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For nearly all centres the clubs act as the host for the PfS centre, and provide the backdrop for learning. There are only a couple of exceptions to this model. In all cases the club provides an inspirational link to sport, with all that includes, the environment, the branding, logos, access to players and club personnel, merchandise, and real life learning situations. Without the clubs, PfS simply wouldn’t be. We value their partnership immensely. |
Local authorities |
The local authority funds PfS through the DCSF Standards Fund. The local authority has a role as the responsible body for PfS, providing line management, Continuing Professional Development, links with other LA departments, administrative and financial support, whilst also managing quality. The local authorities, like the clubs are essential partners to PfS, and their contribution is fully appreciated. |
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“In 1997 the Government launched Playing for Success (PfS) with the Premier League, an innovative education programme aimed at improving the literacy, numeracy and IT skills of primary age boys and girls. Twelve years on, clubs throughout the world have found a home for PfS. The Premier League is very proud of its founding role in PfS and delighted that our 20 member clubs continue to lead the way in delivery of not only the core programme but also exciting outreach initiatives such as the Double Club.”
Simon Morgan – Head of Community Development
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“The Football Foundation is the UK’s largest sports charity with an annual income of £40m provided by the Premier League, the FA and Government. Having invested £4.8m in 24 very successful PfS centres, the Foundation has also worked in partnership with BT, DCSF and Rex Hall Associates to add value to PfS. Our partnership with BT has seen a further £1m invested into centres the length and breadth of the country, in the shape of Communicating for Success.”
Steve Futter – Senior Development Manager for Education and Lifelong Learning
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“The Football League Trust and PfS are key partners in enabling club community schemes and centres to link together to engage children productively, through the power of football. The Trust has established education as one of its core themes that club community programmes are asked to deliver and the increasingly diverse role that Football League clubs are fulfilling in their communities means that PfS and the Trust will continually improve and evolve this pivotal and influential alliance.”
Dave Edmundson – General Manager
http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/AboutTheTrust/ |
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“Playing for Success is at the very heart of Premier Rugby's award winning community programmes. Community intervention at the twelve professional clubs has hit an all time high, with partnerships across the public and private sectors. Playing for Success is a central part of this, with ground owning clubs committing dedicated resources to the programme and using it as a mainstay of their community involvement. PfS is a great example of how professional rugby’s community involvement has grown and become more sophisticated as the sport has developed. Every ground-owning club has a dedicated PfS resource at its ground, with most of those centres central to the delivery of their award winning community programmes. Bath Rugby, Newcastle Falcons and Saracens have all won the annual Corporate Citizenship awards that show the importance of PfS centres.”
Simon Lewis - Head of Communications
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“The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is the National Governing Body of Cricket with a vision to develop the game from the playground to the Test Arena.
The development strategy will be focused on a ‘bottom up needs driven’ approach to ensure that we meet the local needs of clubs and schools to deliver a long term effective and sustainable development programme giving all coaches, teachers, volunteers and participants the opportunity to develop and achieve the outcome that is appropriate to their own aspiration and ability.
The ECB is now represented at the National Advisory Group and is working closely in partnership with RHA to ensure that PfS centres become more closely aligned with the community programmes within our development strategy and for cricket clubs themselves to have a more direct and increased involvement in PfS. This is a vital partnership to ensure that we do develop the game from the playground to the Test Arena.”
Peter Ackerley – Head of Development
http://www.ecb.co.uk |
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"The National Literacy Trust believes that society will only be fair when everyone can communicate as well as they need. Together with Playing for Success (PfS) we aim to support those who could benefit most from improved literacy.
Our partnership enables us to reach new communities, taking the power of reading and literacy to a wider audience. We have worked with PfS, along with other partner organisations, since 2002, reaching thousands of young people and their families. We find that PfS centre managers are often full of ideas and eager to take on National Literacy Trust projects.
Through sport, PfS and the National Literacy Trust are changing attitudes to literacy and showing its relevance to all our lives.”
Jim Sells – Manager, Reading the Game
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“The British Horseracing Education and Standards Trust (BHEST) is a registered charity and government-recognised awarding body for a range of qualifications in the racing, breeding, equine and farriery industries. It is also responsible for developing and delivering the Racing to School education programme. BHEST supports four PfS centres based at The National Stud in Newmarket, Cheltenham, Wolverhampton and Aintree racecourses, and recently ran a pilot day with the Warriors Centre in Worcester.
