Leisure Opportunities 26Th July 2016 Issue
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APPRENTICESHIPS 400,000+ Find great staffTM SEE PAGE 8 READERS leisure opportunities 26 JULY - 8 AUGUST 2016 ISSUE 689 Daily news & jobs: www.leisureopportunities.co.uk Doctors ‘should prescribe’ physical activity The prescription of physical As reported by Leisure activity by medical professionals Opportunities in March, the and increased funding to report also prioritised funding support the inclusion of sporting initiatives that help refugees are two of several to integrate refugees during recommendations made in a a period of mass-migration, new grassroots sport report as part of a number of social published by the European inclusion recommendations. Commission this month. To facilitate integration, Grassroots Sport – Shaping member states are being asked Europe was delivered by the to organise physical activity Commission’s high level group – opportunities specifically for which contained EuropeActive migrant people and to design president Sir Graham Watson – multi-cultural sport events. to commissioner for Education, In terms of using grassroots Culture, Youth and Sport, Tibor sport to contribute to Navracsics, to provide ideas on Europe’s economy, the developing grassroots sport The high-level group presented their findings to commissioner Tibor Navracsics report recommended that within wider life and “strengthen the European Commission the network of sports clubs”. states of the European Union (EU) should “considers the positive economic impact and Key recommendations included using encourage medical professionals to prescribe multiplier effect” to grassroots sport when grassroots sport to positively impact other physical activity “in place of, or in addition allocating funds. In addition, member nations areas of European society, such as health, to” medication, while the EU should provide should consider incentivising participation social inclusion and the economy. Of the funding for sport and physical activity through through “tax reductions and subsidies”. former, the report suggested that member its EU Health Funding Programme. Details: http://lei.sr?a=V8S8M_O London mayor suspends £9.4m Newark work on Garden Bridge The new mayor of London, Centre opens Sadiq Khan, has suspended work on Thomas Heatherwick’s A new £9.4m leisure facility has been unveiled controversial Garden Bridge in Newark, replacing the ageing Grove Leisure project over concerns that more Centre which was built in 1968. Newark public money will be required to and Sherwood District Council funded the complete the £175m project. project, which saw contractor R. G. Carter Khan – who took office in May working to Watson Batty-designed plans to – officially supports the plans to create Newark Sports and Fitness Centre. Archtects Watson Batty designed the new centre build the 367m long plant-filled The 4,260sq m (45,854sq ft) building bridge, but only if no more than the includes a four-court sports hall, a 25m trust Active4Today, which the executive agreed £60m in public funding is swimming pool and a 20m teaching pool, as approved creation of in January 2015. Southwell made available to build it – and has well as squash courts and an 850sq m (9,149sq Leisure Centre, the Dukeries in Ollerton and now has stepped in to halt works. ft) fitness suite supplied by Life Fitness. the Blidworth Community Leisure Centre are Continued on back cover The new site is being operated by Newark also being run by the not-for-profit company. and Sherwood District Council’s new leisure Details: http://lei.sr?a=G6Q6b_O GET Magazine sign up at PDF for iPad, Kindle & smart phone Online on digital turning pages Twitter follow us: leisureopportunities.co.uk/subs leisureopportunities.co.uk/pdf leisureopportunities.co.uk/digital @leisureopps @leisureoppsjobs LEISURE OPPS Job board live job updates Ezine sign up for weekly updates, Instant sign up for instant alerts, RSS sign up for job & news feeds leisureopportunities.co.uk leisureopportunities.co.uk/ezine leisureopportunities.co.uk/instant leisureopportunities.co.uk/rss Contacts: SPORT The Leisure Media Company Portmill House, Portmill Lane, Call for more cycling paths Hitchin, Herts SG5 1DJ, UK Tel: +44 (0)1462 431385 British Cycling has called on Fax: +44 (0)1462 433909 the government to explore e-mail: please use contacts' the possibility of opening up [email protected] more public paths for use by Subscriptions cyclists to boost participation [email protected] and help deliver on sport strategy outcomes. Editor Writing a letter to Liz Terry 01462 431385 environment secretary Liz Head of News Truss and Welsh environment Matthew Campelli 01462 471912 secretary Lesley Griffiths, the Journalists national governing body (NGB) said those cycling responsibly Tom Anstey 01462 471916 should have the same public Jane Kitchen 01462 471929 access to the outdoor places Kim Megson 01462 471915 enjoyed by walkers. Giving cyclists access to more paths would also boost tourism Products Editor According to statistics Kate Corney 01462 471927 referenced in the letter, people using bikes only The NGB said such legislation would provide Design have access to less than a third of the 140,000 a platform to achieve the desired outcomes of miles of public paths in England and Wales and the Sporting Future strategy, such as improv- Ed Gallagher 01905 20198 little access to Open Land Access and Coastal ing physical and mental wellbeing, social and Internet Access sites. British Cycling highlighted the community development. Michael Paramore 01462 471926 Scottish Land Reform Act – which gives cyclists “There is a clear recognition that differ- Dean Fox 01462 471900 freedom to more paths north of the border – as ent government departments need to work Tim Nash 01462 471917 “sustainable, manageable and highly beneficial together to create the right conditions for Emma Harris 01462 471921 to tourism, health and the economy”. more people to get active,” said British Cycling. “We believe that a version of this responsible The body went on to highlight that one in six Publisher access model should be explored in England,” deaths are caused by lack of physical activity. Julie Badrick 01462 471919 the letter to the ministers continued. Details: http://lei.sr?a=A5h4d_O Associate Publisher Paul Thorman 01462 471904 Associate Publisher/ Property Desk Simon Hinksman 01462 471905 Elite talent ID scheme launched Account Manager UK Sport has launched what Chris Barnard 01462 471907 it has described as “the biggest Jed Taylor 01462 471914 multi-sport talent identification Financial Administrator campaign in British history” Denise Adams 01462 471930 in an attempt to fast-track Circulation Manager aspiring athletes towards glory Michael Emmerson 01462 471932 at Tokyo 2020 and beyond. 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ISSN 2397-2394 (Online). in martial arts such as judo, taekwondo and Details: http://lei.sr?a=z3s8M 2 Read Leisure Opportunities online: www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/digital Twitter: @leisureopps © CYBERTREK 2016 SPORT Everton gets £4m council Women in Sport study launched loan for training ground Equality body Women in Sport Everton Football Club has received a has received backing from banking £4m (US$5.3m, €4.8m) cash injection specialist Investec to compile and from Liverpool City Council to make publish a report examining the improvements to its training ground, includ- role sport plays in progressing the ing the development of a new show pitch. careers of female professionals. Liverpool City Council purchased the The Sport for Success investiga- Finch Farm training complex in 2013 and tion will look at the the skills and subsequently let the facility back to the qualities women can develop playing Premier League football club on a 40-year sport which can lead to personal lease, making a profit from the rental progression in the field of work. It income. Now the local authority has will also try to discover what impact earmarked the funds after Everton secured the increased effectiveness of female planning permission from Knowsley staff has on the workplace. Council. As well as a show pitch with While the work is yet to be spectator seating the improvements will published, Women in Sport chief 77 per cent of women in management positions play sport also include a new education hub, a new executive Ruth Holdaway said the groundsman building and classroom space.