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October 2015
Sports Development Plan
“I believe this offers our club a fantastic opportunity to develop in so many ways”
Monica Culbert, Chairperson
St Galls GAC
Sports Development Plan
2015/2020
SPORTS DEVELOPMENT PROVISION
1.1: Sport Development Activities |
We are currently developing a range of activities for young people in football, hurling, handball and ladies football,
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Action Plan
Objective
(what is currently being done) |
How
(how have you achieved this objective) |
Who
(responsibility) |
When
(timescale) |
Finance
(cost – if any) |
Completion
(month & year completed) |
Outreach pilot with local nursery school to increase participation by 50% of those attending | Club trainers are going to the school to train and encourage young children | Fionnula Murphy | End Sept 2015 | £20 per session | Sept 2015 |
Pilot with “Blackie Centre” for foreign nationals (newcomer sessions) to increase participation by 25% | Young people will attend at the club in Milltown for specialist training | Michael Culbert | Start August 2015 | No cost | April 2016 |
Hurling development weekends for coaches, up to 3 coaches to attend and disseminate among other coaches | Attend organised session in Kilkenny | John Hopkins | September 2015 | £350 per head | September 2016 |
Publish a Handball development plan |
Agreed plan to be developed July 2015 to be implemented for the 2015/16 season | Philip O’Neill | July 2015 | £200 per annum | April 2016 |
Match play for younger teams as skills development to increase by 40% | Arrange games with teams outside own county | Juvenile committee | July 2015 | £200 | September 2015 |
Develop disability boccia team to participate in tournaments | To encourage others with disabilities to participate by arranging taster sessions etc | Jim Bailie | Oct 2015 | £100 | September 2016 |
SECTION 2: INCREASE IN PARTICIPATION
Objective
(what needs done) |
How
(how you intend to achieve objective) |
Who
(responsibility) |
When
(timescale) |
Finance
(cost – if any) |
Completion
(month & year completed) |
Develop new changing facilities as per development plan to increase usage of changing facilities by 80% | Development of project team
and plan |
Project Manager | Jan 2015 | £800k | June 2018 |
Develop new pitch as per development plan to increase participation by 100% | Development of joint working SLA leading to formal lease arrangements | Project manager, Monica Culbert and Mary McHenry | August 2015 | £600k | June 2018 |
Build handball court to increase participation by 50% young players and 20% older players | Development of handball court as part of new changing facility | Project manager | Jan 2015 | £70k | June 2018 |
Develop fitness education suite to increase usage by 50 participants per day
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To work with a range of stakeholders including community group, environmental groups and disability groups | Project Manager | August 2015 | £100k | June 2018 |
Development of disability access to increase participation by 40%
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To develop better disability access to current and future facilities by working closely with Disability Sport NI | Project Manager | August 2015 | Consultation will be no cost, however implementation cost is unknown | Jan 2019 |
2.2 Increase participation in sport by females |
Objective
(what needs done) |
How
(how you intend to achieve objective) |
Who
(responsibility) |
When
(timescale) |
Finance
(cost – if any) |
Completion
(month & year completed) |
Females | |||||
Going into primary schools to develop links and increase participation by 10% | By developing better links with schools and arranging taster sessions aimed at girls | Ladies initiative group | Sept 2015 | None | Sept 2016 |
Enhance links with St Louise’s to increase participation in sports and activities by 20% |
While we currently have good links with St Louise’s, this needs to be developed and enhanced to provide coaching and support to encourage greater participation of girls in sport | Ladies initiative group | Sept 2015 | None, although this will be helped by introduction of 4G pitch | May 2019 |
Develop a ladies initiative group
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Establish a group within the Club to address the specific needs of ladies and thus help encourage participation and excellence | Monica Culbert | August 2015 | None | September 2015 |
Gaelic for mothers development to have 20% of mothers participating
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To develop this initiative by encouraging mothers who bring their children to training to participate in fitness activities while their kids train | Ladies initiative group | March 2016 | None | September 2019 |
Outdoor gym activities
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To ensure that outdoor gym equipment is provided as part of the major development programme to aid activities of Ladies initiative group | Philip O’Neill | June 2018 | £20k | June 2018 |
Encourage Blackie group female participation and have 20% of attendees take up sport | To work with this group to encourage young girls and parents who are new to N. Ireland to participate in sports, particularly organised sports | Ladies initiative group | September 2015 | None | May 2019 |
2.2b: Increase participation in sport by over 50s |
Objective
(what needs done) |
How
(how you intend to achieve objective) |
Who
(responsibility) |
When
(timescale) |
Finance
(cost – if any) |
Completion
(month & year completed) |
Walking club to have at least 20 active members | To develop a walking club linked to our participation in the Bog Meadows to Black Mountain walk | Over 50s group | Oct 2015 | None
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Sept 2016 |
Establish over 50s group
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To establish a group that will address the specific needs of Over 50s in both sports and other activities | Tony Early and Adrian Harbinson | September 2015 | None | On going |
Over 50s handball night to attract 20 regular players |
To develop a taster session for handball with a view to having a regular slot for older members. | Philip O’Neill | June 2018 | £10 per hour | April 2020 |
Couch to 5k
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To work with the existing couch to 5k committee to expand their expertise to over 50 development | Stuart Kennedy | January 2016 | £2 per person | April 2020 |
To deliver up to 6
Health awareness sessions per year
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To work with the local community groups to develop and promote health education and awareness sessions in conjunction with HSC trust | Over 50s Group | May 2016 | None | April 2020 |
Develop a drama initiative to put on at least one play per year | To assess the need to develop a drama classes for over 50s | Over 50s Group | Feb 2016 | None | April 2016 |
2.2c: Increase participation in sport by people living in areas of high social need |
Objective
(what needs done) |
How
(how you intend to achieve objective) |
Who
(responsibility) |
When
(timescale) |
Finance
(cost – if any) |
Completion
(month & year completed) |
Develop links with St James’ community to have 30 young people participating regularly in sport | To ensure the needs of the community are taken into account for the development of the Bog Meadows area.
