Sports
Active Sports and Whole Sports Plans
Northamptonshire Sport has been delivering the Active Sports programme for the last four years in the sports of:
Year 1 Sports:
Year 2 sports:
Year 3 Sports:
Over the last four years, the main achievements of the programme have been:
- a county wide programme of opportunities for young people to access local, high quality coaching programmes, linked to local schools and clubs
- an annual youth sports festival, called the Northamptonshire Youth Games
- a more coordinated system for young people with talent to be identified and receive the appropriate support
- the establishment of a network of accredited sports clubs, that have met standards laid out by the National Governing Bodies of sport and Sport England
- an increased number and a higher quality of coaches, officials and volunteer helpers working with young people at different levels
Whole Sports Plans
In 2005, Sport England required National Governing Bodies of Sport to produce Whole Sport Plans, which detailed how that sport would be developed, from play ground to podium.
As a result, Northamptonshire Sport has changed how its uses the Active Sports programme to ensure the targets contained within Whole Sports Plans are achieved.
Whole Sports Plans have also provided Northamptonshire Sport with the opportunity to work with other sports and over the next few months, new plans will be produced to direct the development of sport in the county.