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Director Andy Reed OBE joined delegates at Loughborough University today for the visit of Consul General Dr Vikram to the University with Vice Chancellor Nick Jennings.
Reed was present as Vice Chair of the LLEP.
We have now all seen the long awaited Levelling Up White Paper. It has been a long time coming because this policy started life as a slogan and not much more. Now some serious thought has gone into this policy where does it leave us?
For me the policy had to pass a number of tests.
Does the analysis and remedies make sense - economically and socially ?
Does it recognise what has and hasn’t worked in the past (The name is new but tackling regional inequalities isn’t) ?
Are there achievable targets and ways to measure progress/ success ?
Are the resources available to match the ambition?
A visit to the Charnwood Campus today to catch up with the progress of the old AZ site as a Life Sciences cluster opportunity. When AZ pulled out in 2010 it was a massive blow to the towns economy and the individuals concerned. It was one of the biggest issues of bad news that crossed my desk as an MP. I still recall where I was and the gut wrenching feeling when I was told by the AZ CEO of their Board decision.
Fast forward a decade and now through my volunteering still championing what the site has to offer for jobs and wealth creation in the local economy! Great to catch up with the team and see what more we can do to work together across the various agencies and local authorities.
Two new partners have joined the team at Sajempact this week - Danielle Roberts and Derek Peaple. Both bring enormous experience to talent offers by SajeImpact for its clients.
Andy said “As I step back I still want the philosophy behind SajeImpact to carry on. It means if people are committed to tackling injustice through positive impact in communities across the world and fit in with a culture of servant leadership they can offer our clients what they have hopefully come to expect. The value is is the relationship.
The Sport for Development Coalition, which is Chaired by Andy Reed OBE, has opened the recruitment process as it seeks to appoint a new Executive Director.
Following an exciting period of growth over the last 18 months overseen by Ollie Dudfield, the Coalition is searching for a new Executive Director who will drive the next phase of development, helping to facilitate collective action and the joined-up work of the UK’s sport for development movement.
The Coalition’s network is made up of over 200 charities, sporting bodies, community and voluntary organisations that collectively over-arch thousands of projects and programmes intentionally using sport and physical activity to generate positive social outcomes.
SLC is delighted to announce that Andy Reed OBE will be providing a strategic counsel role to selected clients and the wider team. Andy is a former MP and current director of SajeImpact, the Sports Think Tank and Loughborough University Institute for Sport Business. Andy will bring his unique perspective of the wider sport and physical activity sector. To find out more about Andy, visit our website. https://bit.ly/3GaNmqf
Duncan Wood-Allum Managing Director of SLC said, “We’ve long admired the impact Andy has had on shaping the wider sector’s thinking and his influence on policy. We share the same values and look forward to working with Andy on tackling some complex challenges and opportunities faced by our clients and the wider sector.
Andy Reed OBE said, “I am pleased to be working with the team at SLC to develop much greater cross sector thinking to tackle the complex challenges ahead. I hope my wide experience will help bring fresh perspectives.”
Work has just begun to create a 2,000 sq m four-storey fourth pavilion to expand SportPark, the multi award-winning development for the UK’s sports sector, on Loughborough University Science and Enterprise Park.
Scheduled for completion in Winter 2022, the £9M project will be built to Passivhaus Classic Accreditation to significantly reduce CO2 emissions.
The first Passivhaus development on the University campus, SportPark Pavilion 4 presents sports organisations with the unique opportunity to secure environmentally future-proof accommodation, tailored to their needs. It will enable occupants to reduce their carbon footprint and operating costs thanks to highly efficient heat pumps, opening triple-glazed windows for natural ventilation, solar shading to avoid summer overheating and continuous and well-insulated building fabric to minimise heat loss.
The Minister for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Civil Society Nigel Huddleston has backed the Sport for Development Coalition’s call for sport to act as a ‘team player’ in levelling up deprived communities and building back better from the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Minister was speaking at the Coalition’s inaugural CEO Forum in London attended by more than 100 executives and leaders from sport for development organisations across the UK. The Coalition is a growing network of more than 200 charities, sports bodies, community and voluntary organisations over-arching thousands of projects and programmes intentionally using sport and physical activity to generate positive social outcomes.
Yesterday was another great day for International Partnership Development and collaboration here at Loughborough University Loughborough Sport Loughborough Campus with Sport Ireland Sport Ireland Campus Sport Ireland Institute. We very much enjoyed welcoming our esteemed colleagues onto campus.
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