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Project manager | June 2015 | None | June 2020 |
Health awareness, as above
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To develop community health initiatives in conjunction with the local community which is in the top 5 areas on social deprivation in N Ireland | Club Committee | September 2017 | None | June 2018 |
Handball development, to increase participation by at least 5 players from disadvantaged background each year | To develop a range of court and one wall taster sessions aimed at the local community and supported by trained coaches | William Woods | June 2018 | £10/hr
Hire although cost will be developed along ability to pay basis |
April 2020 |
Arrange 4 midnight sports competitions linked to those from surrounding areas and build on their success
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To open our facilities to encourage activities to help address anti-social behaviour and improve fitness and health among hard to reach communities | Club Committee | June 2018 | £20/hr
Hire although cost will be developed along ability to pay basis |
April 2020 |
To arrange 4 unemployed tournaments in various codes each year
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To develop and deliver a range of sporting programmes and tournaments aimed at unemployed members of our community | Club Committee | June 2018 | None | April 2020 |
2.2d: Increase participation in sport by people with a disability |
Objective
(what needs done) |
How
(how you intend to achieve objective) |
Who
(responsibility) |
When
(timescale) |
Finance
(cost – if any) |
Completion
(month & year completed) |
Coaches training for working with disabilities
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To ensure all our coaches are trained and equipped to work with people with disabilities | Juvenile committee | Sept 2015 | £20 per head | April 2016 |
Promote disability football, hurling and handball through the use of our ball wall and increase participation by 20 players each year
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To ensure the ball wall is disability friendly and to arrange organised taster sessions. Also to work with the Co Antrim GAA to develop a team | Club Committee | Oct 2015 | None | April 2017 |
Development of boccia team, see above
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To work to develop taster sessions to allow us to encourage those with disabilities to play boccia | Jim Bailie | Oct 2015 | £100 | On going |
To arrange indoor sports such as badminton to increase participation by those with disabilities by 10 people each year
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To develop a new facility to encourage a range of sports that are disability friendly such as badminton | Project Manager | Aug 2015 | £20 per hour | June 2018 |
Develop links with Disability Sports NI
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To work with DSNI to develop a range of user friendly activities and sports | Project manager | July 2015 | None | June 2018 |
2.3: Develop other activities within the club |
Objective
(what needs done) |
How
(how you intend to achieve objective) |
Who
(responsibility) |
When
(timescale) |
Finance
(cost – if any) |
Completion
(month & year completed) |
To deliver at least 6 Community advice evenings each year | These will be aimed at the local community and will offer advice on benefits, education and health | Club Committee | Sept 2016 | None | April 2020 |
Increase tournament participation by 20% |
We run 4 underage tournaments each year and we will aim to increase participation by 20% | Juvenile committee | June 2018 | None | On-going |
Develop Go Games to have at least 50 young players participate each summer
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We will work with central GAA to increase participation in Go-Games and advertise locally | Juvenile Committee | June 2018 | Fix by GAA | On-going |
To develop dance classes to attract up to 20 participants
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We will develop a range of dance classes to encourage greater participation of Irish, Set and Caile dancing | Club Committee | June 2018 | £20 per hour | On-going |
To increase the use of facilities by young musicians by up to 40 participants each week
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To encourage the Loch Loi traditional music group to return to the club and use the education facilities to promote participation in a range of music | Club Committee | June 2018 | £20 per hour | On-going |
Environmental initiative to attract up to 50 new attendees per week to the Bog Meadows area | To work with the Ulster Wildlife Trust to encourage greater use of the Bog Meadows area by providing bespoke facilities and arranging guided walks | Project Manager | July 2015 | £20 per hour | June 2018 |
2.4: Develop coaches, officials and volunteers within the club
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Objective
(what needs done) |
How
(how you intend to achieve objective) |
Who
(responsibility) |
When
(timescale) |
Finance
(cost – if any) |
Completion
(month & year completed) |
Development of young referees | To work with the Antrim GAA to increase our young referees by 50% to aid and support juvenile games development | Juvenile committee | April 2016 | £50 per head | Sept 2017 |
Increase First aid training
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To ensure all our coaches have minimal fist aid training and to increase those with defibrillator training by 50% | Club Committee | April 2016 | £20 per head | Sept 2017 |
Increase coaches by 5 new coaches each year
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To encourage more club members to become qualified coaches by increasing both awareness and support for coaching | Club Committee | April 2016 | £40 per head | On-going |
Foundation training
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To ensure all coaches, mentors and helpers have at least foundation coaching awards and 50% have level 2 awards | Juvenile committee | Sept 2015 | £40 per head | On-going |
Develop retired senior players to participate in all the above |
To train our more senior players to use their experience to develop young players and to promote sport and activities among young people | Juvenile committee | April 2016 | None | On-going |