1. Leeds Athletics Network

2. Introductions Louise Purdy – Network Co-ordinator
Bob Jackson – Network Chairperson
*** BOB ***
Louise – the fit one – been to 10 clubs on fact finding mission and run training sessions with most of them
Bob – the fat one – spent most Thursday afternoons since July working with Louise on the plan and eating scones from the café at John Charles
We’re going to do a double act, for each slide
Bob will cover general topics and endurance
Louise will cover track, field, juniors and disability athletics

3. Network Partners 16 Clubs actively involved Universities & Schools
5 track/field/juniors, 11 endurance only
Universities & Schools
West Yorkshire Sport
Leeds City Council
parkrun
Run for All
Run England
England Athletics
LOUISE
22 clubs in Leeds so the majority are represented
Universities - Leeds Uni very active (parkrun & Run Leeds), Leeds Met ?
Schools – Chrisi Nicholson
W Y Sport – Louise (and lots of contacts)
Leeds City Council – state of change but still very active
parkrun – mutual support
Run for All – major charity (Jane Tomlinson fund) 10k races, support Run Leeds

4. Leeds Athletics Network Structure
LAN Management Committee
LAN
Run Leeds
LEAF
Run Leeds
Track & Field
Sub- Groups
Coaching
Sub- Groups
Coordinators
Schools
Volunteer
Coaching

5. Summary of Year 1 Structure Communications Club Audit/ Visits
Partnership Working
Coach/Club Development
Run Leeds - Run England
Community Development
Disability Athletics
5 MINUTES
BOB
Structure – quarterly meetings, LEAF meetings, LiRF meetings, ad-hoc meetings with T&F clubs and Leeds City Council, planning meetings
IMPACT – commitment of clubs & partners, all involved in planning
Communications – Website & s, Facebook set-up Run Leeds
IMPACT – all the information is available,
Club Audit – xx clubs visited, a further xx clubs met or phoned, main outcome of visits was coaching needs analysis, also request for committee support,
IMPACT – coaching workshops started and major part of year 2 plan
Partnership – WY Sport (co-ordinator), Run for All (publicity for RunLeeds), Leeds City Council (hosting), Parkrun, HE
IMPACT – all to be involved in year 2
Coach/Club Dev – (a) coaching subsidies for LiRFs, CiRFs and Level 3 (b) 3xflying coach visits (c) Athletics 365 (d) Workshops
IMPACT – more Run Leeds and better qualified coaches
Run Leeds (our name for Run England) – 6 groups in March now expanded to 11 groups, approximately 200 runners, approx 50 converted to club members
IMPACT – major increase in participation, groundwork for further increase
Community Development – Community cup, Community Clubs (Leisure facilities across Leeds) a few clubs attended Breeze summer athletics, community clubs
IMPACT – LAN now aware of Leeds Schools, can involve in year 2
Disability Athletics – Wheelchair coaching & indoor competition,
IMPACT – unique in area, supported by Leeds City Council

6. Year 2 Project Areas Funding Income Co-ordinator / structure 10000
Communications / club mgmt
560
150
Endur. Coach dev /workshops
1950
1050
Endur. events/equip/support
2850
2250
RunLeeds (incl. £2k funding)
190
2300
Juniors & Schools / club links
4200
2000
Track & Field coach dev etc
5765
730
Community / club links
1200
Disability athletics
590
2240
TOTALS
27305
12720
BOB
Co-Ordinator / Structure – £10k Louise 2 days / FOC extend management committee with specialist positions (coaches, volunteers, schools)
Communications / Club Mgmt – FOC website (including new website for RunLeeds) / FOC develop facebooks / £400 meeting hosting / £160 club committee seminars
Endurance coach education / development - £1200 specialist coach development workshops, £450 flying coach sessions, £300 identify tutors from Leeds area to deliver courses
Endurance events / equipment £800 Leeds race series & junior series (IMPACT more participation & unaffiliated joining clubs); £1000 support extra parkrun & junior parkrun (IMPACT more participation), £750 first aid course, £300 headlamps (IMPACT athlete retention)
RunLeeds – target 300 new runners, also new group probably ASDA “RunLeeds in business” projected income from Run England £2000 used for further LiRF subsidies
LOUISE
Schools Athletics - £1400 ten primary ten secondary £1400 sportshall £ £500 Children’s coach, £200 Athletics365
Coach Education Track & Field & Juniors £2325 subsidies for athletics coach (Level 3) and coaching assistant (Level 2), £2040 specialist coaches and flying coaches £800 officials £600 indoor athletics
Community - - £1200 Breeze
Disabled – £90 support outdoor sessions, £500 learning disabled
TO BE COMPLETED

