February 2008
DON'T MISS...
- Clubmark goes from good to great - we look back at a successful year!
- All change at Sport England (again) - will we ever give it a chance.
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An alternative approach to news and views |
Welcome to the latest edition of KKP News, our regular e-zine to keep you up to date with the latest developments at KKP and across the industry.
This edition focuses on club development, including the approach being adopted by the RFU...
...and, following the theme of our last newsletter, we take the lid off the use of community intelligence networks to promote the value of sport at local level.
I would also like to thank those of you that fed back to us on our first edition. It would appear that the newsletter style, the articles and our desire to avoid regurgitated news is working for you.
Continuing on this subject, which side of the fence do you sit on? We want to hear from you. Contact me (john.eady@kkp.co.uk) or any member of the KKP team if you agree or disagree with us or you would like to present an alternative perspective on topical aspects of our industry.
John Eady
Chief Executive
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Taking the lid off... ... the KKP standpoint on the latest thinking |
Have your say - and make the most of it
Keith Gerrard, working as an associate public sector consultant for KKP discusses the value of community intelligence...
We know lots about our customers and spend lots of time and resource finding out more.
What we don't always do is make the most of it - looking at everything that's out there - what are our partners and colleagues busily collecting and how can we use it? and how (honestly) do we use community intelligence to inform and define our policies?
Clubs - what's in a name
Clare MacLeod, Principal Consultant at KKP and a recognised club development expert talks about how we can practically support this increasingly important network...
Clubs (along with sport!) are back in fashion! This key part of our sector has, in general, done pretty well to survive largely intact throughout the period when the best we in national, county and local sports development agencies often had on offer was extra layers of administration and bureaucracy. So, what do we want from them?
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Focus on... Get the lowdown on our latest projects |
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A point of view In defence of Sport England... |
...by Jonathan WoodsSo, here we are in the midst of yet another review of the nation's favourite whipping boy! To put the remarks that follow into context; Sport England is to KKP - a key client, a funder or supporter of many of the projects upon which we work, and to which we have provided advice and a home to many valued friends and colleagues. Taking a step back, however, one can understand critics of the organisation who, over time, have become frustrated at the regular moves of goalposts, the frightening number of changes of key personnel (especially at the Support Centre in London) and its seeming inability to avoid being in the firing line. In its defence, however, in a domestic environment in which the nation's QUANGOS appear to hover only inches from the fingertips of the UK Sports Minister and DCMS civil servants, what chance has Sport England realistically got, given the almost bewildering frequency with which it is asked to adapt, to provide a consistent lead to its partners and dependents? This being said, some coherent messages have been flowing out of the organisation, for example, in relation to facilities planning. County sports partnerships are also in place across England and are being supported to complement and work with the network of school sport partnerships. In addition, governing bodies of sport either have, or are being encouraged to modernise and improve the way that they function. Maybe the current review will provide it with some breathing space and enable it to be what most of its partners would like to see; a strong, ‘adequately independent', appropriately funded, consistent, organisation with the capacity to (at least in the medium term) establish policy, set targets and develop funding priorities and be allowed to stick to them. As the (former) Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport; James Purnell stated in his article in Leisure Opportunities (22 January 2008): ‘.We have never had a better opportunity to get a generation passionate about playing sport. It's an opportunity that we must not waste.' |
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In the news Keep up to date with the latest developments at KKP |
Good things come in threes!Following successful completion of the Council's playing pitch strategy and open space assessment, KKP is awarded 3rd consecutive contract in North Lanarkshire. |
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100% record in BIG play funding applications!KKP's strategies secure more than £1m for the development of children's play. |
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Mixed facility proposal to unite young and oldBradford tests the feasibility of co-locating skatepark, adventure sports and bowling facilities. |
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“All men by nature desire knowledge”KKP South West re-locates to new, state of the art premises, The Knowledge Spa.... |
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