How to become a viable Community Sports Enterprise

The workshop aims to help you, and your organsiation organise your work more effectively to improve public health, educational attainment, social inclusion through sport while you are running a viable enterprise.

Community sports providers - enterprises, charities or both?

Developing and delivering great sport and physical activity initiatives

• How to design, develop and deliver the most appropriate programmes for each group and each need within the community

• How to ensure your coaches are delivering great experiences that participants will want to return to

Developing and delivering engaging health, community and education programmes

• Matching the right partner with the right project

• How to assess your potential for working with community partners - what are your assets, relationships and skills

• The best ways to work together with community partners, benefitting both parties and on how to make it easier to understand each other and benefit from doing so

• How to help build strong communities

Running the projects and enterprise better

• How to measure and prove your impact

• How do you ensure funders and commissioners get 'value for money' and achieve their objectives?

• How to engage with and attract support from non-sports partners

• Working with business partners

• How to become a strong, credible brand and partner

• How to develop a viable enterprise and facility through Community Asset Transfer

• Why workforce development is important: The days of 'just being a coach' are over - they must communicate, engage, provide great experiences and know how to gather evidence

• Putting together a plan for a sustainable community sports enterprise

Who should attend this workshop:

This workshop is highly relevant if you are involved with or work for community sports trusts at our professional and semi-pro clubs, informal sports and physical activity providers, community sports enterprises, sports governing bodies, local authorities, county sports partnerships, university or college sport, community sports club, community groups and other community sports providers.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Ashton Gate Stadium, Ashton Road, Bristol, United Kingdom