Aims & Objectives

Aims

• Sport
  To provide and co-ordinate a cohesive framework for sports specific development across Northamptonshire, from playground to podium
• Physical Activity
  Use physical activity to improve the physical, social, mental health and wellbeing of people in Northamptonshire in order to achieve a physically active Northamptonshire.
• Community
  To target interventions to encourage lifelong involvement in sport and physical activity in order to provide healthier, safer and more prosperous communities
• Education and Skills
  Develop high quality education and skills based programmes that provide relevant and accessible opportunities to develop the workforce
  

Objectives for Sport in Northamptonshire

1. Develop a cohesive player pathway
2. Provide a forum where good practice and information can be communicated to partners in relation to local, regional and national issues and initiatives
3. Advocate for "Sport for Sports sake" at county, regional and national levels
4. Co-ordinate a system for sport to monitor its performance against identified Key Performance Indicators
5. Act as a consultative body for funding, planning and the future strategic development of sport
6. Support the development of specific working groups that will improve the quality and/quality of sport provision

Objectives for a Physically Active Northamptonshire

1. Communicate and advocate at a strategic level, the positive contribution sport and physical activity can make in terms of social, mental and physical well being.
2. Strategic planning across agencies delivering health outcomes to ensure co-ordination and a reduction in duplication
3. Promote high quality well targeted attractive facilities for physical activity - CH
4. Facilitate the development of innovative physical activity programmes in order to reach the wider population - CH
5. Halt in the rise of obesity levels of young people - CH
6. Encourage employers in the public, private and voluntary sectors to engage and motivate staff to be more active.- CH
7. Advocate a balance between informal and formal sporting and physical activity opportunities by providers.
8. Promote to the community physical activity as an integral part of daily life.
9. Coordinate a system of collecting and monitoring the measurement and impact of physical activity against key performance indicators

Objectives to Use Sport in the Community

1. Identify and utilise appropriate mechanisms to disseminate information and good practice
2. Advise and provide strategic direction on countywide issues relating to community sports development
3. Work in partnership with key agencies in the development of communities through sport
4. Implement monitoring and evaluation procedures which show that sport is making a difference within communities
5. Identify grant aid and funding sources for community sport at a county and community sports network level.
6. Provide guidance to Community Sports Networks on the use of sport within the community sector
7. Promote sport and physical activity to aid in unifying communities; unlocking local skills and help people affect a positive lifestyle change.
8. Develop programmes to widen access to sport and physical activity as a means of tackling social isolation and bring a range of social benefits to a community.
9. Strategic planning across the education, skills and community sectors for sport and physical activity through an strategic approach to workforce development
10. Higher Education (HE) Further Education (FE) and other learning providers to deliver an education and skills framework which supports the development of a strong sporting/physical activity workforce in the county
11. Promote sport and physical activity to develop skills and knowledge to aid lifelong learning.
12. Promote the development of vocational and academic pathways to careers and through leisure, with an aim of widening the opportunity of deployment within the county
13. Develop leadership and key skills for sport and physical activity within the voluntary sector.