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

programme(s) offered and the staff who deliver the service. In short – Place,People and Programme.450. There are various industry-standard design and best practice guidelines for thebuilt environment. For example, Sport England Design Guidance Notes whichprovide detailed technical guidance and standards for the design anddevelopment of sports facilities.Facility Accreditation451. Formal accreditation schemes include the following:• QUEST• Green Flag Award• ISO 9001/2000• Investors in Excellence• Customer Service ExcellenceMore details about each of these are provided in Section 2.Proposed standards452. It is proposed that the following overall quality standard is adopted for <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent:“50% of population within 20 minutes walking time of a range of 3 different sportsfacility types of which one has achieved a quality assured standard.”453. The facility types to be considered are:• Swimming Pool• Sports Hall• Health and Fitness• Synthetic Turf Pitch• Golf Course• Grass Pitch454. This standard recognises the current distribution of QUEST facilities and GreenFlag across the City, and also the distribution of sports facility provision both nowand as proposed by the strategy..Nortoft Partnerships Ltd <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent Page | 262Sport & Physical Activity Strategy 2009-2016October 2009