Facilities: Management

Charges for sports facilities

sportscotland has an annual review of local authority charges for sports participation in Scotland. The main aim of the review was to produce a straightforward, factual and up to date Digest summarising the level of charges for the most popular sports facilities and activities in Scotland.

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.

Guide to community use of school sports facilities

Scotland must be able to use a full range of accessible local sports facilities of an appropriate standard at affordable prices. The recent introduction of Lottery funding has created welcome opportunities for sports clubs, local authorities, educational institutions and other agencies to fill some of the many gaps in local provision. At the same time, however, the thought of new facilities has perhaps diverted attention from the need to make the best possible use of those which already exist. The greatest potential to make positive changes to the use of existing facilities probably exists in secondary schools

Community use of school sports facilities workbook

This Workbook draws on the principles of community use of school sports facilities set out in the Guide to Community Use of School Sports Facilities. Based on both good practice and the experience of the case study schools and their local authorities the Workbook aims to assist schools and local authorities plan effectively for greaster community use.

Energy-saving and access systems in community sports facilities

Summary This report has been produced by sportscotland to present the findings of external consultants Hummocky Moraine, who were commissioned to evaluate the benefits of installing energy-saving and access systems to a community sports facility at Guildtown, Perthshire. The document is one of a series of reports published by sportscotland's Facilities Team to provide specific information and guidance, and examples of best practice, to owners, operators and managers of sports facilities in Scotland.