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sporta has appointed former lead policy director for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), Brian Leonard, as its Chief Executive. Brian, who begins his new post on 1 July 2010, will present and pursue a strategic view of sporta’s opportunities as he heads up the organisa...
Making the Right Choices – Your Service Delivery Options As part of the IDeA strategic commissioning programme, Local Partnerships are holding four events on options appraisal which will be held in London and in York for those involved in culture and sport services, two aimed at...
sporta trust, Link4Life and joint venture company, Impact Partnership, were awarded the Public Private Partnership Achievement of the Year at the MJ Local Government Achievement Awards. The Public Private Partnership Achievement of the Year category award celebrates successful partnershi...
sporta responds to free swimming cut Craig McAteer, Chair of sporta, which represents more than 900 leisure centres around the country, said he was disappointed that the group had not been consulted about how the funding for free swimming should be cut. “We have only been giv...
The Emergency Budget: What does it mean for sporta members? Like most sectors of society, sporta’s cultural and leisure trusts, along with other social enterprises will feel the effects of the Coalition Government’s Emergency Budget. Working with our associated organ...
Key Announcements from the Emergency Budget:The Social Enterprise Coalition would like to highlight a number of key announcements made that are particularly relevant to the Social Enterprise sector:Government Spending Cuts:The chancellor proposes extra spending cuts of £30bn by 2014/15....
The next sporta General Meeting will take place at LIW, NEC on 22nd September 2010. Time and agenda to be confirmed....
The latest sporta AGM was held in Edinburgh on 22nd April 2010. Members present enjoyed presentations regarding the Employer Skills Protocol from Florence Orban, Director of the National Skills Academy , Howard de Souza, Communications Director of the FIA and Paddy Corcoran, a member for the P...
The ethos and values of the social enterprise model are a catalyst for improving choice, equality and access to services, as well as enabling services to be delivered in an innovative and efficient manner, according to a Department of Health report on the social enterprise model in delivering health...
Almost 90% of leisure trust posts attract a pension and 68% of these are local Government final salary schemes, according to sporta’s latest HR research. The 5th annual survey, carried out by Leisure-net Solutions, provides an interesting insight into cultural and leisure trust...
The sporta executive committee has been re-elected for an unprecedented fourth term. The committee is made up of:Chair – Craig McAteer, Link4LifeVice Chair – Jon Argent, Halo LeisureTreasurer – Mark Sesnan, Greenwich LeisureHonorary Secretary – Adrian ...
Leisure trusts voted unanimously at the recent sporta AGM to support the National Skills Academy Employer Protocol. sporta, which represents 109 social enterprises within the UK, formally agreed to encourage all its members to adopt the employer protocol, which aims to broaden and enhance t...
Results from the 8th annual sporta State of Industry survey have revealed that confidence in the medium to long term is up from last year. There has been a boost in Trusts looking to take over facilities within their area and more than 75% of respondents reported that expansion of existi...
A further four sporta members have been appointed as directors of the UK Fitness Network, which links trust-managed leisure centres allowing customers to exercise at more than 100 different sites across the UK. The new directors, Steve Ward from Greenwich Leisure, Peter King from Fusion, K...
sporta members are supporting Social Enterprise Day this month with a number of activities designed to raise awareness of their roles within local communities. It is hoped the events will help people to understand the social and environmental aims of cultural and leisure trusts and highlight how fun...
More than 30 sporta members have exchanged ideas and best practice about measuring the impact that cultural and leisure trusts make on their communities and the social and health outcomes this provides. The impact and outcomes seminar, which took place in London at the end of February, was ...
A survey of sporta members has shown significant support for the Government’s £140 million free swim initiative. The results come in the wake of a report into the Government scheme, which found that more than 4.4 million free swims were taken in the first three months al...
sporta has been accepted as a national partner for the Department of Health’s Change4Life campaign.The agreement will see the group, which represents more than 100 cultural and leisure trusts across the UK, creating a standalone campaign for its members that will run next autumn.Spearhea...
