Stirling Council Agenda Item No.6

Date of Community Planning & Meeting: 28 March 2019 Regeneration Committee Not Exempt Active : Performance Update

Purpose & Summary

This report serves as the performance reporting information required from Arm’s Length External Organisations, (ALEOs), as part of the Council’s audit regime. The report updates Committee on the performance of Active Stirling for the period April - December 2018, against the Service Specification within the current Contract.

Recommendations

Committee is asked to: 1. consider and comment on the performance update information.

Resource Implications

The Agreement is contained within current budgets to the value of a £1.7M financial year 2018/19.

Legal & Risk Implications and Mitigation

There are no legal or risk implications associated with the contents of this report.

1. Background

1.1. Active Stirling is operating against its original contract now until March 2019. A further contract extension was issued in December 2018 to enable the new contract to be finalised to commence at the start of financial year 2019/20. 1.2. The Council is now the Sole Member of Active Stirling, and the organisation has adopted revised Memorandum and Articles of Association accordingly. The organisation has a new Board of Directors, and has recently agreed appointments from amongst its Independent Trustees to the posts of Chair, Vice Chair and Treasurer.

2. Considerations

2.1. Active Stirling continues to play a key role in both the strategic leadership of sport and physical activity across the Council area via the Sport, Physical Activity and Healthy Living Strategy, and to deliver a range of operational services via the core contract, Active Schools, Community Sports Hubs, changing lives through sport and physical activity programmes, club development and support, performance sport and commercial activity. 2.2. The organisation works much more closely with the Council now than in the past, reflective of the sole member status and the changes in strategic expectations. 2.3. The performance period captured in this reporting period concludes in December 2018, and therefore just at the start of the Peak pool closure period. Pool attendances were actually above target for the reported period. 2.4. Active Stirling’s performance return against specification is included as Appendix 1. Summary points to note are as follows: 2.4.1. Pool attendance across all pools including those in schools is very slightly above target; 2.4.2. 18.5% of the population of are recorded as service users; 15% of ; 14% of : 13% of Castle wards; 2.4.3. Rural service users unsurprisingly are lower: 12% of Dunblane and Bridge of Allan’s population; 6.5% of Trossachs and 5.4% of Forth and Endrick wards; 2.4.4. The highest number of Active Stirling membership cards holders reside in Stirling East ward, the lowest urban community membership is Castle, the lowest rural community membership is Forth and Endrick; 2.4.5. 64% of users are from the Stirling Council area; 2.4.6. The next annual customer feedback is due in April 2019. The last reported figure is from 2017 and showed that from 975 respondents, 86% said that Active Stirling offered a good range of activities; 79% that the services were good value for money; and 78% that the facilities were well run; 2.4.7. The Exercise Referral programme numbers are above target for the period; 2.4.8. Active Schools performance has increased in terms of activity sessions, participant sessions and numbers of distinct participants; 2.4.9. The number of clubs affiliated to Club Sport Stirling has increased since the last reporting period; 2.4.10. Swimming remains the activity with the highest number of participants in sports development activity by a significant margin; 2.4.11. Community Sports Hub activity has increased and is now stabilised, enabling the Council funded post to be seconded to Active Stirling and additional external resources secured from sportScotland; 2.4.12. User visits at Stirling Sports Village remains static; 2.4.13. The number of regional and national events hosted at Stirling Sports Village during this period is lower than that recorded in the previous period; 2.4.14. Attendance at non swimming indoor sports and leisure facilities is below target by c 500 per 1,000 population; and 2.4.15. Participants in health and wellbeing classes has decreased since the last reporting period. 2.5. The contract specification work measures set elements of Active Stirling’s activity. The organisation continues to work in partnership with the Council and other community planning partners to increase the impact of sport and physical activity, with a particular focus on changing lives. 2.6. Two recent successes worthy of note here. Firstly Active Stirling, working with the Council and the Clackmannanshire and Stirling Alcohol and Drugs Partnership was successful in an application to a hugely oversubscribed ‘Changing Lives thorough Sport and Physical Activity’ funding opportunity provided by sportScotland. The programme funded by this award will work with the Forth Valley Recovery Community to increase the use of sport and physical activity as a positive intervention for those in recovery from problematic substance use. 2.7. In February 2019, the long standing Twilight Basketball programme delivered in Raploch for young people from across the Council area was recognised by Scottish Sports Futures when Active Stirling and the Council’s Youth Team were awarded the Partnership of the Year accolade.

3. Implications

Equalities Impact 3.1. The contents of this report were assessed under the Council’s Equality Impact Assessment process and it was determined that an EqIA was not required as the report is procedural. Fairer Scotland Duty 3.2. The contents of this report were considered in terms of the Fairer Scotland Duty and were determined not to be of strategic importance. Sustainability and Environmental 3.3. There is no direct sustainability impact on the Council’s duty relating to climate change. A Strategic Environmental Assessment is not required.

Other Policy Implications 3.4. The contents of this report are in line with the Sport, Physical Activity and Healthy Living Strategy and the Stirling Plan. Consultations 3.5. Active Stirling was consulted on the contents of this report.

4. Background Papers

4.1. EqIA relevance check.

5. Appendices

5.1. Appendix 1 - Service Specification performance return: April-December 2018: Active Stirling.

Author of Report: Lesley Gallagher Contact Details: 01786 233021 [email protected]

Approved by: Stuart Oliver Signature:

Date: 18 February 2019

Details of Convener(s), Vice Convener(s), Cllr Kane Portfolio Holder and Depute Portfolio Holder Cllr Bennison consulted on this report:

Wards affected: All.

Key Priorities: F - We will commit and coordinate our resources to ensuring Stirling becomes a must visit destination; with heritage, culture, environment & economic strategieis working hand in hand to encourage tourists to stay for mimimum 3 days and 2 nights We will promote Stirling as a City of Sport and look to Key Priority Considerations: attract more elite facilities and headquarters, while ensuring facilities are available to all of our citizens.

Stirling Plan Priority Outcomes: Healthy- People are healthy and live active, full and (Local Outcomes Improvement Plan) positive lives within supportive communities