Transcript Local & National Sports Provision

Unit 6 – Sports Development
Local councils or authorities whose aim is to
provide a range of services for local people to
improve their standard of living
e.g. – Their role is to benefit the public
Any club that serves to make a profit for the
organisation
JJB Sports/William Hill Bookmakers/David
Lloyd/Woburn Golf Club
Local Sports clubs and
organisations/associations that offer sports
activities. Can also be small groups of people
who share similar interests such as playing
netball or running
http://www.localsportsclubs.co.uk/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_in_Milton_K
eynes
Two really useful sites for Local Sports
Provision in MK
Responsible for sports provision at higher levels
of performance. This also includes elite level
(International Performance)
The organisations are responsible for a range of
national factors involved in sports
participation including funding, e.g. Sport
England or UK Sport
A £2 million investment has ensured homegrown athletes training for 2012 will have
access to the best possible facilities as they bid
for Olympic and Paralympics gold.
The centre caters for an extensive range of sports at all
levels and is fully accessible to the public. It is the home of
British Gymnastics and Archery GB, and hosts a wide range
of residential programmes for these and other sports.
This multi-sport venue has a range of high quality facilities that are used
predominantly by the community. However it is also the home of the
Yorkshire region of the English Institute of Sport and is used by a number of
national governing bodies, including boxing, judo, badminton, netball,
table tennis, handball and volleyball.
The centre runs a year round programme of mountain sports
courses including rock climbing, mountaineering, scrambling,
hill walking, orienteering, mountain biking, skiing, kayaking
and canoeing.
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To develop, participate and progress in sport
 Ensure people are properly qualified
 Adequately funded
 Country is represented at all international
competitions
 Provide jobs
P1 - Describe local voluntary, public and private
sector sports provision for three different
sports
M1 - Compare local and national sports
provision, identifying areas for improvement