Sport and Physical Activity Workforce Governance Project
26th April 2021
CIMSPA, the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport
and Physical Activity, is engaging stakeholders
across the sport and physical activity sector, regarding a workforce governance
project.
In ‘Uniting
the Movement’ – Sport England’s new 10-year strategy – the importance was
highlighted of a sector-wide approach to supporting, safeguarding and
regulating the workforce to ensure the delivery of high-quality and safe
experiences at all levels of sport and physical activity.
To help deliver on these aspects of its strategy, Sport England has
commissioned CIMSPA to lead on the second phase of ‘Workforce Governance: Sport
and Physical Activity’ – a project to understand the ways in which the sport
and physical activity workforce can be better supported to provide safe and
high-quality experiences.
Following the 2017 Duty of Care Report and Sport England’s Active Nation
coaching and workforce strategies, this work began in 2019 as ‘Workforce
Registration and Regulation Consultation’ in which there was a broad appetite
from across the sector to make improvements and find better ways of preventing
harm from occurring. A summary of phase 1 can be found here.
CIMSPA is now moving into phase 2 of the project, working with Sporting People,
who have been asked to conduct research which will include engagement with
stakeholders from across the sport and physical activity sector to:
- Gain a deeper understanding of how organisations are currently supporting the workforce in delivering positive experiences for all participants
- Understand how organisations are already working to mitigate workforce related risks
- Examine the role and existing methods of workforce regulation and registration
- Appraise best practice in workforce governance from across the sector, alongside learning from other sectors and countries
Following
the conclusion of phase 2, CIMSPA will produce a report by the autumn, which
will include recommendations on future improvements and actions. UK Sport is
also fully engaged with this process and remains a close ally and advocate for
the work.
BASES has a Memorandum of Understanding with CIMSPA and we have been asked to
share this information with our members and network. CIMSPA is keen to
hear from as many people as possible within the sport and physical activity
workforce, especially those involved in frontline workforce roles, elite sport
support staff, or those with responsibility for workforce development and
safeguarding.
There are options for engaging through focus groups and a set of online
questions on the CIMSPA website, where
individuals can also register to be kept up to date with the project.