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Physical literacy and sport in Northern Ireland

Physical literacy and sport in Northern Ireland. John News Participation Manager Sport Northern Ireland. Purpose. To provide an overview of Sport Northern Ireland and the strategic context within which this work has developed (problems, needs and failures)

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Physical literacy and sport in Northern Ireland

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  1. Physical literacy and sportin Northern Ireland John News Participation Manager Sport Northern Ireland

  2. Purpose • To provide an overview of Sport Northern Ireland and the strategic context within which this work has developed (problems, needs and failures) • To highlight (SNI) policy and strategic responses • To consider the process through which ‘physical literacy’ has developed in Northern Ireland

  3. Sport Northern Ireland • Recreation and Youth Services (NI) Order (1986) • Primary purpose in legislation: “to advise …government, education and library boards, district council and other bodies on matters relating to sport and physical recreation…” • Council of Europe definition of sport “All forms of physical activity which through casual or organised participation, aim at expressing or improving physical fitness and mental wellbeing, forming social relationships or obtaining results in competition at all levels” • Three main functions: • Development • Advocacy • Investment

  4. The policy environment (1) • Pre-2004 • Strategy for the Development of sport in Northern Ireland 1997-2005 • Starting Well • Staying Involved • Striving for Excellence • Development process 2004-2006 • Balyi and an ‘athlete’ focus • All island dimension • Engagement with education

  5. The policy environment (2) • Post-2004… • All-Island Sports Development Conference, Nov. 2004 • Challenging Inertia, May 2005 • Physical Literacy, May 2005 • Home Country Sports Councils CEF, June 2005 • Home Countries Physical Literacy Forum, Oct. 2005 • SNI operational response, Feb. 2006 • Northern Ireland Physical Literacy Forum, Aug. 2006 et seq. • External policy context – devolution, Bain Review, Review of Public Administration, obesity etc etc • Today… • Strategy for Sport & Physical Recreation 2008-2018

  6. Strategy for Sport & Physical Recreation 2008-2018 “…a culture of enjoyment and success in sport…” Workforce PARTICIPATION PERFORMANCE Opportunities PLACES

  7. Lifelong Involvement in Sport & Physical Activity (LISPA) Framework

  8. Community Sport Health Education Operational & research map 2006 – 2010, SNI >£4m investment developing physical literacy & lifelong involvement in sport; additional anticipated investment of £14m in the period 2009-2013

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