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_Keynes

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 home-grown 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.

To develop, participate and progress in sport

Ensure people are properly qualifiedAdequately 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