Stoke-on-trent sport and physical activity strategy 2009-2016

Key Objectives up to 2016 Priorities up to 2012Policy: Encourage new sports facility and green space provision.Prioritise funding to reflect local needs.Identify sports and activities, especially those most attractive to those people who are leastactive. Use tools such as market segmentation and local discussion to help determinefacility needs at the local level, supporting local decision making.Support and encourage local people to identify their local needs, and be directly involvedin decision making and the development and running of local facilities.Support the private and voluntary sectors to developnew facilities.Respond to sports clubs and other organisations through officer and as appropriate,financial support.Seek ways of maximising the public use of private members clubs through planningcontrols or financial incentives with the operators.Maximise opportunities through professional/high level sports clubs, and developcommunity relationships with SCFC and PVFC which support both sports developmentand facility development.Maximise the co-location of facilities.Consider all significant relevant developments as opportunities arise e.g. new healthcentres.Develop other area specific initiatives, including Sports Villages focussed around Burslemand Meir/Longton area that will have co-ordinated programming and management of arange of sports and active recreation facilities, parks and green spaces.Develop a range of high quality sports specificfacilities.Undertake detailed feasibility studies and confirm potential locations for sports specificfacilities.With support of major partners such as the National Governing Bodies of Sport and NorthStaffordshire Regeneration Partnership, ensure that <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent is able to provide forsport at performance and excellence levels.Nortoft Partnerships Ltd <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent Page | 64Sport & Physical Activity Strategy 2009 – 2016October 2009