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To experience the new bikes, or for more information, please contact [email protected] or 03334 149774. Join us on Stand 190 at Elevate to see live demos. precor.com sportsmanagement.co.uk May/June 2017 Vol 21 Issue 3 No 131 @sportsmag Unicef’s Liz Twyford On the use of sport as a vehicle for international development Modernising Italy's football stadiums How can we increase gender diversity in the boardroom? COVER STAR: Johanna Konta backs the expansion of the LTA’s Tennis for Kids programme Raising the Bar with creative sport spaces • Choose from a range of structures • Full Design and Build service • Multi use or Sport specific • Cost efficient, sustainable space • Options on ventilation, heating and insulation • Create a sports space complete with ancillary accommodation collinson.co.uk T: 01995 606 451 EDITOR’S LETTER 5 Bereavement Sport can play a vital role in supporting people who are grieving, enabling them to work through the pain until they come to acceptance. We need to include this focus in our work wherever possible ll our lives are touched by grief at some point, whether it directly aff ects us, or we fi nd ourselves supporting friends, family or work colleagues as they deal with the loss of a loved one. Many support AFew of us are equipped to be able to off er the groups exist, but support needed – we do our best to give comfort, to fi nd the right things to say and in some cases, simply few off er activity to be there. Sometimes hugs are more powerful than with all the positive words can ever be in helping them through it. benefi ts it brings If this resonates with you, you’ll have known the feeling of powerlessness that comes with being the Sport has a huge opportunity to off er meaningful supporter and not being able to help the person support. As Hudson says: “Everyone can benefit who’s grieving – knowing you’re lacking in the skills from the mental health benefi ts of exercise, but and awareness needed to bring meaningful comfort. particularly those who’ve been bereaved. Being active We’re simply not very good at dealing with not only provides a chance to reflect, it also increases death – it’s something society keeps hidden and many blood flow to the brain – which promotes clearer struggle to confront or accept it. Yet death is a natural thinking – and triggers the release of beneficial part of life and having the tools to support loved ones neurotransmitters...improves sleep and appetite, and through an encounter with it, while fi nding our own gives a sense of routine and control: all things that acceptance is something we can all benefi t from. are incredibly important when people are grieving.” On page 48, Kath Hudson looks at how sport can We mustn’t shy away from tackling this help those who’ve been bereaved to cope and heal significant challenge and offering interventions and fi nd their way through the most challenging to support the bereaved. They may need grief times. Drawing on personal experience, and lessons counselling along with the exercise and this can learned from experts in the fi eld, she highlights how be offered in partnership with experts. exercise has helped people fi nd light, hope and relief. Support groups exist, but most off er talking therapy That sport and exercise can do this is a very and few involve physical activity. We have the power wonderful thing and in these times when stress is to change this and extend the reach of sport to create becoming a modern epidemic, the strain of grief bonds with people and help them in their hour of need. – when overlaid on an already taxing life – can overwhelm those who are already struggling to cope. LIZ TERRY, EDITOR, SPORTS MANAGEMENT Choose how you read Sports Management magazine PRINT DIGITAL PDF ONLINE leisuresubs.net sportsmanagement.co.uk/digital sportsmanagement.co.uk/contents sportsmanagement.co.uk Issue 131 x May/June 2017 5 READER SERVICES People profi les: Subscriptions Denise Adams Tottenham Hotspur’s +44 (0)1462 471930 Donna Cullen Circulation manager Michael Emmerson discusses the club’s +44 (0)1462 471932 new stadium plans EDITORIAL TEAM Editor Liz Terry +44 (0)1462 431385 p10 