Which way now? Part 1
In a series of two thought provoking and controversial articles over the summer of 2011, Duncan Wood-Allum suggests the need for a debate on where public money is spent on sport and leisure services in the future.
Kingston Upon Thames prepares a sport and leisure needs assessment
The Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames has appointed the Sport, Leisure and Culture Consultancy (SLC) to prepare a sport and leisure needs assessment for the borough. With the Olympic cycling road race coming through the Borough next year, interest in sport will be at an all-time high. But with…
Warrington’s sport and physical activity strategy
Warrington Borough Council has appointed The Sport, Leisure and Culture Consultancy (SLC) to prepare a five year sport and physical activity strategy that looks beyond traditional ideas of exercise to deliver improved outcomes for health and wellbeing. The strategy aims to make Warrington the most active borough in the North…
Canterbury looks to future leisure provision
Like most local authority leisure departments, Canterbury City Council is exploring the best possible way to deliver leisure services for less and ensure that service quality meets expectation into the future. With an opportunity to review the current management contract with their operating partner, back in late 2010, SLC were…
Local Derby
Ten local authorities in Derbyshire, led by Derbyshire Sport, the County Sports Partnership, recently challenged SLC to help them to explore efficiency savings. The Derbyshire local authorities identified the current state of their respective cultural services – sport, arts, museums, heritage and libraries – via a simple questionnaire. A number…
If Carlsberg did Conferences
Having just spent two days at the LGA Culture Tourism and Sport Conference, on the long journey home I’ve been wondering how Carlsberg would do it? As the premier event in the Culture and Sport calendar, this is the ‘must attend gig’ for all those involved at a senior level…
Heritage Change Programme For London
SLC has finalised the Heritage Change Programme Support Pack featuring guidance, toolkits and advice from the Heritage Change Programme on behalf of the London Cultural Improvement Programme (LCIP). The Heritage Change Programme (HCP) is part of the overall London Cultural Improvement Programme which is funded by Capital Ambition (London’s Regional…
Active People?
New participation figures from Sport England’s Active People Survey 4 paint a mixed picture of progress in grassroots sport, with strong growth in running and cycling but a drop in numbers for other major sports. Overall, the poor increase in participation numbers seen over the past five years continues, with…
SLC building on successful first year in 2010
It’s only been 8 months since we started trading and we’re very proud of what has been achieved in 2010. Here’s a quick summary: SLC secured all three publicly tendered major projects it bid for in 2010 – and has successfully delivered 11 projects over the last 8 months, with…
Ten Golden Rules for Options Appraisals
SLC’s ten golden rules for options appraisals have been developed from our learning over the years in taking Councils through their future options for Culture and Sport services. Duncan Wood-Allum authored guidance still being used by the Improvement and Development Agency on Options Appraisals and Business Cases for Culture and…