Creating a sporting habit for life
Lindsay Games / Carol Fraser
September 2013

1. Refreshments, welcome and introductions
2. Sport England and disability equality in sport
3. The objectives of the Inclusive Sport programme
4. Introducing Interactive
5. Assessment criteria – part one
Refreshments and discussion
6. Assessment criteria – part two
7. Round One experiences
8. How to apply
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We are investing over £1 billion of National Lottery and Exchequer funding between 2012 and 2017 in organisations and projects that will:
• Help more people have a sporting habit for life
• Create more opportunities for young people to play sport
• Nurture and develop talent
• Provide the right facilities in the right places
• Support local authorities and unlock local funding
• Ensure real opportunities for communities
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Once a week participation in sport
39,3%
37,8%
39,2% 38,9%
37,7%
39,4%
38,7%
No limiting disability / illness
April 2013
13.6m
18,3%
18,2%
15,1%
16,7% 16,2% 16,3%
17,7%
Limiting disability / illness
April 2013
1.7m
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Once a week participation in sport
No limiting disability / illness
Limiting disability / illness 18,2%
Autistic spectrum disorder
Physical impairment
Mental health condition
Learning disability/difficulty
Blind/visual impairment
Deaf/hard of hearing
Other impairment
19,8%
17,5%
16,2%
14,4%
11,4%
10,6%
18,3%
38,7%
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• 44 projects
• Good coverage – geographically and by impairment type
• Continue to build on the
2012 legacy
• £7 million of
National Lottery funding
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• Led by the needs of disabled people
• Bring together experts from both sport and disability sectors
• Participation by all disabled people
• Inclusive and dedicated opportunities
• Opportunities that are not just accessible but are friendly, welcoming, and effectively staffed
• Innovative, scalable and replicable projects
• Taking sport to places disabled people already inhabit.
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• Bona fide and legitimate organisations with a written constitution
• Demonstrate good financial health and governance
• Revenue grants of £10,001+
• Target disabled people aged
14+ with a recognised sporting activity / physical activities that lead to recognised sport
• Activities that have not yet begun
• Sustainable projects
• Capital awards/facility development
• Equipment-only
• Projects focused solely on physical activity, such as walking or gardening
• General running costs e.g. ongoing staff costs, council tax, gas, electricity or water bills, facility costs for office base
• One off events
• Items that only benefit an individual
• Foreign trips
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• Interactive is a charity creating disability equality in sport with a vision of an inclusive and active society
• A leading strategic sports body with a focus on both disability equality and sport
• Uniquely positioned to connect the disability, sport, health and education sectors at a strategic and political level
• By influencing from policy to delivery, Interactive ensures sport and physical activity become equally accessible for all people meaning disabled people are equally valued
• English Federation of Disability Sport strategic partner for London

• Inclusive and Active 2
- Network of 104 adopted organisations receiving advice and support to achieve organisational specific targets linked to their bespoke Inclusive and Active 2 action plan
- 731 relationships brokered across the Inclusive and Active Network
- Approximately 25,000 disabled people provided with access to opportunities to be more active
• Be Inclusive and Active – Online Disability Equality Training
- 11,338 people provided with access to online disability equality training.
• Interactive Products and Services

During the Application
Process
• In kind support for
Inclusive and Active 2 adopted organisations
Other Services
• Consortia
Collaboration
• Project Development
Support for your
Successful Project
• In kind support for
Inclusive and Active 2 adopted organisations.
Other Services
• Training – Be Inclusive and Active / Inclusive and Active Workshop
• Project Development
• Hot Desk at Interactive
• Inclusive Event
Implementation

Inclusive Sport Round 1 successful applicants supported by
Interactive
Wheelchair Football Association – WFA Grassroots Powerchair Football
Aspire - Instructability
Access Sport – Access Sport Disability Programme
London Legacy Development Corporation – Together East
LB Newham: Culture and Community Development – Newham Ability Sports
Programme
Wheels for Wellbeing – Cycling for All – An Inclusive Cycling Network
Adopted
Adopted
Adopted + Bespoke support
Adopted
Adopted
Royal London Society for Blind People – Sport without Limits
LB Camden Sport and Physical Activity Service – All Inclusive – Inclusive and
Active Camden
Brentford FC Community Sports Trust – On Your Marks
Linked in to adoption process and Networks
Adopted
Adopted
Adopted and
Consortia
Collaboration

