News from Sajeimpact and partners
SajeImpact Director Andy Reed has been drafted in to help the RFU review its governance as part of a new Task Group established this month.
The purpose of the Task Group is to conduct an organisational review of the RFU as an NGB and recommend the best structure to take the game forward over the next decade. Andy Reed has been co-opted as an Independent member of the panel alongside Anne-Marie Phelps CBE
A new carbon neutral bus station will be constructed at the heart of the area – believed to be the first bus station to be built to net zero carbon standards in the UK. Bus passengers will benefit from a completely redesigned and improved internal layout with a new café, better seating and real time digital passenger information. The new design will include LED lighting, mechanical ventilation with heat recovery, air source heat pumps and 750 square metres of solar panels, which will generate enough energy to power the station and feed extra energy back into the grid.
There will also be increased capacity for national and regional bus services with the number of bus bays increasing from 18 to 24. Electric bus charging points will be installed, and the new building will feature secure storage for up to 150 bikes.
We are delighted that one of our clients GB Wheelchair Rugby has won Gold in the 2020Tokyo Paralympic Games.
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The Sport for Development Coalition has announced the appointment of three new Board members following a period of governance reform aimed at ensuring a wider range of lived experience informs its decision-making and leadership of its collective action.
The Coalition is a growing group of 200 charities, civil society organisations, networks, sports clubs and governing bodies who are committed to maximising the contribution of sport and physical activity to positive social change. It is supported by Comic Relief, Sport England and Laureus Sport for Good.
The new Board members bring substantial expertise, understanding and deep knowledge of a wide of skills across public affairs and government relations, charity law, and equality, diversity and inclusion action planning from local to international levels.
Whilst SajeImpact is best known in the field of sport and physical activity it has never been the sole purpose of the team of Andy & Sarah. The purpose has always been about having a wider positive Impact on wider society.
Given the wide experience Andy gained in Parliament it is important to deal with a wide range of issues to create a just and healthy society.
The All Party Parliamentary Group for Dying Well promotes access to excellent care at end of life and stands against the legalisation of doctor assisted suicide in the UK.
In recent years there have been huge strides in palliative medicine. It is now possible to effectively manage pain as people die. We believe the future is one of high-quality, universally available palliative care for all – not the requirement to decide whether or not to take lethal drugs to end your life early.
As we get nearer the end of #lockdown restrictions across the sectors where SajeImpact work Director Andy Reed has set out plans for the next phase of business.
Andy said
“It has been my plan to step back from the business in 2020-21 but Covid meant I have stayed around a little longer than planned. I have been keen to help the team we have built during these exceptional times and we have manged like a lot of businesses to ‘scrape through’. I won’t pretend it has been easy and if i had not been at this stage of my life - and that of the Business I am not sure we would have been able to carry on.
However, as the number of enquiries and diversified work continues to grow I am confident the Team will step up and be looking after our clients well into this next decade! I will still have a role to play, but increasingly in the background as I help develop the people and organisations I work with.
Findings from a survey conducted by the National Lottery Community Fund show that seven in 10 people in the UK (69%) feel like they are part of their local community, with over a third (35%) saying that the pandemic has made them feel even more so.
Most importantly three in 10 people (30%) report that they plan to become more involved in their local community this year because of Covid-19.
2020 also appears to have opened people’s eyes to the great work being done by many within their communities with a majority (65%) saying that local community groups and projects, volunteers and charities deserve more recognition. And when thinking of what they most want for their local community in 2021, just over a third (34%) want to see support for community projects and charities.
The National Lottery Community Fund is the largest funder of community activity in the UK. Its survey of over 7,000 UK adults across the UK asked how people are feeling about their community and their ambitions for their local area in the year ahead.
As we finally get into the home straight of 2020 we know it has been a tough year for so many - including a number of our clients. We have seen too many good people leave the organisations we work with.
We are changing too. A longer blog will probably follow but I was always going to slow down in 2020 as I hit 55, but the pathway has been slightly altered by another global crisis.
I won’t use the word retired but I am entering a new season and working differently as you can see.
Looking forward to catching up and renewing friendships in a post pandemic environment
