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BADMINTON England Council

Fact Badminton is largely a Non-asset owning sport (and in giving consideration to the ... The Badminton GB Board has endorsed the conduct of a strategic review ...

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BADMINTON England Council

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    1. BADMINTON England Council   The New Environment

    Derek Batchelor, Chairman of Council Council Meeting 26th January 2011

    2. The New Environment

    Fact – Badminton is largely a Non-asset owning sport (and in giving consideration to the following that needs to be borne in mind): Reduction of 28% in Local Authority budgets over the next four years. The fall in grant from National to Local Government will be more than 7% per annum in real terms and be significantly “front loaded”. Sport and Leisure is NOT a statutory service for Local Authorities. The cut forecast in this area to be in the region of Ł220,000,000!

    3. The New Environment

    Likely effects: facilities will reduce opening hours (particularly late evenings and at weekends); OR increase court costs; OR both of the above. Some facilities may be permanently closed. Sports Development Units will be under threat of closure. Local Authority Capital Funding cut by the equivalent of 45% over the period – compared with 29% over the whole of the public sector.

    4. The New Environment

    Local Government assessments relating to the population’s engagement in sport and leisure have either gone or are on the way out: the Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) has gone; National Indicators are on their way out (NI 8 was important for us); Local Area Agreements will be left to choice. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) budget has been reduced overall by 24% over four years – with an expectation that the bulk of this will be met by some 40% reductions in administration costs in the DCMS itself and reducing support to the Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPB) – in this context the Arts Council has been hit with 50%.

    5. The New Environment

    Sport England’s budget has been reduced by 33%. Generally this will be achieved by: reducing Sport England’s administration costs by 50% by 2015; and reducing funding for other national partners – English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS), SkillsActive UK, Sporting Equals, SportsCoach UK, Street Games, Volunteering England, The Women’s Sport and Fitness Foundation – by 30% over four years. . Specifically to BADMINTON England the reduction in Sport England funding will be reflected in reduced funding into National Governing Bodies (NGBs) by NO MORE than 15% for the funding period 2013 – 2017. HOWEVER: N.B. The investment for the current funding period (2009 – 2013) is protected and all agreed targets within our Whole Sport Plan remain BUT greater scrutiny will be placed on achieving our targets and any failure could present a reduction BEFORE March 2013.

    6. The New Environment

    A reduction of 40% in Sport England’s Exchequer Capital Budget was announced as part of the outcome of the CSR and it was anticipated that up to that percentage would also be cut from BADMINTON England’s capital award from Sport England from April 2011. This would have hit us particularly hard as we had profiled our draw down of that funding so that the largest portion of it fell in the 2011 – 2012 financial year. An appeal against the passing on of the 40% cut from Sport England to BADMINTON England was submitted toward the end of last year and I am pleased to be able to announce that we heard only last Friday that the cut being passed on to us is 20% for 2011 – 2012 and 22˝% for 2012 – 2013. This means that we have almost Ł300,000 more at our disposal for 2011 - 2012 than had a 40% cut actually been imposed. This should enable the Grants Assessment Panel to consider possible Asset Transfer projects which show the greatest ROI.

    7. The New Environment

    There is clear evidence that more and more local authorities are seeing asset transfer as a means of divesting themselves of facilities that are expensive to administer, whilst working with local communities / clubs, and partially addressing the Government’s “Big Society” agenda. Jonathan Lee is drawing together some information on Asset Transfer but in the meantime you might like to discover the stance being taken by your own local authorities and to look at the information contained on the Asset Transfer Unit’s website at http://atu.org.uk/  UK Sport’s budget has been reduced by 28% but reform in Lottery funding may well compensate for this to some extent (the share for sport is rising to 18% in 2011 – 2012 and then 20% in 2012 – 2013). 60% of Lottery funding will support projects in the Arts, Sports and Heritage. The remaining 40% will be used to support projects in the Voluntary and Community Sectors.

    8. The New Environment

    UK Sport’s financial support for the World Class Programme has been reduced by Ł541,700 (14%) over the two year period 2011 – 2012 and 2012 – 2013. The Badminton GB Board has endorsed the conduct of a strategic review of the GB Programme to address both the financial challenges (i.e. the reduction and a circa Ł200,000 overspend in the current financial year) and the need to ensure that the GB Programme is optimally placed going into the 2016 Olympic cycle. The initial fall out from the CSR saw all funding in support of the 450 School Sport Partnerships (SSPs) being withdrawn from the Youth Sport Trust (YST). In addition to which funding would be axed for School Sport Co-ordinators (SSCs), Partnership Development Managers (PDMs) and Competition Managers (CMs). As you will all be aware, there has been considerable adverse public reaction to the demise of SSPs and following a concerted public campaign the Department for Education has announced continuation of the SSPs until the end of the 2011 summer term at a cost of some Ł47million plus a further Ł65million has been earmarked to enable every secondary school to release one PE Teacher for a day a week in each of the 2011 – 2012 and 2012 – 2013 academic years to partially compensate for the demise of the SSCs.

    9. The New Environment

    Schools were given the option to continue with SSPs but with no “ring fenced” money to support this – hardly surprising therefore that there has been little interest in doing this when budgets in education are generally hard pressed. Funding for County Sports Partnerships (CSPs) has been completely cut by the Department of Health. Core funding of CSPs is to continue from Sport England (from Lottery funding) up until 2015. There will be an adverse effect on CSPs because of the demise of SSPs, etc. Will local authorities continue to support CSPs? The sporting legacy of the 2012 Olympic Games includes new “Olympic and Paralympic Style Schools Competition” – but there is still some lack of clarity on “who” will deliver this. Our current understanding is that this will be delivered via a “4 level” competitive school sports programme. Level 1 – Intra School Competition. Level 2 – Inter School Competition. Level 3 – County Level, Olympic style multi-sport competition (run by a Local Group). Level 4 – National Event.

    10. The New Environment

    “Places, People, Play” launched by Sport England. This is a series of initiatives launched by Sport England with London 2012 Legacy at the core of its objectives. Two of the declared intentions of “Places, People, Play” are to upgrade up to 1,000 sports clubs and facilities and invest in a number of iconic multi-sports facilities. “Sportivate” is another programme within the scheme and information about this is still being gathered. The Department of Health published its White Paper entitled “Healthy Lives, Healthy People: Our strategy for public health in England” on 30 November 2010 and this is out to consultation until 08 March 2011 – so there is still an opportunity to comment. The White Paper acknowledges the contribution of sport to Health and Wellbeing throughout life – particularly the need for children to have access to high quality physical education and it also emphasises the need to build on the Olympics / Paralympics via a positive legacy.

    11. The New Environment

    Corporate Governance / Fit for Purpose. As will be explained later in the meeting; major funders are placing ever increasing emphasis on National Governing Bodies and others in receipt of funding from the public purse being seen as “Fit for Purpose” and having well established procedures around Corporate Governance. The penalties for not meeting their criteria are severe. There is a rapid move away from bodies being “Grant Awarding” to either funding particular projects or outcomes (often via “ring fenced” funding) and some others are now going down the “commissioning” route. Specifically in the light of the above, an evidence base for funding for sport and physical activity will become increasingly important and making the business case for investments will be critical. The need to show cost-effectiveness and value for money (ROI) is essential (as is the need to identify outcomes and benefits for participants and to hit – or exceed – targets!).

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