KKP has recently been appointed by the North West local authority as it embarks on its Building Schools for the Future programme. A preferred bidder has been confirmed and detailed delivery plans are being delivered.

A Leisure Facility Review for Bolton

Bolton has also been selected to move forward with the national BSF programme. It is set to receive £82.9m to refurbish and rebuild a number of secondary schools as part of the first phase, which is planned to take place over the next three years. Two additional bids, each of around £80m, will follow.

Preston City Council has appointed KKP to deliver its 2010-2015 Sport and Physical Activity Strategy.

Sport and Physical Activity Strategy

Following its involvement in the City's first strategy in 2001/02, KKP worked closely with Preston PCT and the City Council to produce its innovative 2006-2010 strategy (Preston's Working Out). This has underpinned the rapid expansion in the range, quality and impact of the widely acclaimed development work undertaken in the city.

KKP manages Clubmark on behalf of Sport England. Amongst other things, we are responsible for performance management information to illustrate the scale of programme success and the breadth and depth of coverage of Clubmark clubs.

Updated Clubmark maps have recently been loaded to the Clubmark website. These are produced quarterly by KKP's GIS (Geographical Information Systems) team to depict the geographical spread of accredited clubs using the data from the Clubmark database.

Lead Partner for the 2009 National Sports Conference, KKP has joined forces with Edge Architects to provide a Consultancy Advice Clinic at Leisure Industry Week. Whether you need advice on facility design, business planning, funding support or help with sports development planning, you can ask us anything....

PPG17 specialists, Knight, Kavanagh & Page (KKP) is pleased to have the opportunity to work with Newark and Sherwood District Council, the district famed worldwide for its connections with Robin Hood and the home to Sherwood Forest, to deliver its community green space improvement plans.

Improvement plans to protect green space provision

This assignment involves stepping in at a slightly different stage of a PPG17 assessment and is, thus, of particular interest to us.

KKP manages Clubmark in England on behalf of Sport England. Having delivered an initial contract to evaluate, improve and modernise the pre-existing scheme in 2005 we were appointed to run Clubmark in April 2006.

We have taken the initial ‘raw' product and developed it into what is now acknowledged to be a robust, reliable, genuinely defensible quality scheme. It has measurably improved the quality of junior sports clubs and increased the number of young people participating in active, accessible, accredited environments.

Rossendale has decided to place its trust in the hands of experts Knight Kavanagh & Page to deliver its 2009 Leisure Review and Options Appraisal.

The commission includes review of management of Council leisure facilities, joint use centres, arts and sports development. It will result in a thorough, objective appraisal of the options for their future management and development. This review is a key element of the Council's wider remit to create a sustainable approach to its leisure management.

Derry City Council has appointed Knight Kavanagh & Page (KKP) to deliver two vital plans:

The Derry Strategy for Development of Sport and Physical Activity

This will provide strategic direction for management, development and delivery of sport and physical activity in the City for the period 2009-2014. Designed to drive its investment, programmes, practices and structures well beyond that point, it also incorporates a detailed action plan with measurable outcomes, target dates and resource requirements.

... There should be clear and progressive pathways for all participants in our sport. Whether a gymnast, coach, official or one of the many volunteers delivering gymnastics at a local, regional or national level, we want to build a sustainable system that ultimately ensures all gymnasts have a positive, enjoyable and long term involvement in the sport....Mark Gannon, Chief Executive, Gymnastics England

Tameside MBC has commissioned Knight Kavanagh & Page to conduct a PPG17 study encompassing open spaces, playing pitches and indoor sports facilities.

The study will involve a comprehensive needs assessment and the development of standards to identify deficiencies and surpluses against these standards.