History of ASSP

HISTORY OF ACTIVE SURREY SPORTS PARTNERSHIP

Making Surrey a more active and successful sporting county

1996 - Surrey Sports Development Unit (SSDU) opens as a partnership between Surrey County Council, University of Surrey and Sport England.
1997 - inaugural Surrey Youth Games with input from all 11 local authorities and various governing bodies of sport.
2000 - Surrey Sports Partnership (SSP) builds on previous activities by starting a 7 year sports development programme ("Active Sports") across the county, working with 6 sports, using brand name "Active Surrey".
2004 - Wider agenda (more sports, all ages, activity, health, etc) sought by Sport England for County Sports Partnership Network.
2005 - SSDU staff integrated with SSP staff to form Active Surrey Sports Partnership (ASSP) core team.
2005 - ASSP makes successful application to Regional Sports Board for lottery funding to fund development in 2005-09.
2006 - ASSP launched with 90 partners signing up to deliver "Better" Frameworks.
2009 - ASSP restructured around NGB core service requirements and extended service project funding.

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