Creating a sporting habit for life
Inclusive Sport Fund
Lindsay Games / Carol Fraser
September 2013
Agenda for the day
1. Refreshments, welcome and introductions
2. Sport England and disability equality in sport
3. The objectives of the Inclusive Sport
programme
4. The English Federation of Disability Sport
5. Assessment criteria – part one
Refreshments
6. Assessment criteria – part two
7. Round One experiences
8. Conclusion and discussion
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About Sport England
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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Only one in six disabled adults play sport
once a week
Once a week participation in sport
37.8%
15.1%
39.3%
16.7%
39.2%
16.2%
38.9%
16.3%
37.7%
39.4%
38.7%
17.7%
18.3%
18.2%
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No limiting
disability /
illness
April 2013
13.6m
Limiting
disability /
illness
April 2013
1.7m
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There are considerable variations in
participation levels
Once a week participation in sport
No limiting disability / illness
Limiting disability / illness
Autistic spectrum disorder
Physical impairment
Mental health condition
Learning disability/difficulty
Blind/visual impairment
Deaf/hard of hearing
Other impairment
38.7%
18.2%
19.8%
17.5%
16.2%
14.4%
11.4%
10.6%
18.3%
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£10 million invested in Round 1
• 44 projects
• Good coverage, both geographical
and impairments
Round 2
• Continue to
build on the
2012 legacy
• £7 million of
National Lottery
funding
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The Inclusive Sport Fund
• 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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What we fund
What we won’t fund
• 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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English Federation of Disability Sport
Improving sport and physical activity
opportunities for disabled people
www.efds.co.uk
Our vision…
Disabled people are
active for life
Our purpose…
To be the strategic lead for sport and
physical activity for disabled
people in England
Overview
• EFDS’s principal aim is to increase participation in sport and
physical activity for disabled people
• Registered charity, representing variety of sport and other
bodies to influence and advocate
• National body and Sport England’s national partner for disabled
people in sport and physical activity throughout England
• Champion opportunities for disabled people to enjoy sport and
make it a memorable experience
• Support sport and fitness sectors to be more inclusive
• Working with partners, including Sport England, national
equality partners, National Disability Sport Organisations,
National Governing Bodies of sport and Disabled People’s
Organisations
• Developing and rolling-out national programmes to improve
access to sport and physical activity, and player pathways
• Inclusive Fitness Initiative
• Disability Sport Events
• Playground to Podium
• Sainsbury’s Active Kids for All
• Inclusive Sport programme with NDSOs
• Supports the delivery of high quality training opportunities to
increase the number of disabled people involved in sport and
physical activity
Is there is a demand for
what you want to
provide?
Is your offer what
disabled people want
to do?
Useful research to help get answers:
• Sport England Active People survey
– Provides statistics on the number of disabled people playing sport
• EFDS Barriers to participation
– Provides insight into what prevents disabled people from taking part
• Disabled People’s Lifestyle Survey
– Provides insight into what disabled people enjoy doing and how they
want to take part in sport and physical activity
• Sport and Recreation Alliance Club Survey
– Insight into current club provision for disabled people and what
improvements are needed
– Not yet launched– available soon
• www.efds.co.uk/resources/research
Make sure that disabled
people are aware of your
opportunity
Engaging with the right partners……
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Influence and support positive change
Engagement with NGBs and NDSO's
Understanding the Community
Connecting the Sectors
Strengthen Effectiveness
Assessing your application
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
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Clear who would benefit from the project
Understood what sporting activities would appeal
Addressed how barriers would be overcome
Explained information sources
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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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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
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• 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
• 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
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• Explained how the project would be sustainable
• Addressed the future role of partners
• Reasonable income and expenditure forecasts
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• Was unclear how the project would continue after the
end of Inclusive Sport funding
• No evidence of future income generation
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Round 1 experiences
[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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How to apply
September
October 7th
Workshops held and prospectus
available
Online application process opens
5pm
December
2nd
Application deadline
February
2014
Notification of decisions
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Who makes the decisions?
5pm
December
2nd
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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Further support
• Telephone: 08458 508 508
– 8am-9pm Monday
– 8am-6pm Tuesday to Thursday
– 8am-5pm on Fridays
• Email: funding@sportengland.org
• Prospects and FAQ documents online at
www.sportengland.org/inclusivesport
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