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AO3

Describe the role of the private, public

and voluntary sectors in providing local

sporting opportunities and facilities

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The Public Sector

Public sector sports facilities include parks, sports

centres, community halls and swimming pools. The costs

of these facilities are met by central and local

government through a system of national and localtaxation. The money that members of the public pay to

go swimming only partially goes some way to covering

the pools running cost.

Local authority sports facilities are provided on a

discretionary basis, which means that the council does

not have to provide them in the same way that it has a

legal obligation to provide schools and hospitals.

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Public sector organisations do not have to make aprofit like the private sector but they usually break even.This means that the running costs they incur must beequal to the amount of income they receive fromsubsidies and admission charges. At very least, theymust be seen to be giving value for money.

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The main objective of public sector facilities is not,

therefore, financial but to provide sports facilities but to

provide sports facilities for the whole community. They

provide opportunities for sport for people on low incomes

by reducing admission costs. The aim is to present a

programme of activities that caters for as many

communities groups as possible.

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There must also be a balance achieved between casual

use and club sessions. Some people do not want to

belong to a club and thus play a particular sport on aregular basis, but would still like to play occasionally. If a

sports centre did not allocate time to such people, it

would be discriminating against them.

The public sector also aims to extend the use of its

facilities as much as possible. This means a centre will

be open for as long as possible and will offer a range of

other activities, such as fundraising marathons and

classes for children during the school holidays. The

ultimate objective is to provide as many sports and as

many opportunities for leisure activities as possible for

the local population

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Local Authorities in the Public

Sector

Local authorities should work closely with clubs

to encourage participation in those clubs, rather

than seeking to provide sports opportunities

themselves, which may be opposition to the

service provided at club level.

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The Private Sector

The private sector is concerned with making money from

the products or services it provides. Any profits that are

made from the business are shared between those

people who invested the money in the first place or areused to develop the business further. Private sector

provision is therefore often said to be demand led. This

means that private sector organisations will only provide

sports activities when there is a profit to be made.

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Health and fitness clubs provide for increasing demand

among the public for fitness equipment and fitness

classes. The membership fees for such clubs, however,can be expensive, and this may deter some people from

joining. Facilities in the private sector therefore unlikely

to provide opportunities for minority sports or to subside

the cost of participation.

The private sector is becoming a major player in the

provision of sport. However, they are selective as to

which activities to be involved with (only those that are

profitable), and their pricing structure means that somesectors of the community can not afford the charges.

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Private sector businesses are involved in a wide range of

sporting activities. These include sports retail, gambling,

spectator sports and sports you can participate in. Theyalso come in many forms. A private sector business that

is owned and operated by one person is known as a sole

trader. A sole trader might be a freelance sports coach

who is self employed and who work in a number ofdifferent organisations.

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Voluntary Sector

Voluntary sector organisations usually exist to meet a

local need, and thus they vary greatly in terms of size

and aims. Often, people with a shared interest form

clubs or societies. Committees are sometimes elected by

the clubs members so that a more formal structure is

established.

Clubs may be run by unpaid volunteers, although

sometimes people are paid expenses. In contrast, some

voluntary organisations, such as the YMCA, employ paid

staff and have budgets of millions of pounds. Voluntary

clubs often hire facilities rather than owning their own.

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Voluntary sports clubs are very important to sport in the

UK. People who can not afford the fees charged by

private clubs might join a local club run by volunteers.This promotes sports inclusion and is one of UK Sports

key aims. Clubs are also the grass roots for reaching

elite levels of many sports.

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NGBs provide support, advice, guidance and

encouragement but do not dictate what the club

should do. Many Grant initiatives reward voluntary bodies if

they do more work because some are in clear

need of urgent support.

Non-Profit making sports clubs are sustained

and developed through voluntary effort,

administered at little or no cost to the public

purse but are penalised financially because theyare included as a business for the payment of

rates and suffer many other tax burdens in which

charities are exempt.

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Partnerships between private, public and

voluntary sectors

These three sectors are related in a number of ways.

Private companies frequently manage public facilities.

