Horsham Leisure Link

Presentation to

Scrutiny Committee

Presenters

Ian Ford

Sports Development Officer

Paul Taylor

Community Recreation Officer

Street football at the Sussex Youth Games

Team Structure

• Two permanent full-time core officers• Two fixed term full-time coach/officers in cricket/hockey

and multisports• Ten part-time coach/officers, including specialists in

walking, disability, netball, outdoor pursuits, streetsports and table tennis• 20 other casual coaches• Pool of 65 volunteers

New Age Kurling and Short Mat Bowls activity

Approach

• Pragmatic

• Entrepreneurial

• Consistent

• Customer caring

• Action-focussed

Mark Hawkins (England handball player) at Sparks in the Park

Partners

• Other HDC sections• Schools/colleges• Sports clubs• Leisure centres• Governing bodies• Active Sussex• Sport England• Commercial groups• Saxon Weald

• Primary Care Trust• Parish Councils• Other local authorities• Youth clubs• YMCA• Disability groups• Sports- coach UK

You Can Do It! trampoline group

Outputs and Outcomes 2009/10

Outputs• Generated 82,069 attendances

over 4946 sessions• Operative in 50 schools• Supported 42 clubs• 457 disability and 97 older

people sessions • 502 health walks delivered

from 15 villages• Supported local partners to

secure £67,800 funding• Established 12 new groups in 9 villages

Life is for Living at the Drill Hall

Outcomes• Strong and diversified sports

club community• Active People: adult partici-

pation rose by 1.5% in 2009• Contribution to antisocial

behaviour reduction of 33% in Storrington

• Access to young disabled people significantly

increased in swimming, gymnastics and trampolining

Disability Participation

• Ready and Able Sports Club

• Forest Flyers FC• You Can Do It! support• Fibromyalgia yoga• Cricket development• Special schools support

A QE2 school student competing in a disability athletics competition at Muntham House school

Video case studyAiming High for Disabled

Children

Older People

• Chair-based exercise• Residential homes support• 50+ table tennis growth• Life is for Living support• 50+ clubs

Table tennis pilot at Henfield Day Centre

Health Walks

• Over 10,000 walks attendances per year

• 42 volunteer leaders• Popular with older

people but a number of people with mental health problems and disabilities also attend

People enjoying a HDC health walk in winter

Rural Outreach

• Streetsports project• Swimming

development• School support

Goalkeeper development session in Henfield

Case studyTable Tennis Development• New club sections in

Storrington, Billingshurst and Steyning

• Proliferation of school coaching and competition

• Inclusive strands – 50+, care homes and disability

Female Participation

• Girls football support and growth

• Netball development and growth for adults and juniors

• Gymnastics supply increase

• New girls cricket sections fostered

Case study Rudgwick Netball Club• Start-up• Community coach• Ongoing support

Smiles from the winners of the Horsham

District Primary School Netball League

Young People

• Unemployed• Semi-sporty • Club set-up, support

and regeneration• Specialist• Holiday• Obesity• Disaffected

teenagers

Winning Horsham District athletics team at 2007 Sussex Youth Games

Case StudyStorrington Football12 disaffected boys, 20 weeks, working with youth service, antisocial behaviour reduced

Economic and LeadershipOutputs and Outcomes 2009/10

Outputs• Operative in 9 leisure

centres, 3 village halls and 10 other venues

• Recruited 49 new volunteers and trained 52

• 21 work experience students supported

• 6 Future Jobs created• 16 young volunteers

supported

Urban rebounding at Ready and Able

Outcomes• Strong and diversified

sports club community• 41 volunteers ‘enabled’ in

11 villages• 4 full-time and 12 part-

time jobs supported

Economic Contribution

• Leisure facility support• Funding leverage• Future Jobs Fund programme• Careers advice and support• Job creation

HDC Future Job staff supervising a new girls football team at an event

Leadership Development

• Young leader development

• Club and coach support – coach education and network building

• Volunteer opportunities

One of Horsham Youth Cycling Club’s young volunteers

Case studyCommunity Multisports Coach • Work experience• Family problems • Enthusiasm built on• Now an invaluable asset delivering a

range of sports to a range of client groups

Summary

• Significant impact in delivering council priorities particularly healthier, safer and stronger communities

• Strong brand and wide customer base

• High return (£220k) on a relatively small investment (£63k)