1. ♯ TVPEConf Tees Valley Primary PE & School Sport Conference 2016 Paul Kreczak Tees Valley Sport & Emma Turnbull Stockton Schools Sport Partnership Developing Active Club Links

2. ♯ TVPEConf Workshop outcomes By the end of this workshop, you should be able to: define a school-club link understand the wider benefits of community club links understand the School Games Mark criteria relating to club links at bronze, silver & gold level understand the benefits of SLAs with community partners know where to find details of local clubs and how to quality assure them know who to contact locally for advice

3. ♯ TVPEConf What is a club link? A school- club link is an agreement between a school and a community-based sports club to work together: to meet the needs of all young people, whether they want to get involved: - as an elite performer - to enjoy sport and develop their skills - for social or recreational reasons - as a young leader or coach - as a club officer

4. ♯ TVPEConf What is a club link? to provide new and varied opportunities for young people to help young people to realise their ambitions in sport by providing pathways to follow to agree good standards of provision and put in place quality controls to ensure standards remain high A poster/leaflet advertising a club does not in itself constitute a school-club link

5. ♯ TVPEConf Examples of Club links Group activity Discuss the links that your school has with local sports clubs/providers. 1.Do they meet the criteria set out above? 2.Examples – good/bad

6. ♯ TVPEConf Benefits of good Club Links Improved social development of students Increased opportunities and pathways for students Specialist coaching to complement/support teachers Increased health and wellbeing of students Community cohesion Access to high quality sports facilities/facility efficiencies Income generation/increased funding opportunities Recognition as an institution that supports development beyond the school environment (Value Added) Positive image of school/increased profile locally

7. ♯ TVPEConf Good Club Links… Community v’s commercial Develop relationships with key club contacts Must be mutually beneficial Accessible for children Facilities: - delivery in school? - use of club site?

8. ♯ TVPEConf …Good Club Links Service Level Agreements/Funding Agreements Satellite Clubs National Governing Body support - FA Skills Team - Destination Judo Quality assurance - Clubmark clubs Safeguarding/Welfare

9. ♯ TVPEConf Finding Clubs Local sports directory County Sports Partnership – Club & Activity Finder County Sports Partnership – Club & Activity Finder National Governing Bodies of Sport Club websites Primary Times SGOs Local Sports Development teams

10. ♯ TVPEConf Club Support http://www.sportenglandclubmatters.com/ -Club Finances -Club Management -Club People -Club Marketing

11. ♯ TVPEConf Workshop outcomes You should now be able to: define a school-club link understand the wider benefits of community club links understand the School Games Mark criteria relating to club links at bronze, silver & gold level understand the benefits of SLAs with community partners know where to find details of local clubs and how to quality assure them know who to contact locally for advice

12. ♯ TVPEConf Thank you Paul Kreczak, Project Officer, Tees Valley Sport 01642 342287, p.Kreczak@tees.ac.ukp.Kreczak@tees.ac.uk Emma Turnbull, Partnership Development Manager, Northfield SSP 01642 539562, 07891 184387, eturnbull@northfieldssc.org eturnbull@northfieldssc.org