Sport Development
Alison Randle • 16 May 2020
Sport is an incredible vehicle for personal and community development. Just a few minutes watching the Paralympics or the Invictus Games demonstrates the power of sport to help give meaning and purpose to someone’s life. Taking exercise outside has proven benefits for creating positive mental health. It is rare for funders to fund sport, preferring instead to fund the progress that taking part in sport brings for groups of individuals, or the benefits that a vibrant sports club brings to a community. A well planned project demonstrates a good understanding of the benefits that the completed project will bring to the people taking part and their communities.
Sport development can be carried out at: sub-club level, for instance working on a project run by a local club to get older people in their community more active; club level, for instance work with the committee to review club policies and governance processes; or at country level, for instance working with a national governing body (NGB) to create a conference for club management volunteers. There are occasions where work with NGBs involves working with Government and Sports Councils on consultations to help shape Government sport strategy. I was an NGB representative on HMRC’s CASC Forum during the Community Amateur Sports Club scheme review from 2013-15, so I have an excellent understanding of how the CASC scheme works.
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