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Private schools to open up?
Major step forward in opening up top class facilities in private schools
Following extensive recent debate in the House of Lords on a proposed amendment to the Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Bill, which had been tabled by Lord Wallace and Lord Moynihan and would require private schools with charitable status to share their facilities with their local community, the Charity Commission has agreed to voluntarily pursue more work in this area.
The Commission had been concerned about the use of legislation, but did recognise the spirit and principles behind the amendment that was proposed. In response to the debate, the Commission has already written to the Independent Schools Council to outline a new approach.
The amendment sought to ensure that:
- Independent schools which are charities must engage actively with local communities and state schools with a view to sharing resources and facilities
- The Charity Commission must publish guidance setting out the minimum that independent schools which are charities must do to comply with the duty
The new approach will see a renewed effort to encourage the opening up of school facilities on a voluntary basis, including an online facility to help the identification of opportunities and a clear encouragement for greater partnership working between
In Brief...
Government’s radical overhaul ... again!
A public consultation has been launched to mark the start of a new strategy for sport in the UK - the first step in radically overhauling the way sport is funded.
Launching the consultation, the Government warned that public funding is “a privilege, not a right” and has intimated it wants to see a better return on investment for grants made to groups and organisations.
Sports minister Tracey Crouch said 6 I PC AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2015
Games a success
Commonwealth Games provided a huge boost to Scottish Economy
The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games provided the Scottish economy with a £740m boost over the past eight years.
independent and state schools on sporting facilities.
There will also be a research project, looking at the annual reports of charitable schools and data the ISC collects through its annual census of independent schools. This research will assess, in detail, the impact of the new initiatives intended to increase partnerships between independent and state schools
James Allen, Head of Policy at the Sport and Recreation Alliance, believes that the changes should have a positive wider impact on sports provision.
“We very much welcome these developments. It is important that the first class sports facilities which belong to independent schools with charitable status are opened up so that whole communities can benefit from them. We would once again like to place on record our thanks to Lord Moynihan and to Lord Wallace for their commitment and dedication to effect change on this important issue.”
Read more at:
www.sportandrecreation.org.uk
that at the heart of the need for a new strategy was the failure to increase the number of people playing sport since the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Figures from Sport England’s Active People Survey show that nearly 250,000 people have stopped taking part in regular activity over the past six months.
Edinburgh mulling...
City of Edinburgh Council is considering committing to a £43m redevelopment of the city’s Meadowbank sports complex.
Councillors have been told that, without major works, the stadium - built for the Commonwealth Games in 1970 - will be forced to
The Post-Games Report, published by the Scottish Government, charts the impact of the Games since 2007 - the year Glasgow won the bid to host the event - and shows that the Games has also supported on average 2,100 jobs each year.
As well as the direct economic boost, the Games also helped Scotland’s labour market, particularly in Glasgow, with more than 11,000 young people benefitting from a range of national and local employability programmes.
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It is thought that the venue costs the council around £0.5m a year to run, despite more than 500,000 people using the site. Plans include replacing the existing stadium with a smaller venue.
Chelsea to expand?
Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron (HM) are working on plans to increase the capacity of Stamford Bridge.
HM are looking at concept designs for the stadium, which currently has 41,837 seats. Chelsea wants to increase capacity to 60,000.
In a statement, a club spokesperson said; “We are
decide but, with autumn fast approaching, Mother Nature is bound to provide plenty of photo opportunities just waiting to be snapped - and with £500s worth of prizes at the end of the rainbow!
assessing the feasibility of an expansion of the stadium within the existing historic site boundaries, potentially to enlarge its capacity.”
Tigers’ plans get the green light
Wakefield Council has given planning permission for Castleford Tigers’ ambitious £135m stadium complex.
As well as a 10,000-capacity stadium, the development will also include a 50-acre country park, shops and restaurants.
The council believes that the overall scheme could create up to 2,000 additional jobs.
benefit too, with the Glasgow 2014 Culture Programme attracting a mass audience of 2.1 million and an estimated 690,000 unique visitors. Direct spending by those visitors has been calculated as £74m.
The report also found the Games brought significant investment in regeneration, with land remediation, transport infrastructure, and Games-time sports facilities such as the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, Emirates Arena and Tollcross International Swimming Centre (all in Glasgow) now being used by the public.
The report was co-produced by the Scottish Government and the Games Legacy Evaluation Working Group (GLEWG).
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