8. Sustainability Develop LAN structure
Increase capacity – coaches & LiRFs
Develop our partnerships – volunteers, Run England, WY Sport, parkrun, Run for All, HE, businesses
Bring in external funding
Leeds-based tutors and course fee income
Develop club links with schools
1 MINUTE MAX – LOUISE ??
Majority of clubs in Leeds & other partners
LAN Structure
We are developing the structure of the LAN by recruiting a volunteer coordinator and a schools coordinator to delegate some of the network tasks and through this develop a strong LAN management team post year 3
Capacity
We are qualifying more coaches and leaders which will increase the capacity of clubs and thus LAN activities
Partnerships
We are partnership working with Run England and working on a targeted business project which will raise our profile with businesses in Leeds. In general partnership working with businesses can bring many benefits such as sharing agendas on getting more people/employees active, potential sponsorship through as part of their CSR etc which will all help to sustain activities and develop our clubs.
We are partnership working with volunteer organisations to source volunteers for the LAN activities/projects
One of the outcomes of the schools projects is for athletics to be embedded in Leeds schools’ sport programmes and the local clubs to have strong schools club links after year 3 as a result of the LAN providing funded coaching sessions delivered by the clubs to successfully bidded schools in year 2 and subsidized sessions delivered by the clubs to successfully bidded schools in year 3.
Linking with Leeds City wide culture programmes we are plan to recruit new athletes into clubs/ community sessions and in turn clubs will increase club membership funds
External funding
We are focused on bringing in funds from several funding pots, those identified currently are Sportivate, Sport England Small Grants, CE Electric funding, Run England membership initiate.
Tutors
We are upskilling our own LAN tutors for workshops and clinics to deliver courses in the future
Our specialised coaching sessions aim to be self-funded post year 3
We plan to make income from charging for courses and workshops.
Club links with schools 8

10. Any Questions? 1 MINUTE MAX
Majority of clubs in Leeds & other partners
LAN Structure
We are developing the structure of the LAN by recruiting a volunteer coordinator and a schools coordinator to delegate some of the network tasks and through this develop a strong LAN management team post year 3
Capacity
We are qualifying more coaches and leaders which will increase the capacity of clubs and thus LAN activities
Partnerships
We are partnership working with Run England and working on a targeted business project which will raise our profile with businesses in Leeds. In general partnership working with businesses can bring many benefits such as sharing agendas on getting more people/employees active, potential sponsorship through as part of their CSR etc which will all help to sustain activities and develop our clubs.
We are partnership working with volunteer originations to source volunteers for the LAN activities/projects
One of the outcomes of the schools projects is for athletics to be embedded in Leeds schools’ sport programmes and the local clubs to have strong schools club links after year 3 as a result of the LAN providing funded coaching sessions delivered by the clubs to successfully bidded schools in year 2 and subsidized sessions delivered by the clubs to successfully bidded schools in year 3.
Linking with Leeds City wide culture programmes we are plan to recruit new athletes into clubs/ community sessions and in turn clubs will increase club membership funds
External funding
We are focused on bringing in funds from several funding pots, those identified currently are Sportivate, Sport England Small Grants, CE Electric funding, Run England membership initiate.
Tutors
We are upskilling our own LAN tutors for workshops and clinics to deliver courses in the future
Our specialised coaching sessions aim to be self-funded post year 3
We plan to make income from charging for courses and workshops.
Club links 10