Community Sports Coaches Scheme Phase 4: September 2006

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Community Sports Coaches SchemePhase 4
September 2006

• Black Country Sports
• Simon Fisher

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Community Sports Coaches Scheme

• NATIONAL TARGET
• 3,000 Paid Professional Coaches
• 2,200 Employed to this date
• 800 spare capacity
• West Midlands have assigned 30 Coaches with
  500,000 ring fenced by the RSB

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Community Sports Coaches Scheme Phase 4
Procedure

• Friday 30th June
• Closing Date for Expressions of Interest
  submitted to Black Country Sports. All
  expressions of Interest will be sent to the
  relevant Local Authority and NGB. A list of all
  Expressions of Interest will be circulated to all
  partners by Friday 7th July.
• Thursday 3rd August
• Scrutiny of the Phase 4 bids by the Coaching
  Officiating Task Group, providing recommendations
  on the submitted bids.
• Tuesday 29th August
• Scrutiny of the final submitted Phase 4 bids by
  the Coaching Officiating Task Group (Richard
  Welch Chair, Simon Fisher BCS, Andrew Newman
  BCS, Wendy Remorini Dudley MBC), providing
  recommendations to the Sports Implementation
  Forum submitted bids.
• Wednesday 30th August
• Special Sports Implementation Forum to approve
  recommendations of the Coaching Officiating
  Task Group.
• Friday 1st September
• Black Country Sports submits the approved bids to
  Sport England for 12th September Regional Sports
  Board. A list of all approved bids will be sent
  to all partners.

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Accountable Body Status

• Expressions of Interest
• 12 Expressions of Interest received
• Willenhall Schools Sports Partnership Swimming
• Walsall MBC Hockey, Athletics, Healthy
  Lifestyle, Multi-Skills
• Sandwell MBC Athletics, Disability
• Brierley Hill Regeneration Basketball
• Wolverhampton CC Netball, Multi-Skills
• England Badminton Badminton
• Birmingham County FA Girls Football

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Overall Community Sports Coach Initial Review

• 10 Initial Application were received (Brierley
  Hill Regeneration Basketball, Birmingham County
  FA Girls Football did not submit)
• Coaching Officiating Task Group reviewed all
  the initial applications, against the Sport
  England criteria using a scoring moderation
  process
• All applicants received feedback on the status of
  the bids

• Why feedback at this point?
• Sport England circulated additional information
  surrounding the method to which the bids would be
  judged against
• The COTG decided to give all the applicants the
  opportunity to revise and review their
  applications so that the process would be open
  and transparent.
• Applicants were given 3 weeks to re-submit their
  applications knowing the Sport England criteria.

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Key Performance Indicator AnalysisRe-submission

• Black Country Sports received 5 Final
  re-submissions
• Willenhall School Sports Partnership Swimming
• Walsall MBC Athletics, Hockey, Healthy
  Lifestyle
• Wolverhampton CC - Netball

• COTG (Richard Welch Chair, Simon Fisher BCS,
  Andrew Newman BCS, Wendy Remorini Dudley MBC)
  re-assessed the information provided against the
  Sport England criteria.

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Community Sports Coaches Scheme Recommendations

• Sport England Sportscoach UK have tasked the
  CSP with submitting appropriate applications that
  meet the circulated criteria.
• Of the 12 initial Expressions of Interest, the
  COTG are recommending that 5 applications are
  submitted.
• The 5 Successful applications are listed below
• Willenhall School Sports Partnership Part-time
  Swimming CSC
• Walsall MBC Part-time (18 months) / Full-time
  (18 Months) Athletics CSC
• Walsall MBC Part-time Hockey CSC
• Walsall MBC Full-time Healthy Lifestyles CSC
• Wolverhampton CC Part-time Netball CSC

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Evidence Base

• Executive Summary, this is a review of the
  evidence provided showing the relevance of the
  application within the Regional, CSP, Local
  Authority, NGB and Educational Strategical Plans
• Sport England Criteria

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Community Sports Coaches Scheme Next Steps

• Execution of the approved recommendations made by
  the Sports Implementation Forum
• All approved applications placed into the Sport
  England CIF Process, for submission on the 1st
  September
• Sport England will inform the CSP of the
  successful application by 19th September after
  the RSB on the 12th September
• Successful Applications will receive
  notification, along with the CSP Award Agreement
  to sign by the 22nd September
• Overall Aim CSC on the ground by 31st December

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Information Questions

• Full Applications are available on request
• Any Questions?

FOR MORE INFO...
www.blackcountryconsortium.co.uk/sports