Sustainability in Community Sport

October 2011

Charles Johnston

Property Director

Sport England

Creating sporting opportunities in every community

Some Statistics on Current Provision

Number of Swimming Pools

Region Sites Pools Count

Total Water

space

m2

East 488 627 111,082

East Midlands 290 397 73,351

London 427 565 126,435

North East 163 223 39,094

North West 446 588 111,249

South East 827 1067 187,772

South West 521 654 115,435

West Midlands 365 466 84,767

Yorkshire & the Humber 300 395 75,100

England 3827 4982 924,285

Number of Sports Halls

Region Sites 1 Main Halls 2 Area

East 772 484 316,308

East Midlands 544 389 245,031

London 799 504 314,506

North East 410 274 183,103

North West 856 657 432,210

South East 1163 801 520,383

South West 742 472 309,353

West Midlands 673 481 315,607

Yorkshire & the Humber 615 449 282,218

England 6574 4511 2,918,719

1 - This figures includes all sites which have a Sports Hall on them, regardless of size.

2 - This figure only includes Halls which have 3+ courts or an area of + 486m2.

Number of Artificial Grass Pitches

Region Sites Pitches

East 184 198

East Midlands 160 176

London 175 194

North East 77 85

North West 262 272

South East 308 346

South West 217 239

West Midlands 164 182

Yorkshire & the Humber 141 152

England 1688 1844

Number of Grass Pitches

Summary of the regional spread of all sites and pitches within England

Region Number of Sites Number of Pitches

East 2404 8298

East Midlands 1768 5276

London 1225 4929

North East 1144 2747

North West 2573 7009

South East 3436 11650

South West 2487 7000

West Midlands 1882 5591

Yorkshire 2335 6114

Total 19254 58691

Grass Pitches with Access to Changing

Facilities

42%

55%

42% 45% 49% 51% 56% 55% 57%51%

58%

45%

57% 55% 51% 49% 44% 44% 42%49%

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0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

East East

Midlands

London North

East

North

West

South

East

South

West

West

Midlands

Yorkshire England

Yes No Unknown

Total Numbers of Other Facilities

Region

Athletic

Tracks Golf

Ice

Rinks Indoor Bowls

Indoor Tennis

Centre

Ski

Slopes

East 32 427 3 74 51 21

East Midlands 28 270 3 40 24 5

London 37 157 6 27 48 2

North East 29 136 2 30 7 15

North West 45 363 4 8 34 21

South East 55 690 9 67 69 36

South West 31 362 3 69 46 23

West Midlands 40 290 5 13 20 13

Yorkshire & Humber 27 287 7 19 27 11

England Total 324 2982 42 347 326 147

Ownership of sports facilities in England

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Grass

pitches

Sports halls Swimming

pools

Golf Health and

fitness

Artificial

grass pitches

31%

17%

33%

9% 17% 15% Local Authority

Current Facility Ownership

7% 5% 4% 3% 8% 5%

Others 7%

32%

3%

Sports clubs

4%

2%

34%

54%

42%

4%

Commercial

52% 76%

29%

2%

33%

73%

Education

Key Areas for our Intervention

Pitch Sports Group – Working Together

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The Aim and focus for the policy

Aim:

• To make sport more sustainable by reducing running costs of facilities and minimising impact on the environment.

Focus:

• Voluntary Sports Clubs

• Mitigation against future risks such as increased flooding risk.

• Adapting to current issues such as high costs of utilities.

• Low value / high impact solutions such as increased levels of insulation.

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Value managed approach to

environmental design

Relevant Messages for the Clubs

15

Sustainable drainage systems for sport

pitches

Creating sporting opportunities in every community 16

What exactly does this mean?

• Conventional approach

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Sustainable Approach

= Rapid transfer of drainage water

to receiving watercourse or sewer

= Reduced rate of run off and

attenuation of rainfall at source

Infiltration

Trench

How do we provide attenuation?

• Off-line Storage

• tanks

• ponds

• Online Storage (Permavoid/SudsSports)

• Sub-base replacement

• Highly voided ~95%

• 85mm thick

• Soakaways and swales

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Approx 80m3 in. Only 3m3 out

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Controls

Water Efficiency

Hippo Rainwater

The humble water butt

provides an excellent

source of irrigation water

Titan Rainsaver

Reduces water

consumption by up to 80%

No Electrics or batteries

required

On DEFRA's Water

Technology List so cost is

tax deductible

Hygiene flush for periods

of non-use

Saves 2.5 - 3.5 litres of

water per flush

Fitted in minutes - no

tools required

Fits any size cistern

Perfect for older 7.5 and

9 Litre Flush Cisterns

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Insulation

Natural Wool Glass

Wool

Mineral Wool PIR Polyisocyanurate

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CFL

Lighting

Sunscoops LED

Save 75% of energy

Last 10-15 times longer

Competitively priced

Consumes only 13 watts

50,000 hour average life

Delivers natural daylight

into internal spaces

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Renewables

Biomass Heat Pumps Solar Thermal

DACHS

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Mass Participation Legacy Plan

Iconic facilities

(£30m)

Inspired facilities

(£50m)

Protecting

Playing fields

(£10m)

Places People Play

Sports Leaders

(£2m)

Phase II - Club

Leaders

(£2m)

Gold Challenge

(£4m)

Sportivate

(£32m)

Disability Sport (£8m)

NGB investment – Mass Participation Programmes

School Olympics (£35.5m)

In Conclusion

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Summary

• Provide greater awareness and clarity on

“Green” challenge

• Message of Reason – Small Steps

• Practical Management of Facilities

• Good Design Practice

• Sharing Best Practice across Sports

• Influencing Progress with Funding

Sustainability in Community Sport

October 2011

Charles Johnston

Property Director

Sport England

Creating sporting opportunities in every community