This means that councils will invite companies to submit

a tender to run facilities, the company offering the lowest

figure will normally win the contract, providing it can

meet certain criteria.

Two sources of funding open to voluntary sector

organisations are local grants provided by local authority

and National Lottery grants provided by the centralgovernment. Voluntary sports clubs are also unlikely to

be able to afford their own facilities and will therefore

hire facilities from the public sector. For example

Gowerton F.C. hire the Elba to play and train.

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The voluntary and public sectors sometimes receive

sponsorship from private sector organisations. This is avery important source of income as, without this money,

many clubs would struggle to survive.

One form of co-operation that exists within the same

sector is the provision of dual-use facilities. A sports

facility built part of a school will be run by the public

sector and work with the local council to provide a facilityfor the school to use during the day and the public during

evening or weekends.

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The LC2 Swansea

The LC is a leisure centre located in the city centre of

Swansea, Wales, UK. It received a 32 million makeover

from the government to provide an affordable leisure

facility for all the community to use.

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Swimming

During School Terms

Monday Friday: 4.00pm 9.00pm

Saturday Sunday: 9.00am 8.00pm

School and Bank Holidays:

Monday Sunday: 9.00am 8.00pm

Local school inset days:11.00am 8.00pm

Adults: 7

(6 for Swansea Resident cardholders)

Children (4-15yrs): 4

Children (3 & under): FREE

Senior Citizens/PTL card

holders: 3

Students: 4(with valid student I.D.)

(The Waterpark experience is a

2 hour session)

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Other Facilities

There are climbing, playing, gym classes and spafacilities and surf machines!

All of these facilities are of excellent standard yet are allunder 10 throughout the day to maximise use from the

public seven days a week. All of the facilities work through bank holidays excluding

Christmas and Boxing day.

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CrossFit Velocity

CrossFit Velocity is a strength and conditioning facilitythat develops individuals, athletes and teams to reach

elite levels of fitness through constantly varied functional

movements performed at high intensity. CrossFit

Velocity are located at Unit 4 Celtic Trade, Fforestfach,

Swansea in a 6,000 square foot warehouse gym.

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Class Prices Fundamentals Class 30

Fundamentals Fast Track 90

minutes 55

Drop In (Non Member) 7

Monthly Membership:

Twice a Week 35

Twice a Week (Full Time

Student) 30

Emergency Services Twice a

Week 30

Unlimited 50

Unlimited (Full Time

Student) 35

Emergency Services

Unlimited 45

Personal Training 30

Team / Facility Hire

50 per hour

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Class Times

Monday-Thursday Group Classes

5.30 6.30

6.30 7.30

Open Gym Times

Monday, Tuesday and Thursday:

4.30 5.30

Friday 4.00 6.00

Saturday 9.00 -10.00

Saturday Group Class

10.00 - 11.00am

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CrossFit Velocity is also working with Sport Wales to

develop Olympic Weightlifting in Wales for young athletes

and for adults. They have been giving a grant of 10,000

for new weightlifting equipment and platforms and will be

the host for the Welsh Weightlifting Championships and

Junior Championships.

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Dunvant R.F.C.

Dunvant R.F.C. are a popular rugby club in Swansea,

they have youth teams from under 7 to under 16, two

senior teams as well as a youth team which has players

from under 17 to under 19. These youth teams are run

by coaches who volunteer to coach the team, they tend

to be fathers or mothers of players in the team.

Money is raised by the junior section through each

player paying subs for the year to play for the team.Each team also has the chance to hold raffles, car boot

sales, quiz nights and food sales.

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One of the most influential fundraising events for

Dunvant R.F.C. is the annual carnival held by the under

15 team. The team sells programmes and tickets prior to

the carnival to get all the community involved. The 2010

carnival raised approximately 3000 which went towards

the teams under 16 tour.

The Dunvant under 16 team also receive many sponsorsfor a companies logo to be on their shirts. Currently,

Heritage Flooring, Hopkins Painting and Decorating and

Neat Teeth sponsor the team. The money funded from

these sponsors go towards kit costs.

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