Module 2: Organisations responsible for sports development

Sports Development

1. National organisations
   1. National Governing Bodies
2. Governing body activity
   1. Local organisations
   2. Department of culture media and sport (DCMS)
   3. Sport England
   4. UK Sport
   5. Youth Sport Trust
   6. British Olympic Association
3. Governing body 2 activity
4. Roles of organisations
5. Roles of organisations activity

Roles of organisations

The role of any organisation involved in sports development is to support and implement change; seeking more opportunities for access to sport and increasing national achievement in competitions. They aim to:

• Support and implement the sports development process (promoting and developing behavioural change)
• Develop community sports (promoting mass participation)
• Sports-specific development
• Develop facilities (promoting and extending use of facilities).