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Principle: your organisation offers fair and equal opportunities to its staff and the communities it serves
Developing Your Services
Outcome 4: There is an increase in the number of athletes from under-represented groups at performance and excellence levels of sport (governing bodies only).
Requirement
Audit of the profile of athletes at performance and excellence levels.
Essential evidence Added value evidence
Audit data of athletes at all representative levels, including youth programmes, Start and Potential, Elite Cymru, World Class Performance and Talented Athletes.

Requirement
Assess the specific needs of different groups in development talent and accessing performance pathways.
Essential evidence Added value evidence
Analysis report of issues and barriers for under represented groups.

Surveys of service users including coaches, parents, carers, and athletes.
Guidance
(see toolkit panel below)
International research - sexual harassment and elite sport

Requirement
Analyse current performance pathways and develop specific programmes to ensure equitable investment and provision. This might include:
  • Education and training for coaches, managers and selectors
  • Information and training for parents and carers
  • Revised strategies and competition planning, including investment strategies
  • Youth development programmes that target under represented groups
  • Revised training camp structures
Essential evidence Added value evidence
Project plans, targets, training plans, course attendees, correspondence with service users and publicity materials.
Guidance
(see toolkit panel below)
Girls4Gold

Toolkit/Guidance
Developing your Services Outcome 4
This file is a weblinkGirls4Gold
This file is a weblinkInternational research - sexual harassment and elite sport


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