membership of the Wakefield CSN is as follows:
Robin Barron - Chair
Chris Wathern -
Nick Powell – Total Sports Coaching
Mike Brannan –
Mark Stead – Youth Development Support Services
Alison Crouch – Voluntary Action Wakefield District
Steve Greatorex – Able 2 Disability Sports Club
Debbie Crilley –
Jo Collins –
PDM – Outwood
Mohammed Ayub – Next Generation
James Brown – Federation Disability Sports Organisations Yorkshire
Keith Aaron -
Davide Longo –
Tim Craven – Wakefield District Housing
Keith Worrell – Education Advisory Service
For further details please contact:
Wakefield Service Manager - Sport and Active Lifestyles
Normanton Town Hall
High Street
Normanton
West
Yorkshire
WF6 2DZ
Telephone: 01924 307812
Email: dwilkinson@wakefield.gov.uk