BTEC NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN SPORTS DEVELOPMENT, ASSESMENT ASSIGNMENT

Here are the aims and objectives of my two chosen organisations.

An aim is like a vision for the project, an overview and it is by nature broad in scope. For example 'to promote sport' is a very broad aim, and there is no indication to how this would be done or how it will be measured.

An objective is much more concrete and measurable. For example 'to attract 50 children to a basketball summer camp' is a measurable objective.

The National Association for Sports Development (NASD)

The aim of NASD is to provide support, advocacy and professional development for those involved in the development of sport and the following objectives have been set:

To raise the profile of sports development and sports development practitioners.

The identification and dissemination of good practice in sports development at all levels (national, regional, local and international), encouraging recognised professional standards.

The provision of a nationally recognised professional development programme that offers quality assured training opportunities as part of a qualification for those involved in sports development.

To represent the views of those involved in sports development to relevant external agencies.

The provision of a sports development information service

To work closely with home nation, regional and local sports development networks and to encourage, and help in, their creation where appropriate and invited.

The English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS)

There are three goals:

To increase choices for, and inclusion of, disabled people in all sporting communities

To provide a professional first stop shop service on all matters relating to sport for the disabled

To increase effectiveness of existing disability sport structures

Similarities and differences

The similarities of my two organisations are

They are both trying to increase participation in levels in sports development

Both are trying to increase choices for excluded groups the EFDS more than the NASD, as it is concentrating on a specific excluded group

The differences of my two chosen organisations are

Target groups - One is a specific organization that concentrates on target group, whereas the other is targeted to all groups and is a more general organization.

Methods of provision -

Aims and objectives -

2.1

The criteria that I feel is necessary to measure the organisations effectiveness is as follows.

Value for money - You should take into account how much money is spent on the scheme and then take into account the 'Value' of the scheme, this is more difficult to judge as the value of the scheme may be the amount of people who have benefited from the scheme or whether the scheme met all of its needs, aims and objectives. The scheme organizers may judge the value by seeing how many participants felt they had benefited in their personal development of the improvement in their skills

Aims and Objectives - Whether in the public, private or voluntary sector, the aims of a likely to be:

To provide a good quality service

To promote a safe and healthy experience

To respond to local demands

However a private sector gym, for example, will also have business related aims such as to maximize profits. A larger chain of gyms may aim to increase its market share or maximize returns to shareholders.

Objectives are usually set out in measurable terms and describe the targets to be met. They will normally be a mixture of organizational, social and educational targets.

Social objectives - reaching target groups

Financial objectives - budgets and costs

Customer-related objectives - access, safety, health

Environmental objectives: using sustainable approaches

Staff related objectives: training

Resource usage objectives: best value for resource use

Development objectives: responding to trends

Objectives can be set using SMART

Specific (Precise)

Measurable (quantifiable)

Achievable (with the budget, resources and team you have)

Relevant (To your overall aims)

Timed (scheduled and with deadlines)

Example of a SMART objective would be: 'To deliver a netball taster programme for under £50 this season.'

Achieving targets

There are ways of helping to ensure that targets are met

Set some intermediate checkpoints to assess progress

As soon as a problem arises, tackle it then reassess weather the targets is still SMART

Encourage early feedback from others about progress

Consultation

Often schemes suffered from lack of consultation to its target groups, clearly if you are to run a sports development scheme you need to consult the participants and likely coaches.

Methods used to consult could be:

A survey of the local community

A survey of the likely target group

A sample of opinion taken from local sports coaches or teachers

Pilot courses to assess the best way top proceed

2.2

The effect that Newcastle council has had on the local community has been life changing. Many residents have had great changes in n their lifestyles. They are beginning to become a fitter community because of its "active community" schemes because over ten million pounds was invested in new sports facilities and sport spaces.

The national association of sports development is more affective as it has had more successes so to so speak. However you cannot compare the two organizations head on as they have different aims and objectives where The National Association for Sports Development (NASD) has had successes in sports development schemes The English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) has had success in its own areas.

The only area that the NASD need to work on is to help increase participation of the disabled people because they don't work as hard and fund for them as much as they do for the communities compared to the EFDS. However they do try and work on them trying to get more involved in sport. This is due to the fact that the EFDS solely works for the Disabled minority whereas the NASD concentrates on all excluded groups