Fit for Girls Evaluation- Interim Report 1

The Fit for Girls programme is a joint initiative between the Youth Sport Trust and sportscotland, aimed at increasing physical activity participation among girls aged 11 to 16 years. This first Interim Report presents findings from a survey of all S2 girls in secondary schools across Scotland, undertaken as part of the evaluation of the Fit for Girls programme.

From primary to secondary school: Changes in Scottish girls’ physical activity and the influence of maturation and perceptions of competence

This research (by a research team at Heriot Watt University) investigates the decline in participation in sport by adolescent girls by following a group of Edinburgh girls for 18 months through the transition from primary to secondary school examining relationships between physical activity, maturation and perceptions of competence.

Facilities Report 03

This guidance suggests that there is no “off the peg” solution to designing an accessible facility.

fit for girls: Case studies pack

This collection of case studies is an opportunity to share the difference that the Girls in Sport and Physical Activity programme made to girls in many of the participating schools. By sharing the work of the schools and the girls, we hope that they’ll be a source of inspiration to other schools facing similar issues!

Football goals guidelines

Outline Summary of Requirements of Relevant British Standards.

Factors influencing the motivations of coaches

The purpose of the research is to inform policy decisions on coach recruitment, education, services and promotion. The approach adopted is to identify the factors which influence motivations, to demonstrate the relationships involved and to highlight policy directions.

Facility quality management systems

The purpose of a Facility Quality Management System is to provide a framework for managing your sport and leisure facility. Using such a system will assist in managing your facility more effectively and efficiently, and help you meet the needs of your customers/members.

Funding for sports projects

Facility barriers to active schools programme expansion

This short study investigates the extent to which lack of, or poor facilities is a barrier to the further expansion of the Active Schools Programme, through a survey of Active School Coordinators. It includes: identification of the range of facilities used to deliver the Active Schools Programme, whether these facilities could host an expansion in extra curricular sport and physical activity, constraints to specific sports and identification of required facility improvements.

Facilities Planning Model

sportscotland has developed a Facilities Planning Model (FPM) as a planning tool to inform decisions about the provision of community sports facilities. Indeed a number of authorities have commissioned sportscotland to run the model to assist with facility planning for their areas. The Government’s planning advice for sport, physical recreation and open space (National Planning Policy Guideline 11) advises councils to take account of the FPM in assessing levels of provision of sports facilities appropriate for their area.

Five-a-Side Football

Many local authority sports centre managers have long maintained that they could fill their sports halls with 5-a-side football at peak times and it is undoubtedly the case that it is one of the most popular indoor sports activities. As football is an outdoor game, however, many local authorities have responded by providing outdoor multi-courts used for 5-a-side, as well as other activities such as basketball, netball and tennis, with the intention of easing the pressure on indoor facilities. The commercial sector, too, has seen an opportunity and developed specialist 5-a-side centres, although they are exclusively outdoor. Anchor International Ltd (formerly trading as Pitz Super Soccer centres, but now as Power League) was the first company to develop these centres, but others, such as Fives, Goals, Champions League and Soccaerobics, have since entered the market.