TAIN COMMUNITY SPORT HUB 2015 - 2016
The Model (School Based)
Tain Community Sport Hub is based around Tain Royal Academy Community Complex, a dual use facility between the Tain Royal Academy and the community, operated by High Life Highland. The CSH brings together clubs and key partners both that use the facility and that are contained within the local community.
Vision:
The vision of the Community Sport Hub remains simply to build a local sporting community that comes together to share ideas, ambitions and expertise that will strive to make sport and physical activity easily accessible and enjoyable for every person in the local community.
Values:
Tain Community Sport Hub will focus on developing positive relationships between sports clubs, key partners, sports professionals and the local community. Tain CSHwill allow those involved with sport locally to shape & develop their own sporting landscape. For 2015-16 a key outcome of the CSH is to widen its community partners and to link better with health & well-being initiatives and physical activity groups in the area.
Tain CSHis open to all clubs and organisations that are based within or have a connection to the Tain Royal Academy catchment area that have the ambition to develop their own clubs and to contribute to the development of sport as a whole within the locally community.
Who is Involved:
13 Clubs – 1244 Participants – 90 Deliverers
The Community Sport Hub has brought together key partners in the community such as Tain Royal Academy, both School staff and Young People, Youth Development, Active-Schools and Facilities staff alongsiderepresentatives from local sports clubs. The Community Sport Hub also has strong links with the regional Sports Specific Officers and regional sportscotland staff. All the clubs and the key partners have had an active involvement in the development of this plan which is reflective of the local need and ambition contained within the sporting community in Tain.
Sports: Rugby, Tennis, Table-tennis, Athletics, Swimming, Golf, Football, Kempo, Bowls, Badminton, Cycling and Orienteering
Clubs: Tain Amateur Swim Club, Tain Juniors Football Club, Tain Golf Club, Ross-Sutherland Rugby Club, St Duthus Bowling Club, East-Sutherland Athletics Club, Tain Tennis Club, Tain Table-tennis Club, Kempo School of Tain, East Sutherland Wheelers, Tain Badminton Club, Inverness Orienteering Club & Milton Bowling Club.
Two new clubs have joined theCSH during 2015/16, and the CSH now offers a new sport in Orienteering. Just under 50% of clubs involved in the project since 2013 have seen an increase in both their individual club membership and deliverers.
Key Aspirations For 2015 -2016:
- Over the 2015 -2016 period Tain Community Sport Hub will continue to engage with young people, give them the opportunities to develop their own skills sets through the project and ensure young people are at the heart of the decision making process.
- Be better connected to wider community groups and play apart in the local health and wellbeing agenda within the local community.
- Further develop our local working group to ensure they take ownership of this plan and are driving the project forward at a local level.
Human Resources in Place:
An existing resource of Active-school Coordinators, Facility Manager, Community Sport Hub Officer and Youth Development Officer will be committed by High Life Highland. Also committed is a mix of local professional & volunteer support from organisations including the local sports council, Tain Royal Academy and Ross-shire Voluntary Action group. The regional sports specific officers will also contribute to the running of the Community Sport Hub in Tain.
Financial Resource Committed:
Where possible the community sport hub will align its plan with and influence the funding from the local sports council, there is also a High Life Highland Coach Education grant in place that will be utilised to develop coaches in the area. The local active-schools cluster plans and the facilities plans will be aligned with thisplan so the best possible use of the collective resource can be achieved. The communitysport hub will also continue to develop its partnership with local key organisations and agencies and work with these partners to deliver projects. Where elements of this plan align to and meet the objectives of other local plans including the local Legacy Plan, the resource attached to these plans will be sought.
The sportscotland Investment:
Sportscotland investment willallow two Community Sport Hub Officer to be employed to establish, develop and oversee the development of Community Sport Hubs in the Highland Region.
In addition to this, to enable the Tain Community Sport Hub to progress during 2015 – 2016 and for this planning framework to be implemented effectively a working budget of £4,000 will be created from Sportscotland’s investment.
This will be broken down as follows:
£1,000 - to help deliver more coach & volunteer development opportunities through the Community Sport Hub.
£750 - on Promotion & Marketing of the community sport hub & it member clubs.
£1500 – on helping with facility developments and equipment costs.
£750 – on supporting specific projects to engage young people in the running of the CSH, help their development and increase their opportunities through sport.
A SUCCESSFUL TAIN COMMUNITY SPORT HUB WILL SEE: / THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO TO ACHIEVE THESE OUTCOMES: / WE CAN MONITOR OUR PROGRESS BY LOOKING AT:
- GREAT PEOPLE making Sport and Physical Activity Happen in the local Community.
- Understand the local Volunteer and Coach development needs of sports clubs.
- Support volunteers and coaches through formal coaching qualifications.
- Help deliver more coach development opportunities locally.
