Government Business July 2016
Challenging thoughtpiece on local authority leisure provision and services.
S&PA Professional Dec 2015
Read Duncan Wood-Allum’s interview in CIMSPA’s magazine, the S&PA Professional. His interview discusses why Councils need to take a smarter approach to leisure commissioning and discusses his view of priorities for the sector.
Is this the green light for real service transformation?
The Government Sports Strategy recognises that “local authorities have and will continue to have, an absolutely crucial role to play in delivering sport and physical activity opportunities.”
Transform or die
The stark choice facing Leisure and Culture.
North Kesteven District Council: Sport and Physical Activity Strategy
In 2015, North Kesteven District Council published their Sport and Physical Activity Strategy, developed in partnership with SLC.
Will leisure make the cut by 2020?
With the LGA predicting the potential loss of leisure services by 2020, Duncan Wood-Allum explores the potential of this popular, but embattled sector to reinvent itself.
What chief executives want
With increased pressure on town halls to find savings, Duncan Wood-Allum provides an insight into the thinking of Chief Executives towards sport, leisure and cultural services.
Which way now? Part 2
In Part 2, the sector’s response to the challenge from members of SLC’s Online Forum provides fascinating insights from some of our leading thinkers.
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.