Racing to School is designed to open horse racing to a new young audience and to support learning through the use of innovative and informative activities based on the National Curriculum, sessions are often delivered by ex-jockeys who have a wealth of experience to share with the youngsters, many of whom have had little understanding of the sport of horseracing before.”
Judith Allen – Executive Director
http://www.racingtoschool.co.uk |
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“As an organisation with communications at its core we were delighted to embark on a relationship with Playing for Success as we partnered with the Football Foundation to create the Communicating for Success programme. Delivering this programme through the PfS network ensured that a vast range of people from children to over 55s across the country gained a truly positive experience from working with information communications technology. PfS has a vital role to play in our communities and we are proud to be associated with the work they do.”
Caroline Sheridan - Director Corporate Responsibility
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“Over the past four years a very positive working partnership has been established between the two organisations. This has evolved from shared mutual aims and the subsequent generous support offered by the Wooden Spoon to a number of centres. Wooden Spoon working with PfS and RHA has launched a set of new and exciting learning resources – Stirring for Success - to help even more children improve their learning and life prospects.
At Wooden Spoon we believe that all children and young people deserve the chance to live happy fulfilled lives regardless of the challenges they may face. Spoon harnesses the spirit and values of rugby to give disadvantaged children and young people in the UK and Ireland a chance to achieve their full potential in life. We are proud of our legacy, the work we do, our continuing partnership with PfS and our ambitious plans for the future.”
Jai Purewal – Rugby Operations and Developmnet Manager
http://www.woodenspoon.com |
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“Quality in Study Support (QiSS) continues to work in partnership with PfS to develop the provision of quality assurance of study support for children and young people. QiSS continues to value its close working partnership with PfS and acknowledges its tireless commitment to improve the range and standard of provision of study support delivered by all its centres.
QiSS looks forward to building on the strength of our partnership to achieve our shared aims.”
Linda Leith – Director QiSS
http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/education/quality-in-study-support/ |
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“There are many example of where the University of the First Age (UFA) has worked in partnership with PfS centres over the years. Both organisations share a similar ethos around learning that makes for productive local and national relationships. Partnerships have included providing training for centre managers and teachers to develop quality out of hour’s programmes, to co-developing peer mentoring programme for young people as part of a QiSS collaborative action. Many activities for young people have been jointly branded and often can provide progression for young people as they move between locally provided PfS and UFA activities. PfS and UFA make an ideal combination to increase aspirations and achievement for young people.”
Linda Gregory - Chief Executive
http://www.ufa.org.uk |
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“The Children's University™ (CU) is a national organisation that provides support to 7 to 14 year olds accessing an exciting and innovative menu of learning activities and experiences outside normal school hours. It celebrates the learning journey through a 'Passport to Learning' and recognises achievement and rewards participation through certificates and ceremonies. Raising children's aspirations is important to the Children's University™ which aims to develop the understanding that learning can help us all on our journeys to better places in life! And this is where and why from the Children’s University™ point of view the partnership with PfS is perfect. Many PfS centres are involved with their local CU or are a part of one – the two organisations dovetail their learning provision for the benefit of the children!”
Ger Graus - Chief Executive
http://www.childrensuniversity.co.uk |
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“As one of the leading bodies working on behalf of the Department for Children Schools and Families (DCSF) on the extended services agenda, ContinYou realises the significant contribution that PfS can make to government initiatives such as Narrowing the Gap and National Challenge in addressing underachievement and motivating pupils. We are keen to continue to work in partnership with PfS to increase its contribution to these important agendas.”
Joe Hayman – National Programme Director Extended Services and Study Support
http://www.continyou.org.uk |
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“Becta is the government agency leading the national drive to ensure the effective and innovative use of technology through learning and to help ensure that young people have equal opportunity and access to learning resources - an ambition which is clearly very much aligned with our own core PfS objectives.”
Rex Hall MBE - Executive Director Rex Hall Associates (RHA)
“We were very impressed with the excellent work that has already been done in developing the Playing for Success scheme. Sport, in its widest context, is a key sphere of influence for learning and its ability to engage, enhance and inspire makes it ideal as a platform for engaging the next generation of young people.”
Simon Trollope - Head of Marketing, Becta
http://www.becta.org.uk/
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