The Sports Partnership Herefordshire and Worcestershire
(SPHW)
Who are they?
The Sports Partnership Herefordshire
and Worcestershire are a County Sports Partnership or a
"CSP". SPHW is one of the 49 CSP's that
currently exists in England. They are defined by
Sport England to be "a
partnership of agencies committed to providing a high quality,
single system for people to benefit from sport."
The Sports Partnership Herefordshire and Worcestershire is an
alliance of the eight Local Authorities, two Primary Care Trusts
(PCT's) of Herefordshire and Worcestershire, University of
Worcester, Sport England and National
Governing Bodies of Sport (NGB’s).
What do they do?
The Sports Partnership has been established to be the
strategic lead for Sport and Active Recreation across the
two counties and their primary focus is around increasing
participation. They are funded by contributions from key
partners and act on behalf of the partnership to maximise
investment from other sources into the area.
SPHW's Vision
They believe that everybody benefits from being active and
has the right to take part in a wide range of sports and physical
activities. They also hope that you will feel better, have fun
and meet people too.
Nationally, Sport England has set them a target of a 1%
increase in participation in Sport and Active recreation year on
year.
Their commitments are as follows:
- Raise the awareness of and opportunities for, sport and active
recreation
- Build a strong network of safe, effective and friendly
clubs
- Strengthen Partnerships to ensure the effective & efficient
delivery of organised sport and active recreation
- Develop an appropriately skilled workforce to support the
delivery system
- Promote the Sports Partnership, its’ partners and their
roles
- Demonstrate the achievements of the Partnership through
evidence based performance management
Contacts
For general enquiries, please email: sphw@worc.ac.uk, or
call 01905 855498.
For information about the Sports Partnership Herefordshire and
Worcestershire please visit www.morethansport.com
