Sports Businesses in Leicestershire have their own networking thanks to the work of Leicestershire & Rutland Sport and the Leicestershire Local Economic Partnership and the latest meeting this week was hailed a great success by all those who attended.
Andy Reed said “I joined the LLEP Board and was determined to harness the power of the sport sector across the County - both for clubs and participants but also as fast growing economic sector too. There are about 18,000 sports jobs across the county and with the growth in wellbeing and physical activity there are numerous openings for new entrants to the market. I was delighted when LRS, Sport England, the LLEP and some of the local authorities agreed to fund a post to help grow the sector and these events are part of that initiative.”
“There is a long way to go, but already people are working more collaboratively and new partnerships have formed over the Sport networking events”
Saje Impact Director Andy Reed today was helping Sport:80 host a network event in Sheffield to help NGBs unlock the power of their data, insight and technology. The event brings together strategic partners, NGBs and Sport England.
Andy said “ I have been really keen to help NGBs work much better with their data and maximise the opportunities to make themselves sustainable. This is a great opportunity to grow a community and share experiences.
Director Andy Reed was chairing the SAPCA 2019 Annual Conference today at St Geoerge’s Park - the home of the FA
SAPCA is the UK trade association for the sports play and construction industr.
Andy said “Under our tagline Building an Active Nation we are using our Annual Conference to do our bit as an industry in delivering changes in the way we encourage people to be physically active. Our environment is increasingly part of why people aren’t active. So we need to innovate to stay ahead.
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Director Andy Reed once again judged the Nutramino Health & Fitness Awards for Ireland Active in Dublin this week.
Saje impact and the Sports Think Tank have been keen to work with partners in Ireland by supporting Ireland Active and the Irish Federation of Sport over the last few years.
Whilst in Dublin Andy Reed was able to work with members of the Dail & Seaned Rugby team as part of the inter parliamentary rugby based on the 6 Nations. Andy caught up with Neale Richmond a #Brexit spokesperson for the Government.
Andy Reed was at the Quest/ CIMSPA conference this week presenting the #TheFWord and why the sector needs to learn from failure.
Along with the Sports Think Tank and Upshot a conference was held at City Hall, London in October 2018 to bring the S&PA sector together to unpick what it meant to create Black Box Thinking - accepting failure in innovation.
Andy Reed said “We are clearly failing to get the nation active and specifically amongst some groups in particular. Just doing more of the same won’t work so we need to be genuinely innovative in approach. This will only work when we change the funding culture to allow for failure of programmes and schemes and behaviour change models. We hope that by openly talking about this issue we can create an environment and culture that accepts this and we can create a safe space for failure to be openly discussed.
Director Andy Reed took part in the annual House of Commons and Lords Rugby fixture v the Welsh Assembly this weekend in Caerphilly to raise money for Bowel Cancer.
It was a good question asked by my good friend Nick Pontefract — formerly the Head of Sport at DCMS and now COO at Sport England.
The question is not as obvious as it sounds. Quite rightly Nick asked us all to think of the equivalent of the policy ‘Big Idea’ on the scale of the Universal Basic Income — a genuinely transformative, generational game changer? All too often those of us involved in Policy making can concentrate on the here and now and how to get through the next Spending review, Budget, Government Strategy or Manifesto. These are not bad things to do but they miss lifting the horizon to these much bigger ideas that will transform the landscape. Some of the responses to Nick’s tweet were helpful but fell into this category. Merely tweaks and changes in emphasis within the current structures. Given the scale of the problem we can’t expect tweaks to change society and our activity levels. There is something more radical needed.
Director Andy Reed was at the Israeli Ambassadors this evening to join with Rugby World Cup winners Jason Leonard and Joel Stransky to showcase the work of the Atlas Foundation projects in Israel.
The Atlas Foundation was created by Rugby legend Jason Leonard and has roses over £1m to help rugby projects across 15 counties.
Director Andy Reed joined the Loughborough University Talk Sport Conference 2019 on campus this week to meet students and industry leaders from across the sports sector.
Andy said “ This is a great opportunity provided by Loughborough University for its students to meet and listen to those already in the sports industry and what they are looking for from them when they graduate.
It’s also great from our perspective at SajeImpact to know and appreciate the level of skills and competencies of graduates. As we build our portfolio we have been keen to employ people from Loughborough University in our work.
