Strong partners

Develop appropriate partnerships to support and promote participation and performance.
Bring together and coordinate the work of sporting partners, rationalising and simplifying the sporting landscape.
Ensure sustainability and strengthen the capacity of our partners to deliver sport at local, regional and national levels.

Priority outcomes sought for Scottish sport

Scotland has a world-class sport infrastructure.
Quality sporting opportunities for all are provided, sustained and coordinated by strong organisations.

Local authorities have comprehensive local sport plans in place that contribute to local and national outcomes.
Improved the quality of sport linkages in Community Planning Partnerships’ Single Outcome Agreements.
Each Scottish Governing Body of sport has a comprehensive, deliverable single plan for their sport.
Scottish Governing Bodies of sport are well governed, ethical and equitable and have effective training in place for professional staff and volunteers.
sportscotland has a range of working partnerships which achieve shared contributions to Reaching Higher and Scotland Performs.

Create and develop strong partnerships with local authorities and community planning partners.
Influence and support the development of local sport plans.
Support Scottish Governing Bodies of sport in developing a single plan for their sport and invest against agreed objectives and targets in this plan and against agreed staffing infrastructure to deliver it.
Provide a range of support programmes to Scottish Governing Body of sport staff and volunteers.
Support Scottish Governing Bodies of sport in embedding ethics and by 2011only invest in those that have:
- signed up to National Governing Body anti-doping agreements
- developed and implemented child protection plans
- achieved at least the foundation level equity standard
- been assessed as fit for purpose organisations at limited or reasonable levels.
Create, develop and strengthen partnerships across the health, environment, business and education sectors to maximise our contributions to Reaching Higher and Scotland Performs.