CONFERENCE - 7 JUNE 2007
Surrey Shapes Its Sporting
Future
Surreys sporting
partners had the chance to have their say at the countys
3rd bi-annual sports conference which took place
recently.
Over 100 delegates
from 62 different organisations came together for the Shaping the
Future event held at Silvermere Golf Club, Cobham, on 7 June
organised by the Active Surrey Sports Partnership
(ASSP). Keynote speeches by the Youth Sports
Trust (YST), SportsAid and Sport England were followed by round
table discussions on local sport, health and activity
priorities.
Alison Oliver, YSTs Sport Director,
explained to delegates about the role that Surrey organisations can
play in supporting the YSTs 2010 Ambition to enhance the take up of
exercise by school children. She also talked
about the more defined role that YST, Sport England and UK Sport
have taken in relation to the sporting relay race: with YST
focusing on PE & school sport, Sport England working on raising
adult participation with UK Sport concentrating their efforts on
elite performers. This theme was extended by
Hannah Bladen from Sport England South East who informed the
audience that the majority of lottery funding would now be directed
to adult interventions.
Delegates watched a film about the
University of Surreys proposed new Sports Centre and Sports
Director Barry Hitchcock was on hand to answer questions about the
impressive facility, due for completion in
2009/10. And Tim Lawler, Chief Executive of
SportsAid talked about all the emerging athletes that had been
supported in reaching their potential over the last 30 years and
asked the audience to think about how they could get involved in
raising funds, including recycling print cartridges for
SportsAid!
The enthusiastic audience
also explored the future of sport
and physical activity in Surrey by examining issues of local,
regional and national importance at round table workshops
where they discussed priorities for the coming year on the
Partnerships areas of interest, the 12 Better
Frameworks.
Attendees commented that the day was highly informative and they benefited greatly from such a valuable networking opportunity.
PRESENTATIONS
Please click here to download presentations from the event:
- 2006/07 Highlights - Penny Woods, Quality & Performance Manager, ASSP
- The Future of Sport in Education - Alison Oliver, Sport Director, YST
- London 2012 Update - Sarah White, Partnership Manager, ASSP
- World Class Facilities - Barry Hitchcock, Sports Director, University of Surrey
- Funding and Sport - Tim Lawler, Chief Executive, SportsAid
- The Year Ahead - Campbell Livingston, Operations Manager, ASSP
WORKSHOPS
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