Club Accreditation

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Club Accreditation
Aileen Cubbon
Creating an active, healthy and successful
Cumbriathrough sport and physical activity.
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Context

• One of Sport Englands key sporting outcomes
• One of the Single Delivery System for Sports Key
  Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Impacts on so many other areas of work e.g.
  volunteers, coaching
• On everyones agenda part of NGBs Whole Sport
  Plans and One Stop Plans

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Why is so important?

• Kite mark of quality clubs
• These clubs have shown that
• They are committed to providing opportunities for
  juniors
• Have ideas/plans in place for future development
• They want to initiate and maintain life-long
  participation in sport

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Where is Cumbria presently at?
Sport England baseline 5/6/07
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Current situation 5/11/07
KEY (?) Clubs going through re-accreditation
process in Oct 07 / West Cumberland
Orienteering club (covers both districts but can
only be counted once)
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What sports are involved at present?
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Where do we go next?

• CSP licensed to award generic
• Intend to pull together a countywide Club
  Development Group hopefully prior to Christmas
• Want NGB representatives to be a part of this
• Group would also double up as an assessment panel
  for in Cumbria

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website
www.clubmark.org.uk

• National databases updated monthly
• This is the information SE will use to say
  whether or not targets have been met
• Is all your information there and up-to-date?

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Re-accreditation process

• Some clubs awarded for 4 years (majority are 3
  years)
• Process needs to be kept on top of
• How are you finding it at the minute?
• Possible ways to ease burden in the future

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Requests from you

• Which clubs are you currently working with?
  (names and local authority)
• Indication of which clubs working with in near
  future (names and local authority
• Those NGBs already with license
• who are your assessors in Cumbria?

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MOS courses

• Part of criteria
• Spread across the county
• Spread throughout the year
• All running close to capacity
• Communication is the key
• Possible ways forward

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Possible benefits of

• Want to raise profile of
• Working with partners is crucial
• Possible financial incentive when gain
  accreditation
• School/club links
• Lower facility hire
• Rate relief
• Grants to clubs
• Priority of Get Qualified programme