Association of Colleges
Introduction
Introduction
Welcome to AoC's Sport webpages.
The purpose of this section is to provide you with up-to-date information regarding sport in Colleges and progress on the new national strategy, “Growing Sport; Growing Colleges”.
Growing Sport, Growing Colleges Main Strategy Leaflet
Annual operational plan v 3 Sept 2011
On these pages you will find information and guidance relating to the full scope of sport in Colleges, from curriculum advice, employer links, working with National Governing Bodies and County Sports Partnerships, extra curricular sport and competition, and work to improve health and activity levels across Colleges.
"Growing Sport, Growing Colleges" was launched at the BCS/AoC national sports conference in Birmingham on 24 June 2011.
AoC's Sport Portfolio Group is now in operation, and news and decisions from that group will be posted here, together with news from the regional networks throughout the country.
We will cover the latest funding programmes and grant aid available to Colleges, and highlight best practice and case studies. We will also be providing links to the full British Colleges Sport programme and work that BCS staff and volunteers are doing throughout the country.
The national sports strategy has sections and advice on:
The annual AoC sports participation survey provides the data for planning for future years and making a case for external investment.
AoC is encouraging every Colleges to produce its own College sport and physical activity strategy.
If you would like to contribute news and events to these pages please contact Clare Howard.
NEWS: "The New Sport England Strategy 2012-17 has been launched and includes up to £25m specifically for sport in FE and Sixth Form Colleges. This is tremendous news for the sector and follows the work that the sector has done with the launch of the College Sport National Strategy “Growing Sport, Growing Colleges” and the establishment of new networks nationally and regionally. Sport England have said “we have seen a sector that is enthusiastic, capable and ready to work with us on increasing student participation.”
The new Lottery money will be used to fund a network of 150 full time College Sport Makers working in an individual or group of FE colleges based on student demographics, geography and local need. One of the key roles of the posts will be to ensure NGB products and programmes are available in Colleges. They will focus on sports development initiatives, linking with the community to increase opportunities for students both within college and in the local area, with an overall aim of raising FE student sports participation.
These posts will not be imposed on colleges, nor will it be a one size fits all approach.
For those colleges that do not feel they need additional capacity via these new posts, we are also proposing a moderate funding pot dedicated to FE for colleges to apply for a small grant to assist with individual delivery problems.”
British Colleges Sport are now recruiting for several jobs, including Regional Sports Co-ordinators in the South East, South West and London regions. All the application details are on the BCS jobs pages.
