Community Projects | Consultancy Projects | Funding | Training & Lecturing

Community Projects

Active Grindleford

aitchelle and Kickstone have been working over the last year, with a volunteer committee in Grindleford to develop the management and use of their new sports facility. This has involved consulting the community about what they would like to see happening, and putting good management practices in place. The aim is to develop a Social Enterprise as a model of good practice in the region.

The outcomes so far include the launch of the Active Grindleford project in October, the provision of school holiday and after school coaching, a skate park night and the development of a new tennis club and women’s group. Football, Cricket and other existing groups are also benefiting from development support.

The committee have also been supported to secure £45 000 from Sport England to pay a development worker on a part time contract for the next three years.

Funding for a web site and a programme of coaching in surrounding villages has also been secured from the Peak District National Park and the Local Network Fund.

Hayley and Andrea have consulted on and produced the following documents with the committee; Business Plan, Facility Management Plan, Sports Development Plan, Child Protection and Health and Safety Policies, Terms of Hire, Membership Form, Membership Spreadsheet, Information for Users and Welcome Pack.

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Feedback includes:

"It is good to report that everything is on schedule as per the action plan. Hayley, Andrea and tea, are kick starting the developments in a fantastically positive energetic way. Relationships are developing speedily and effectively."

Chinley Community Association

In Chinley, Hayley has been supporting the Community Association in both a voluntary and paid capacity. They have made remarkable progress in the last two years. They have managed to secure £10 000 Awards for All funding for development work and activities and £7000 from Local Network Fund for a new kitchen and an internet café project for young people. They have submitted a £250 000 bid to Lottery Community Buildings fund, and are currently working on a £60 000 project to drain the football pitches.

In May 2007, the Association took on the management of the Community Centre in Chinley, and between May and December, supported the development of aerobics, pilates, football for over 35’s (ish!), a back to netball group, t’ai chi, running group and ran a highly successful Adventure Sports programme with the Whitehall Outdoor Centre.

People living in the village are developing new friendships, getting fitter, losing weight and are very proud of their achievements.

Consultancy Projects

Quest for Sports Development: Supported Staffordshire Moorlands DC and Warrington MBC with internal Quest Assessments as a way of evaluating their services and making improvements.

Sport and the Third Sector: Produced a report on how Sports Development and Third Sector organisations could work together, for High Peak Borough Council and High Peak CVS. This contributed to the ideas for an application for increased support from Volunteer Centres to sports groups.

Women, Get Set, GO!, Womens Sports Foundation

aitchelle has supported the Womens Sports Foundation through the process of entering a shared ownership and management of their Women Get Set Go! Leadership programme. This has involved working in partnership with Sportsleaders UK to develop new management and administration arrangements, and reviewing the content of the course programme.

Step into Sport, (Derbyshire Sport)

aitchelle has recently completed the management of Derbyshire Sport’s Step into Sport programme of conferences for 2006.

This involved the management of partnership groups of School Sport Partnerships and Sports Development Officers to deliver three conferences across the County. The conferences were aimed at 16-19 year olds, who, on completion of the event, register as a volunteer with a local sports club, community group or leisure centre.

aitchelle’s role included coordinating the project teams, managing budgets, booking facilities, speakers and dealing with the administration of the events. It also involved the management of the events on the day, and production of an evaluation report.

Feedback from participants on the three conferences scored them at 88% for overall impression. Feedback from the Director of Derbyshire Sport:

“Thanks Hayley for this and all your work on SiS. Great job.”

Community Sport Networks Audit, (Derbyshire Sport)

A small piece of desk based research project to develop an understanding of how Community Sport Networks are being initiated and manages across Derbyshire; to identify areas of difficulty, and report on potential areas for development.

PE, School Sport and Club Links Programme, (Derbyshire Sport)

The management of a grant aid programme for School Sport Partnerships to initiate or develop relationships with local sports clubs. This piece of work involved marketing the grants, identifying potential projects and working with partners to ensure full utilization of the grant programme to a deadline.

Playing as a Team; Developing the Relationship between County Sport Partnerships and the Voluntary Sector Infrastructure (Engage East Midlands)

Hayley has worked as part of a team of three on a piece of research for Sport England and Engage East Midlands to establish how sport and the voluntary sector work together in the East Midlands.

The research identifies gaps in relationships and ways of working, good practice, and suggests ways that Sport England and Engage can support improvement in this area of work.

Phase 2 of the project will see the hosting of five county seminars upon which relationships can be built, and plans developed for the future.

Funding

£10 000 funding application successful for Chinley Primary School to develop their outdoor play space and garden

£500 000 application to Football Foundation for a Full Size Astro Turf Pitch at Glossopdale Community College. Worked in partnership with Transition UK.

Supported Eyam Sports Association to make funding and development decisions and secured £10 000 from Awards for All.

£14 000 to develop a BMX track for Chinley Parish Council.

Training and Lecturing

Delivered Top Start training to parents, childcare workers, pre school teachers in Gamesley, Grindleford and Chinley.

Seminar leader and Coursework Assessor; Sheffield Hallam University, Sports Development and Coaching; Learning at Work Module (October – December 2005)

Women, Get Set, Go! Tutor and Trainer.

National Association of Sport Development Annual Conference; Producing Sports Strategies.

Women's Sports Foundation; workshop leader, National Conference 2005.

Women’s Enterprise Networking Group talk, December 2005.