Investing in Scottish Governing Bodies

What we invest

We use the investment process to agree what investment and support each SGB requires. There are several ways we can support SGBs.

  • Direct investment into the SGB.

  • In-kind investment by sportscotland institute of sport (SIS).

  • Additional investment into the sport such as Awards for All and the Sports Facility Fund.

  • Additional support is provided through our staff expertise, expert resource, advice and guidance.

Effective organisation

It is important that SGBs are strong organisations, with effective:

  • Financial management

  • Organisational stability

  • Leadership

  • Planning and implementation of policy.

We use the SGB development audit to measure the effectiveness of management and Boards. SGB’s use the audit recommendations and the Governance Framework to identify and mitigate areas of risk.

SGBs need to have an up-to-date policy framework covering:

  • Equality

  • Anti-doping

  • Safeguarding

  • Sports betting

Outcomes:

SGBs contribute to sportscotlands outcomes

Increased number and diversity of people:

  • Participating in sport

  • Progressing in sport

  • Achieving in sport

Goals:

SGBs contribute to Sport for Life and the sporting system by delivering a set of goals. All of these are underpinned by inclusion.

Participation, Progression & Achieve

Create the environments that will increase the number and diversity of people who participate, progress and achieve in sport

Indicators:

We will use a range of indicators to monitor progress against our outcomes, such as:

Participation

  • SGB playing club members

  • SGB playing members

Progression

  • Athletes on SGB Performance Pathways

  • Athletes on UK Performance Programme

Achieve

  • Medals

  • Representation on teams

Measuring progress

We use a range of approaches to help us measure progress against our SGB investment and the SGB outputs.

  • Data on the number of people taking part

  • Surveys to show our collective impact on Sport for Life

  • Case studies and other examples which help us tell the story

  • Annual goals to help us measure how an SGB is progressing with the support of our investment.

This information helps us understand impact and informs our decisions.

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Date published: 29 September 2026
Date updated: 29 September 2026

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