Sports Development

Sports development is about:

1. encouraging a lifelong participation in physical activity
2. inspiring individuals to fulfil their sporting potential
3. creating sustainable opportunities in the community

We focus on:

• young people
• women
• older people
• people with disabilities
• black & minority ethnic groups and
• people with low incomes or from one of the 5 Local Neighbourhood Improvement Areas (Northbrook, Durrington, Heene, Central & Selden wards)

We work with

• schools
• community centres
• sports clubs
• youth groups
• retirement centres
• other community organisations

We use a range of methods to meet the local needs including

• Taster Days
• Introductory sessions
• Activity programmes of 10 –12 weeks duration
• Short Courses
• Competitions.

Current Programme

See the Current Programme section for details about our latest projects.

We are committed to recruiting and training people as sports coaches, officials and administrators so that the skills are available in the community to sustain whatever schemes we start.

Coach Scholarships and Advice

The Coach Scholarship Scheme provides financial assistance to help cover the cost of training courses.

We aim to make a difference in the long term and a lot of our time is spent supporting local clubs and other groups with advice about funding and how to develop their infrastructure.

Leisure Card Scheme

We also help manage the Leisure Card Scheme which enables people on low incomes to use the Borough Council's sports venues.

Leisure and Sports Activities Directory

The Leisure and Sports Activities Directory lists a variety of organisations offering a wide range of local activities. If you are an official of a club that wants to register on the Directory please either complete the on-line registration form or download the registration form and mail it back to us.

You can also visit the Sussex Disability Sports Database from this site by clicking on http://www.icis-info4life.org.uk/FindInformation/sports.htm. Please note that the information contained on this site is the responsibility of ICIS and not Worthing Borough Council.

Worthing is a member of the which is helping to improve the sporting infrastructure in Sussex as a whole. http://www.sussexsport.org

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