County Sport Partnership Support
It is worth contacting your relevant PRO-ACTIVE Partnership (County Sports Partnership) when developing your application. They will be able to offer advice and support.
The lead contact for each partnership is as follows
•
• PRO-ACTIVE West London: Jemima Morris -jemima.morris@brunel.ac.uk
• PRO-ACTIVE East London: Gabby Williams-g.l.williams@uel.ac.uk
• PRO-ACTIVE North London: Matthew Eames -m.eames@mdx.ac.uk
• PRO-ACTIVE South London: David George davidgeorge@pro-activesouthlondon.org
• PRO-ACTIVE Central London: Dedicated funding support officer Xander Beck can provide free one-to-one support on your application. Contact aos-funding@lsbu.ac.uk

1 Consultation and insight
2 Delivery and impact
3 Partnership and feedback
4 Sustainability
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1 Consultation and insight
We need to know:
• How you have consulted with disabled people. Your project should be responding to their views, motivations and expectations.
• What the barriers to participation in sport are there for the disabled people who will benefit from your proposed activity.
• How you have used feedback and learning from projects that have been delivered successfully in the past.
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1 Consultation and insight
 • Clear who would benefit from the project
• Understood what sporting activities would appeal
• Addressed how barriers would be overcome
• Explained information sources
 • Funding would be used for initial consultation
• No local evidence
• Did not understand barriers or how to address these
• No mention of good practice
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2 Delivery and impact
We need to know:
• How your proposals will address the needs of the disabled people they are designed to benefit and the barriers they face to participating in sport.
• How your proposals will enhance existing local provision, potentially reaching new audiences .
• How many people you expect to take part in the project and the types of environments in which it will take place.
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2 Delivery and impact
 • Clear vision of how the project would be delivered
• Provided detailed delivery plans (e.g. number of sessions, resources required)
• Linked delivery plans to needs outlined in section
1
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• Unrealistic estimates of impact
• Did not demonstrate additionality – no evidence the project would enhance existing provision or reach a new audience
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3 Partnership and feedback
We need to know:
• What consultation you have carried out with sports and non-sports organisations .
• Who will be involved in supporting the delivery of this project, either through strategic support or financial backing
- cash or in-kind.
• How you will share learning from your project to enable successful approaches to be replicated.
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3 Partnership and feedback
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• Identified good range of partners
• Clear roles for each partner
• Demonstrated how monitoring and evaluation would take place regularly
• Clear outcomes and feedback mechanisms
 • Unclear who partners were or their roles
• Did not address how learning from the project would be shared
• Had not adequately consulted or considered the potential across both sport and non-sport partners
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4 Sustainability
We will fund projects for up to 3 years , but we need to know:
• How Inclusive Sport funding will create a sustainable local community sports project after the funding is finished.
• How your project will lead to sustained participation in regular sporting activity.
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4 Sustainability
 • Explained how the project would be sustainable
• Addressed the future role of partners
• Reasonable income and expenditure forecasts
 • Was unclear how the project would continue after the end of Inclusive Sport funding
• No evidence of future income generation
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[Here was shown a presentation from a successful Inclusive Sport Round 1 applicant from the local area covering:
Experience of application process
Consultation undertaken
Project offered
Partnerships created as a result
Thoughts around sustainability]
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September
Workshops held and prospectus available
October 7th
Online application process opens
5pm
December 2 nd
Application deadline
February
2014
Notification of decisions
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5pm
December 2 nd
Application deadline
• Sport England assess the applications
• Our Project Committee, under delegated authority from the
Sport England Main Board, will make funding decisions on all applications received to the Inclusive Sport Fund.
February
2014
Notification of decisions
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• Telephone: 08458 508 508
– 8am-9pm Monday
– 8am-6pm Tuesday to Thursday
– 8am-5pm on Fridays
• Email: f unding@sportengland.org
• Prospects and FAQ documents online at www.sportengland.org/inclusivesport
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