Sport, Skills and Enterprise conference
Sport, Skills & Enterprise
15th May 2008
Bramall Lane , Sheffield United FC
A one-day conference on how to grow vibrant, visible and viable community sports clubs by developing stronger enterprise skills
If community sports clubs are to grow they will have to get away from "just being sports clubs" and benefit from introducing some of the principles applied within social enterprises.
Society needs our community sports club to prosper. We need them be places where people will want to play and exercise, become volunteers and generally become hubs for their communities, in short become 'places where people live their lives.'
In order to deliver strong sports at all levels sports clubs must improve their enterprise operations and also become more welcoming and customer focused. Also, as the pressure to increase participation intensifies governing bodies are becoming much more pro-active towards providing practical support for their clubs for them to become better equipped to attract and serve new players and members.
This conference will put forward innovative ways forward for community sports clubs, discuss the notion of sports clubs become social enterprises, how to link up with other community groups and how to transform from hand-to-mouth "we-are-just-a-sports-club" approach and introduce the notion of community sports enterprises.
Speakers will provide background thinking, report from real live stories, discuss how to balance the needs of the various stakeholders and how to provide support to community sports clubs as to how they can grow into sustainable enterprises.
Programme & speakers...
Chair
Yuri Matischen
Managing Director,
MLS
Social enterprises and community sports clubs
Ceri Jones
Senior Policy Officer
Social Enterprise Coalition
Working with education, health and other related services as a way forward for sports clubs
Irshad Akbar
Consultant
The Sector Solutions
Stephen Harrison
Stephen Harrison Snooker Academy
From community sports associations to community enterprise
Kim Hazeldine
Head of Community Sport & Active Lifestyles
South Gloucestershire Council
What can community sports clubs learn from their professional counterparts?
Simon Argall
Operations Director
Sheffield United
From volunteer sports club to community sports enterprise
Svend Elkjaer
Managing Director
Sports Marketing Network
Community regeneration and sports development as a medium of engagement in Belfast
Peter Shaw
Chairman
Belfast Community Sports Development Network
Ronan McKenna
Community Sports Development Officer
Lower Ormeau Residents Action Group.
15.15 Social enterprises in the culture sector - lessons for community sport
John Wright
Director of Policy & Strategy
Yorkshire Culture
Delegate Fees
Delegates will receive a memory tick with full delegate documentation,
including speaker presentations and lunch and coffee breaks
Standard rate
£245.00 + VAT (Total £287.88)
Community clubs, social enterprises, charities
£155.00 + VAT (£182.13)
Additional delegates from same organisation save £30 per person
Subsidized rate (contact Organiser for details)
£95 + VAT (£111.63)
This conference is organised by the Sports Marketing Network, the Network for people involved with the commercial, community and marketing issues across all sports, be it club, governing body, sports deliverer or if you are working within informal sports.
SMN works with sports clubs and organisations on how they can make their sport and clubs vibrant, visible and viable. It publishes newsletters and guides, organises seminars and help clubs with their commercial and community activities.
450+ sports clubs, governing bodies, local authorities and sports organisations now enjoy membership of SMN and more than 1300 people have participated in our seminars and events over the last three years.
SMN has also advised, consulted and trained a number of organisations and public bodies including the RFU, FA, Sport England, England Volleyball, British Gliding, Sports Council Wales, UniBond League , England Netball, Welsh Rugby Union, British Speedway, England Squash, Universities, several County Sports Partnerships and 45+ local authorities
As a member you'll receive Sports Marketing Newsletter 10 times per year, discount on the Network's reports, handbooks, surveys and conferences and unique access to networking events where you can share ideas best practice.
Annual membership is only £58. As a delegate to this conference, you will automatically receive three months FREE membership.
To book your place(s) please email svend@smnuk.comand we will then confirm your participation.