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Community use of school sports facilities. Introduction - Richard Hunt. Head of Service Development (Culture, Sport & Communities) Suffolk County Council and Chair of CLOA. Suffolk County Council. Community use on school sites Interest in over 20 schools
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Community use of school sports facilities Introduction - Richard Hunt Head of Service Development (Culture, Sport & Communities) Suffolk County Council and Chair of CLOA
Suffolk County Council • Community use on school sites • Interest in over 20 schools • Commitment to support community use across the county • Community use review pilot • Partnership with Culture First, Improvement East and Sport England • Efficiencies & improvements • Local authority leading the agenda
Wider context • Size and scale: 76% sports halls, 73% AGPs on school sites • Access & growing participation • Delivery models and relationships between school-local authority
Challenges • Economic situation • Subsidy from local authority? • Efficiency & improvement • Changing policy • Academy status • Community use agreements • Strategic role of local authority • For schools • Balancing the books • Benefit to school curriculum? • Organisational pressures & capacity • Grant funding
Purpose of today • Share the learning from Suffolk • Consider the wider agenda • Outcomes • Understanding & debate some of the issues & considerations • Consider different approaches/models to community use • Consider how to advocate to schools • Consider & discuss tools for business planning, management & operational delivery