Reflecting on SLC’s year – 2017
As SLC reflects on 2017, we are delighted with the success of the year.
The Fast Changing Leisure Procurement Market
The last two years has seen a significant change in the leisure management procurement market but it is about to change once more. Procurements concluded during the last two years have seen more and more services move from subsidy to delivering surpluses for local authorities on the back of extremely…
Oxford City Council: Community Centre Strategy 2016-2020
Oxford City Council’s Community Centre Strategy for 2016 – 2020 which SLC supported by developing the Strategy’s evidence base.
A year in the life of a sport and leisure consultant
As Managing Consultant Toby Kingsbury reaches one year at SLC, he has written an article detailing his learning points for the Sport and Leisure Industry from the consultant’s perspective.
Broader health outcomes required
A new government in Westminster is forming, elected by an increasingly unhealthy electorate. The Brits just can’t help eating too much and exercising too little.
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.