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Principle: your organisation offers fair and equal opportunities to its staff and the communities it serves
Developing Your Services
Outcome 1: Participants, coaches, officials, volunteers and administrators are generally reflective of the community.
Requirement
Collect and/or analyse demographic data or your organisation’s community, e.g. national, regional or local populations .
Essential evidence Added value evidence
Demographic report, evidence sources or relevant surveys.
Guidance
(see toolkit panel below)
Sport England equality research
UK Strategy Framework for Women and Sport report 2006
EFDS research papers
DCMS Taking Part Survey

Requirement
Develop and deliver specific initiatives that will encourage more people from under represented groups to take up your sport. These could be your own or you could participate in a wider project. (these might be the result of a pilot project implemented at the Intermediate level).
Essential evidence Added value evidence
Rationale and evidence base for target setting. Targets with timescales integrated into development plans.
Guidance
(see toolkit panel below)
Girls in Sport good practice examples
Youth Sport Trust GirlsActive website
WSFF research – What Works for Women website

Requirement
Gather information and formulate a report that demonstrates the organisation’s successes at achieving a diverse participant base reflecting your organisation’s community.
Essential evidence Added value evidence
Project development plans, evaluation and monitoring reports.

Requirement
Review the impact of the initiatives developed and delivered at the Intermediate level.
Essential evidence Added value evidence
Completed report, participant surveys or evaluations.

Requirement
Establish development targets for clubs and key competitions to reflect their communities and the need to address under representation in sport.
Essential evidence Added value evidence
Rationale and evidence base for target setting. Targets with timescales integrated into development plans.

Toolkit/Guidance
Templates and guidance
This file is a weblinkSport England equality research
This file is a weblinkUK Strategy Framework for Women and Sport report 2006
This file is a weblinkEFDS research papers
This file is a weblinkDCMS Taking Part Survey
This file is a weblinkGirls in Sport good practice examples
This file is a weblinkYouth Sport Trust GirlsActive website
This file is a weblinkWSFF research – What Works for Women website


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Developing your services
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