- Provide the opportunity for existing coaches to develop new skills.
- Provide the opportunity for coaching and volunteers resources to be shared between clubs.
- Recognise and reward coach and volunteer contributions.
- Number of coaches/volunteers involved in clubs compared to baseline data.
- The number of coaching courses held locally.
- The up-take of coach education/development opportunities.
- Number of qualified coaches in the area.
- Number of local coaches/volunteers recognised through awards.
- An increased PROFILE of sport and physical activity opportunities.
- Make more people aware of thelocal opportunitieswithin sport and physical activity.
- Raise the profile of sport clubs locally.
- Ensure there is a strong connection between the school and the local clubs.
- Increase the capacity within sport clubs.
- Ensure opportunities in sport and physical activity are accessible for all abilities and ages in the local area.
- Number of media articles about CSH clubs.
- Number of different club sections developed.
- Increase in membership through effective marketing and advertising.
- Number of public attending Open Days.
- Vibrant PLACES where sport and physical activity happens.
- Help support of development of local facilities.
- Make clubs aware off and support them with funding applications.
- Provide a welcoming home for sport clubs to come together.
- Develop facilities and equipment based on local needs.
- Provide a training centre for club volunteers to progress.
- Investment in facilities.
- Additional facilities & equipment.
- Number of Clubs using TRACC.
- Number of sports specific course delivered locally.
- YOUNG PEOPLE at the heart of developing their own sporting futures.
- Involve Young People in the CSH decision making process.
- Ensure the views of the communities young people is understood and recognised.
- Support Young People to gain qualifications and skills through sport.
- Ensure opportunities are there for young people to participate & volunteer in school and club environments.
- Recognise and reward young people’s involvement in sport locally.
- Number of young people involved in the CSH.
- Youth membership numbers of Clubs.
- Youth Coaches/Volunteer numbers in Clubs.
- Number of club members receiving youth achievement awards
- Number of young people linked to Leadership Programme
Tain Community Sport Hub Actions 2015 – 2016
To progress the Community Sport Hub even further in 2015 – 2016 it is the ambition of that it becomes self-sustainable and locally led. This will mean that the CSHworking group will evolve to be led by a local representative and this group will take responsibility for delivering and developing this plan.
1. GREAT PEOPLE providing quality sports and physical activity opportunities
1.1Continue to audit the volunteer and coach development needs within the area & where numbers are sufficient set-up local generic courses.
1.2Support local coaches through development opportunities and help secure funding where needed & continue to support sport specific courses to happen locally.
1.3Ensure local coaches and volunteers are recognised for their work locally and regionally.
1.4Provide the opportunity for coach mentoring and networking between different sports.
1.5Provide a centralised point of information for clubs coaches and committee development.
1.6Aid the progression of athletes by setting-up cross training opportunities between clubs to utilise different areas of expertise within the CSH.
2. IncreasedthePROFILE of sport and physical activity opportunities
2.1Hold a ‘Celebration of Sport’ eventto promote sport in the local communitydevelop new events to raise the profile of the CSH clubs and facilities.
2.2Look at the current pathways for sport in the area and target the development of new sports & clubs based on identified gaps.
2.3Monitor the quality of clubs involved in the project and help raise the standard of local clubs.
2.4Promote a collective and clear activity programme of sport and physical activities for the local area, and use this to programme to avoid clashes.
2.5Ensure we tell & share good news stories internally and to local media.
2.6Promote club and community activities through HLH facilities, Active-Schools and Youth Work networks.
3. Vibrant PLACES where sport and physical activity happens.
3.1Through bring clubs and partners together explore the opportunities for sharing the facilities and equipment resource collectively contained within the area.
3.2Continue to invest in the equipment and facilities that enhance the sporting opportunities in the local area.
3.3Link facility based coaching/training courses (first-aid, life-saving etc) with clubs, schools and wider community.
3.4Assist clubs with the development/funding for their own facilities/equipment.
3.5Explore the options where by Community Sport Hub member clubs could receive additionalfacility benefits.
3.6Ensure the CSH group is represented on the planning and development of the new school campus.
4.YOUNG PEOPLEat the Heart of Developing Their Own Sporting Futures
4.1Recruit at least two new Young Hub Leaders as part of the Community Sport Hub working group.
4.2Link the project with the local youth forum in the School or set-up a new ‘Youth CSH’ to engage with young people around sport.
4.3Empower Young Hub Leaders to lead on a specific project around sport in the community.
4.4Ensure young people to be made aware of the participation, volunteer & employment opportunities contained with Community Clubs,Facilities and Sports Development.
4.5Support the development of Young People in sport through providing training opportunities/qualifications and experiences in sport.
4.6Recognise and reward the contribution and achievements of young people in sport locally – through sign posting to youth achievement awards.