In partnership with the Chief Leisure Officers Association (CLOA), Sport England has launched a new resource called ‘Navigating Local Systems’ which shares learning and practical tools from three localities – Liverpool, Luton and Wakefield – as they aim to better understand the local system they work within.
The funding body is placing greater emphasis on place-based system change as it prepares to implement its new ‘Uniting The Movement’ strategy. Sport England reports a growing interest from places wanting to take a systemic approach to tackle inactivity and the inequalities that still exist.
Sport England has been exploring place-based working by pursuing several different approaches. This includes the work of the 12 Local Delivery Pilots, supporting whole-system approaches in a small number of other places, and an extensive programme focused on nurturing and developing leadership across the system. ‘Navigating Local Systems’ is a part of this testbed of approaches and has explored whether, through the injection of focused support for local knowledge, skills and capacity can be developed to drive change in the system.
In the resource, you will find:
- What was done and why
- Learning and advice from the three places involved
- Video summaries from the three facilitators that provided support and guidance to each place
- Practical tools and techniques that you may want to try
CLOA and Sport England will be hosting an online event soon to explore the learning further and exchange thinking with colleagues from Liverpool, Luton, and Wakefield.
