Introduction
This page sets out how we invest in Scottish Governing Bodies of Sport (SGBs) and Local Authorities (LAs). This includes principles, goals, outcomes and measuring progress
Strategic context
Our corporate strategy, Sport for Life, sets out our vision of an Active Scotland where everyone benefits from sport. Our mission is to help the people of Scotland get the most from the sporting system.
Sport for Life is our main strategic driver. This shows how we contribute to the Physical Activity for Health Framework. This Framework ultimately contributes to Scotland’s National Performance Framework.
sportscotland works together with a wide range of organisations to enhance the sporting system for everyone in Scotland.
The Sporting System
The sporting system diagram shows how all the components work together to help people take part in sport and physical activity in three environments:
Environments
Schools and education: helping build competence and confidence in sport and physical activity by providing positive sporting experiences at schools, colleges, and universities.
Clubs and communities: offering local opportunities for people to take part in sport and physical activity and develop to the level they choose.
Performance sport: helping sports create the conditions that enable people to progress and achieve, by creating the right partnerships and performance development environments.
How we invest
We support and invest in individuals, programmes and organisations that contribute to Sport for Life. Partners make a crucial contribution to the sporting system. We make a strategic decision on how we invest in partners, based on:
A Strategic Plan showing how they contribute to Sport for Life
Principles that guide our decisions
Goals that the partner will deliver
Measuring progress using robust data that the partners can collect
Conditions that the partner will comply with.
Principles
We want to use the best approach to deliver the benefits of sport to the people of Scotland. To do this, we are guided by six principles. We expect the organisations we invest in to commit to these principles:
Inclusive: We understand the barriers people face and proactively address them, so everyone has the opportunity to get involved in sport and physical activity.
Accountable: We plan well, we measure our performance, and we are accountable for delivering outcomes.
Responsive: We adapt what we do based on how we’re doing and what’s happening around us.
Person-centred: We listen to people and put their voices at the heart of our thinking.
Collaborative: We develop and strengthen partnerships and collaborations across the public, voluntary and private sectors.
World Class: We do everything to the highest possible standard, while seeking to continuously improve.