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Investing in
Sport 2004/05
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INVESTING IN SPORT PROGRAMME 2003/04
During
April and May 2003, the officers of the Sports Development Unit assessed some
245 applications and made recommendations to Council in June 2003 for a total
investment of just over £4.1m. Approximately
£3.2m of this investment was in Employment – a mix of existing sports
development posts and 34 additional posts. Skilling People and Competitive
Opportunities programmes were each allocated £0.5m.
The Sports Council’s commitment under the Employment stream is for
three financial years (up to 31 March 2020), whereas, Skilling People and
Competitive Opportunities is for only one financial year (up to 31 March 2020).
Further analysis of this investment is detailed as follows:
(i)
Commitments 2003/04 by fund
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Fund
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Applicants
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Applications
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Commitment
£’000
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Employment
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48
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68
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979
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Skilling
People
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61
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61
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523
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Competition
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46
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46
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529
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Total
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88
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175
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2,031
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(ii)
Commitments 2003/06 under Employment fund
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Fund
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2003/04
£’000
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2004/05
£’000
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2005/06
£’000
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Total
£’000
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Employment
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979
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1,049
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1,077
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3,105
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(iii)
Analysis of successful bids by sector
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Sector
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Emp.
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Skilling
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Competition
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Total
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Governing
Bodies
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40
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38
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43
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121
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Voluntary
/ Community
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21
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20
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3
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44
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Statutory
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7
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3
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0
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10
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Total
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68
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61
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46
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175
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(iv)
Analysis of Employment fund by new
and
existing posts
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Sector
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Existing
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New
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Total
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Governing
Bodies
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27
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12
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39
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Voluntary/Community
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7
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15
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22
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Statutory
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0
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7
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7
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Total
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34
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34
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68
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(v)
Progress since June 2003
Following
Sports Council approval, Letters of Offer and accompanying terms and conditions
were sent out to all successful organisations in July 2003.
Successful organisations were granted one month to accept the terms and
conditions of the Investing in Sport award.
In August 2003, the Unit had received 88 signed acceptances of the new
funding contracts and ‘Permissions to Proceed’ were issued to all
organisations.
Officers
of the Sports Development Unit are currently in the process of making payments
to the 88 organisations that were successful, and more importantly, beginning to
monitor the sports development impact of Sports Council investment.
The recent instalment of a Grants Management Information System (GIFTs)
will facilitate both the payment process and monitoring of projects.
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