Social inclusion and community involvement
Sports Development Officer funded as part of sports
package
| Sporting gain |
Sports development officer, sports development plan, community
use of commercial centre, extension of proposed changing facility
to allow community use |
| Proposal |
Commercial five-a-side centre to be built on part of a local
authority playing field |
| Location |
Kendray Playing Fields, Barnsley. |
| Description |
Development of a commercial five-a-side football centre on part
of Kendray Playing Fields in Barnsley, secured a package of
sporting benefits, which helped to kick-start and maintain greater
sporting opportunities for the local community.
This included the part funding of a Sports Development Officer and
the production of a sports development plan for the local
neighbourhood.
Community use of the new commercial centre was also secured,
together with improvements to proposed changing rooms to allow
community use. |
| Secured by |
Legal contract between local authority and developer |
| Approval Date |
November 2000 |
| Local Authority |
Barnsley MBC |
Funding of senior project officer to ensure delivery
of quality sport and recreation schemes
| Sporting Gain |
Employment of a full time senior projects officer (landscape
architect), to boost the section’s ability to produce good quality
recreational and environment schemes and draw in grant
funding. |
| Proposal |
To create a full time project officer post, paid for by
interest paid on a holding account for S106 funding. |
| Location |
Planning Policy and Projects Section, Ashfield district
council. |
| Description |
The new post provides important expertise to the section and
improves the quality of grant funding bids and the final project
delivery.
The new officer is not only a landscape architect but is also an
experienced community worker and grant funding applicant.
The cost of the post, in terms of spending S106 interest, is
marginal when compared to the funding drawn in, added value to the
projects and fees that would otherwise have been paid to third
parties. |
| Secured by |
Interest payments on the S106 account. |
| Approval date |
January 2003 |
| Local authority |
Ashfield district council, Planning Policy and Projects
Section. |
Community use and promotion of new school
facility
| Sporting gain |
Community access agreement for a new all weather sports
pitch |
| Proposal |
School applied to build a new full – sized all weather
pitch |
| Location |
Badminton School, Westbury on Trym, Bristol |
| Description |
Badminton School applied for planning permission to build a new
full-sized all weather pitch in its grounds.The council imposed a
planning condition that the school should allow community
access.
A statement of intent was agreed, which subsequently formed a
schedule to a Section 106 agreement. The statement covered
promotion of the pitch to sports clubs and community groups;
booking procedure; times available to the community, and reasonable
hire charges. |
| Secured by |
Section 106 agreement |
| Approval date |
October 2003 |
| Local authority |
Bristol City Council |
Commercial leisure centre available for use by
community
| Sporting gain |
Community use of a commercial health and fitness centre. |
| Proposal |
Redevelopment of civil service sports cub into a sports and
health club complex |
| Location |
CSSC Sports Ground, Portsmouth |
| Description |
Secured the use of a new commercial sports and health club for
the wider community, in particular schools and women.
Community use was done in partnership with the city council's
sports development team and provided for the delivery of strategic
sports development activities including the preparation of a
football development program. |
| Secured by |
Section 106 agreement |
| Approval date |
2001 |
| Local authority |
Portsmouth City Council |
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