A Sports Strategy for West Nottinghamshire College

Prospects4Sport were commissioned to undertake feasibility study for new sports facility.

With plans well developed for a multi million pound move to a new site, West Nottinghamshire College were aware of the potential opportunity to link with the local community and various planning agencies for sport so that their sports facilities could meet the needs of both the College and other partners.

The College asked Prospects4Sport to advise them on how they should do this. A thorough needs assessment was required to ensure that the right facilities were built which met the requirements of the curriculum and the community. However, the College first needed to ensure that its own priorities were clear.

Prospects4Sport therefore helped the College to produce an internal College Sports Development Strategy, setting the College in context in terms of its history, geography and other facilities locally.

The resulting strategy identified an overall aim for the College Sports Team, the main work areas and clear actions for curriculum development, extra curricular activity, a whole college approach to activity, links with the community and local clubs and organisations.
This enabled the College to see how the aims of the sports department fitted with the overall corporate approach of the College, and raised the profile of sport considerably both internally and externally with other local partner organisations.