Deputy editor Steph Eaves +44 (0)1462 471934 News editor Matthew Campelli News and analysis: +44 (0)1462 471912 Contributing editor STA in China, UK Anti- Tom Walker +44 (0)1462 471934 Doping reviewed, ASA ADVERTISING TEAM rebrands, Populous Publishers John Challinor plans eSports arenas +44 (0)1202 742968 Paul Thorman (recruitment) +44 (0)1462 471904 Advertising sales p16 Jan Williams +44 (0)1462 471909 WEB TEAM Tim Nash +44 (0)1462 471917 Sport and Michael Paramore bereavement: +44 (0)1462 471926 Emma Harris How we can help +44 (0)1462 471921 people overcome Dean Fox +44 (0)1462 471900 loss and grief Sport-kit.net Lauren Heath-Jones +44 (0)1462 471927 DESIGN p48 Jack Emmerson +44 (0)1462 471936 RESEARCH Joe Neary +44 (0)1462 431385 Sports conditioning: FINANCE Denise Adams Top rugby players +44 (0)1462 471930 explain how they Rebekah Scott +44 (0)1462 471930 hone their fi tness Leisure Media Portmill House Hitchin, Herts SG5 1DJ, UK +44 (0)1462 431385 p54 leisuremedia.com fi [email protected] 6 Issue 131 x May / June 2017 sportsmanagement.co.uk IN THIS ISSUE Unicef’s Liz Twyford How the organisation 10 PEOPLE is utilising sport Donna Cullen, Russell Seymour and Richard Tims 16 NEWS & ANALYSIS 29 THOUGHT LEADERS Andy Reed on the sugar levy p32 30 SAPCA NEWS CEO Chris Trickey on the association’s new direction LIZ TWYFORD Italian football 32 How Unicef is utilising sport In desperate need 38 TALKING POINT of new stadiums Are we doing enough to safeguard young athletes? 44 ITALIAN FOOTBALL The country’s need for p44 a stadium revolution 48 BEREAVEMENT How sport can help people overcome loss The challenges facing 54 RUGBY TRAINING gender equality on We look at the conditioning sports boards, and methods of rugby teams COMIC RELIEF what needs to happen 60 The rise of the ‘sport for development’ sector 64 WOMEN IN SPORT p64 The challenges facing gender equality on sports boards 70 TRAMPOLINE PARKS The popular sport is booming Trampolining: 76 CHANGING ROOMS One of the UK’s Ready for the new £1 coin? fastest-growing sport 82 GYMNASTICS and leisure trends British Gymnastics’ strategy to grow the sport 70 SPORTSKIT.NET Innovation and new launches p70 81 JOBS Find your next challenge sportsmanagement.co.uk Issue 131 x May / June 2017 7 Sports Pitch Construction Providing the team for full SPORTS project success The total solution...from concept to construction, we design and build all Synthetic and Natural Sports Surfaces When planning a sports pitch project, make O’Brien Sports your first choice. x Football pitches x Hockey pitches Academy Park Warden x Multi-use Games Areas x Rugby pitches x Athletics tracks Broxhill Sports Centre Eastwood Academy Oswestry School T: 01926 319 724 E: [email protected] W: www.obriensports.co.uk AUDITED O’Brien Sports, Manor Cottage, Church Lane, Leamington Spa, CV32 7JT. LETTERS HAVE YOUR SAY Have you got a view on the state of the sports sector? A topic you want to discuss? An opinion on an article featured in Sports Management? Write to us at: [email protected] It’s time to take safeguarding seriously ’m disappointed that it has taken the emergence of issues around safeguarding Iin the media for the country to wake up to the fact that we need formal monitoring and a set of standard regulations put in place. ROB VAN EACH / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM / EACH VAN ROB Even within Sport England’s quality scheme, Quest, where we’ve offered a safeguarding module since 2014, it’s only since the recent scandals hit the news that we’ve seen a rise in the number of facilities choosing to be assessed on this topic. We’ve now made safeguarding – a unit co-written with the NSPCC Child Protection Sport Unit More sites have sought assessment on safeguarding in the light of recent scandals – one of seven compulsory un-scored Quest modules, in order to encourage its uptake. they’ve considered DBS in their risk assessment staff levels, to ensure everyone is aware We’re also adding compulsory process, if they have up-to-date DBS for staff , of what signs to look for and the steps in safeguarding-specific questions to the if staff know who their safeguarding offi cer is place to report anything problematic.