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

20. The Nortoft Calculator is useful because it enables:• updated facility provision information to be included with immediateeffect (without the need to wait for Active Places to be formallyupdated);• facilities other than those held on the Active Places database to betreated in a similar way (although comparison with other authorities isnot possible at this time, as the information is not available);• ‘testing’ of facility scenarios, by including /excluding facilities;• ‘testing’ of different population scenarios (in terms of total number ofpeople);• ‘testing’ of the implications of increasing demand for facilities (e.g. at1% pa, or other figure if wished);• ‘testing’ using standards derived from benchmark authorities, oragainst the national or regional rates of provision.It also:• Provides an initial, automatically calculated, assessment of futureprovision needs for each facility type;• Provides an initial, automatically calculated, assessment of provisionper 1000 population which can be used as a starting point forstandards;• Provides a clear overview of the implications of a ‘do nothing’ approachto facility provision;• Is flexible as it can enable comparisons, at a simplistic level, ofprovision across different sub-areas of a large authority.Nortoft Partnerships Ltd <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent Page | 83Sport & Physical Activity Strategy 2009 – 2016October 2009