Stakeholder Consultation

Final Report Stakeholder consultation January 2015 CONTENTS Contents ..................................................................................................................... 2 About UK Sport ............................................................................................................ 9 Core responsibilities ................................................................................................ 9 Overview ................................................................................................................... 11 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 11 The purpose of consultation ................................................................................... 11 This report ............................................................................................................. 11 Methodology .......................................................................................................... 12 Defining the stakeholder universe .......................................................................... 13 Executive summary .................................................................................................... 14 Participant profile ...................................................................................................... 17 Stakeholder workshops .......................................................................................... 17 Written submissions ............................................................................................... 20 Public responses .............................................................................................. 22 Public submissions ........................................................................................... 23 Key questions ............................................................................................................ 26 Overview ................................................................................................................ 26 1. The focus on medals .................................................................................... 27 2. Breadth of remit ........................................................................................... 27 3. Longer term / deeper investment .................................................................. 27 2 4. Additional measures of success .................................................................... 27 5. Prioritising finite investments ....................................................................... 28 6. Further improvements .................................................................................. 28 Question 1 - The focus on medals ............................................................................. 29 Summary ............................................................................................................... 29 1.1. Arguments in favour of current approach ...................................................... 30 1.1.1. High performance success is defined in medals ................................... 30 1.1.2. Simplicity of objectives / avoiding dilution .......................................... 31 1.1.3. Medal success drives success in other areas ........................................ 31 1.1.4. Caveated arguments ........................................................................... 32 1.2. Arguments against current approach ............................................................ 33 1.2.1. Medal success cannot be the “be all and end all” ................................. 33 1.2.2. Re-interpreting „medal success‟ .......................................................... 34 1.2.3. The principle of focusing on „high performance‟ is wrong.................... 35 Conclusions ........................................................................................................... 36 Question 2 - Breadth of remit .................................................................................... 37 Summary ............................................................................................................... 37 1.3. Arguments in favour of current approach ...................................................... 38 1.4. Arguments in favour of changing remit ......................................................... 42 1.4.1. Including non-Olympic / Paralympic sports of cultural importance ...... 42 1.4.2. Including all sports with a high standard of performance ..................... 43 3 1.4.3. Including additional disability sports events ........................................ 45 1.5. Other observations ....................................................................................... 46 1.5.1. Alignment with non-Olympic disciplines in Olympic / Paralympic sports 46 Conclusions ........................................................................................................... 46 Question 3 - Longer term / deeper investment .......................................................... 47 Summary ............................................................................................................... 47 3.1. Arguments in favour of current 8-year approach ............................................. 48 3.2. Changes to current approach .......................................................................... 50 3.2.1. A more „joined up‟ approach .................................................................. 50 3.2.2. Adapting to specific challenges faced by team sports .......................... 56 3.2.3. Funding on development and community programmes ........................ 59 3.2.4. UK Sport responsible for entire talent pathway .................................... 61 3.2.5. Sports disadvantaged by current approach .......................................... 62 3.2.6. Disadvantaged demographics ............................................................. 63 3.3. Other observations .......................................................................................... 64 3.3.1. Defining the pathway more clearly before agreeing changes ................... 64 3.3.2. “Seed funding” very fast-growing sports ................................................. 65 3.3.3. Identifying sports which have shorter or longer pathways to success ....... 66 3.3.4. Differences between Home Nations ......................................................... 66 Conclusions ........................................................................................................... 66 Question 4 - Additional measures of success ............................................................. 68 4 Summary ............................................................................................................... 68 4.1. Performance measures .................................................................................... 69 4.1.1. No additional measures .......................................................................... 69 4.1.2. New medallists in emerging sports more valuable than other medals ...... 71 4.1.3. Progress in sports in which it is harder to medal ..................................... 72 4.1.4. The quality of facilities and the coaching setup ....................................... 74 4.2. Non-performance measures ............................................................................ 75 4.2.1. Participation ........................................................................................... 75 4.2.2. Societal impact ....................................................................................... 76 4.2.3. Creation of role models .......................................................................... 78 4.2.4. Care and respect for individuals.............................................................. 79 4.2.5. Representation of women ....................................................................... 79 4.2.6. Number of UK-based athletes and support staff ..................................... 80 4.2.7. Cost per medal ....................................................................................... 80 4.3. The problem of measurement.......................................................................... 81 Conclusions ........................................................................................................... 81 Question 5 - Prioritising finite investments ................................................................ 83 Summary ............................................................................................................... 83 5.1. Options in detail ............................................................................................. 83 5.1.1. Continue broadly with current approach ................................................. 83 5.1.2. A „Balanced scorecard‟ approach ............................................................ 87 5 5.1.3. Return to London2012 levels .................................................................. 90 5.1.4. Retain medal focus but rebalance towards Paralympics ........................... 91 5.1.5. Use secondary factors as “tie breakers” ................................................... 92 5.1.6. Differentiation between team sports and individual sports ...................... 93 5.1.7. Weight up first or early medals in a sport ................................................ 95 5.1.8. Prioritise investment in sports

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