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

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• Engaging with residents of all ages where they live often in untraditi<strong>on</strong>alsettings rather than expecting every<strong>on</strong>e to take part at dedicated major<strong>sport</strong>s facilities. This may include community centres, parks <strong>and</strong> openspaces.14. A high priority is the development of the c<strong>on</strong>cept of virtual Sports Villages,with a pilot being based in <strong>and</strong> around Burslem (the Northern Sports Village).This will focus <strong>on</strong> community participati<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> bring together a number ofdifferent types of <strong>sport</strong> <strong>and</strong> recreati<strong>on</strong> facilities <strong>and</strong> various community <strong>and</strong>private sector partners. These partners will include am<strong>on</strong>gst others:Dimensi<strong>on</strong>s Leisure Centre, Port Vale FC, <str<strong>on</strong>g>Stoke</str<strong>on</strong>g> Gymnastics Club, BurslemPark <strong>and</strong> Haywood High School. The new partnership will seek to maximiseopportunities for both the local community <strong>and</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Stoke</str<strong>on</strong>g>-<strong>on</strong>-Trent as a whole inrelati<strong>on</strong> to the provisi<strong>on</strong> for high level <strong>sport</strong>. It will support new facilitydevelopment <strong>and</strong> agree priorities for local investment. The Northern SportsVillage Partnership c<strong>on</strong>cept now needs to be taken forward, initially by ascoping study which will include the testing of the ‘boundaries’ of the proposal.Arising from this, it is possible that the area will be exp<strong>and</strong>ed to incorporateother locati<strong>on</strong>s such as James Brindley <strong>and</strong> Brownhills schools. It is intendedthat the c<strong>on</strong>cept will be replicated in other parts of <str<strong>on</strong>g>Stoke</str<strong>on</strong>g>-<strong>on</strong>-Trent with aSouthern Sports Village centred around S<strong>and</strong><strong>on</strong>.15. The c<strong>on</strong>cept will be developed further with the introducti<strong>on</strong> of the proposedFent<strong>on</strong> “Performance Sports Village” which is about creating a range of highspecificati<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> quality <strong>sport</strong>s facilities that will accommodate <strong>sport</strong> fromgrass roots through to the performance level. It will have the support of anumber of major organisati<strong>on</strong>s such as the relevant Nati<strong>on</strong>al GoverningBodies of Sport, Staffordshire University, the Sixth Form College, <str<strong>on</strong>g>Stoke</str<strong>on</strong>g>College, <strong>and</strong> NHS <str<strong>on</strong>g>Stoke</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> Trent.16. The Fent<strong>on</strong> Manor site <strong>and</strong> adjoining l<strong>and</strong> is currently subject to detailedfeasibility studies to determine the locati<strong>on</strong>s <strong>and</strong> sizes of the new school <strong>and</strong>PE Curriculum Building (University <strong>and</strong> Sixth Form), <strong>and</strong> the opti<strong>on</strong>s toprovide other <strong>sport</strong>s facilities. Ensuring that the facilities <strong>on</strong> site at Fent<strong>on</strong>Manor are capable of sustaining the overall levels of dem<strong>and</strong> fromcommunity, school <strong>and</strong> University / Sixth Form use will be an important aspectof this.17. The Southern Sports Village is based <strong>on</strong> a similar principle to that of theNorthern Sports Village, with the base/hub of the project being S<strong>and</strong><strong>on</strong> HighSchool Sports Centre (Centre of Excellence for Cricket). The purpose is tobring together the community <strong>sport</strong>s organisati<strong>on</strong>s in the south of the city toincrease participati<strong>on</strong> levels. Partners are likely to include the primaryschools, high schools, Foley Football Club, Children’s Centres, L<strong>on</strong>gt<strong>on</strong>RUFC, Blurt<strong>on</strong> Dads, Blurt<strong>on</strong> Lads <strong>and</strong> Dads, <strong>and</strong> Trentham Boat Club.Nortoft Partnerships Ltd <str<strong>on</strong>g>Stoke</str<strong>on</strong>g>-<strong>on</strong>-Trent Page | 42Sport & Physical Activity Strategy <strong>2009</strong> – <strong>2016</strong>October <strong>2009</strong>

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