Sport England opened the National Leisure Recovery Fund in December 2020, with the aim of supporting the reopening and recovery of public sector leisure facilities. A total of £100M has been distributed to 266 local authorities across England, funded by the Government and administered by Sport England.
SLC is proud to have supported a significant number of our clients in receiving £ millions of funding support.
The Sport, Leisure and Culture Consultancy (SLC) facilitated an online Think Tank – ‘Commissioning Sport and Leisure Services in a COVID / Post-COVID World’ for local authority clients on 4 November 2020. Facilitation was provided by Toby Kingsbury and David Rushton, SLC Directors, supported by Michelle Payne, SLC Consultant.
A review of SLC’s Virtual Think Tanks: over 100 local authorities and 10 leisure operators from across the country attended our Virtual Think Tanks from 2 April onwards. Over the past five months, SLC hosted 12 sessions exploring key questions and Covid related challenges.
The Sport, Leisure and Culture Consultancy (SLC) facilitated an online Think Tank – ‘Managing the Recovery of Local Government Leisure Services’ for local authority clients on 20 August 2020 from 3pm-4.30pm. Facilitation was provided by Toby Kingsbury and David Rushton, SLC Directors, supported by Judith Schrenk, SLC Research Consultant.
The Sport, Leisure and Culture Consultancy (SLC) facilitated an online Think Tank – ‘Managing the Recovery of Local Government Leisure Services’ for local authority clients and Sport England colleagues only on 06 August 2020 from 3pm-4.30pm. Facilitation was provided by Duncan-Wood Allum, SLC Managing Director, supported by Judith Schrenk, SLC Research Consultant.
SLC, in close collaboration with leisure insight experts and developers of the DataHub 4global, have developed a Local Authority Benchmarking Tool to support local authority clients and their leisure operating partners through the phases of recovery. This enables local authorities to track actual live financial and throughput performance of sites linked to all the core income areas of a leisure operation and to maintain ‘real-time’ visibility on how the wider market is responding – something which will be hugely valuable during such a period of uncertainty.
The Sport, Leisure and Culture Consultancy (SLC) facilitated an online Think Tank – ‘Managing the Recovery of Local Government Leisure Services’ for Local Authority Clients on 23 July 2020. Facilitation was provided by Duncan-Wood Allum, Managing Director at SLC, supported by Judith Schrenk, SLC Research Consultant.
The Sport, Leisure and Culture Consultancy (SLC) facilitated an online Think Tank – Recovery Planning: Remobilising Leisure Services – the next challenge’ for Local Authority Clients, Sector Stakeholders and Public Sector Leisure Operating Partners on 25 June 2020. Facilitation was provided by Toby Kingsbury, Director at SLC, supported by Judith Schrenk, SLC Research Consultant.
The Sport, Leisure and Culture Consultancy (SLC) facilitated an online Think Tank – Recovery Planning – Key Considerations for Public Leisure Services’ exploring affordability – key challenges and opportunities for Local Authority Clients, Sector Stakeholders and Public Sector Leisure Operating Partners. Facilitation was provided by Duncan Wood-Allum, Founder and Managing Director at SLC, supported by Judith Schrenk, SLC Research Consultant.
The Sport, Leisure and Culture Consultancy (SLC) facilitated an online Think Tank – Recovery Planning for Aquatics – Key Considerations for Public Leisure Services for Local Authority Clients, Sector Stakeholders and Public Sector Leisure Operators on 28 May 2020. Facilitation was provided by Duncan Wood-Allum, Founder and Managing Director at SLC, supported by Judith Schrenk, SLC Research Consultant.