2. Learning Objectives
• To develop an understanding of the role
that UK sport agencies play in the
organisation of sport at different levels
• To understand how UK Sport, Sport
England and the youth Sport trust effect
the performance pyramid
7. UK Sport
• Works in partnership with the
home country sports
councils and other agencies
to lead sport in the UK to
world-class success.
• UK Sport is responsible for
managing and distributing
public investment and is a
statutory distributor of funds
raised by the National
Lottery.
• Accountable to Parliament through the
Department for Culture, Media and Sport, UK Sport's work is
directed by the Board, which meets every two months.
• Elite Performance – regional centres of excellence
8. Two main aims:
1. To support and deliver
success at the Olympic
and Paralympic Games –
a ‘no compromise’
approach to target
resources at athletes
capable of winning
medals.
2. World Class Performance
Programme: funds
performance and
subsistence costs of elite
UK athletes (money from
the National Lottery)
11. • Promoting community
sport to create an active
nation
• Distribute lottery funding
• Parallel agencies (Sport
Scotland/ Sports Council
for Wales (Sport
Cymru)/Sports Council
Northern Ireland)
• County Sports
Partnership
12. • The document is embedded on the blog. Use
it to highlight the key aims of Sport England’s
new policy ‘Creating a Sporting Habit for Life’
13. • The Youth Sport Trust is a registered charity, established in 1994.
• Their mission is to build a
brighter future for young
people by enhancing the
quality of their physical
education (PE) and sporting
opportunities.
• To increase young people’s
participation and enjoyment of
PE and school sport.
• For young people to have the
chance to experience and
enjoy different types of activity
at whatever level is right for
them.•
14. The YST has introduced the
following Initiatives:
• TOP Programmes –
provide a sporting
pathway for children
• Specialist Sports
Colleges - more
funding, community
use
15. • National Competitions
Framework
• Physical Education
School Sport and Club
Links (PESSCL) strategy
– aim to have 85% of
school children accessing
4 hours of high quality PE
and Sport a week by
2010
– Step into Sport – YST,
Sport England sports
leaders
– Gifted and Talented
16. • School Sport
Partnership – groups of
schools working
together to develop
opportunities for young
people
– 1 Partnership
Development Manager
(PDM)
– 8 School Sport Co-
ordinators (SSCO’s)
– 45 Primary and Special
School Link Teachers
(PLT)
