Implementing Sport Policy

Marc Keech is Principal Lecturer at the University of Brighton, UK, teaching and researching Sport Policy and Sport Management. Marc has acted as a consultant and researcher for a range of organisations for 30 years. A Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Marc was the Higher Education (HE) representative on the national CIMSPA (the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity) Professional Development Board from 2018 to 2020. He has been the HE representative on the Professional Development Committee for Community Sport since 2021.Iain Lindsey is Associate Professor in the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences at Durham University, UK. Iain’s research has primarily examined sport policy and development, especially youth sport policy in the UK and the use of sport for development in Africa. This research has been undertaken at both global and national levels as well as in a variety of local and community contexts. Iain’s research is underpinned by theories and methodologies from the fields of political science and international development.John Hayton is Assistant Professor in Sport Development in the Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation at Northumbria University, UK. John’s research has coalesced around the policy, delivery and management of sport in and by the non-profit and voluntary sector. John has published widely in areas such as sport volunteering, sport-based interventions, austerity and sport, and the role and management of non-profit organisations in the delivery of sport, physical activity and physical recreation.

• 1 Introduction IAIN LINDSEY, MARC KEECH AND JOHN HAYTON2 National Sports Agencies PIPPA CHAPMANPractitioner Reflection and Insights: Andy J Reed OBE 3 National Governing Bodies of Sport MATHEW DOWLING AND SPENCER HARRISPractitioner Reflection and Insights: Ian Freeman 4 The Active Partnerships MARC KEECH AND JACK WILKINSONPractitioner Reflection and Insights: Maxine Rhodes 5 Local Authorities and the Implementation of Sport Policy JANINE PARTINGTON, STEPHEN ROBSON AND LOUISE MORBYPractitioner Reflection and Insights: Katy Bowden 6 Public Health Agencies and Policy Implementation in Sport and Physical Activity: Re-thinking Partnerships and PrioritiesPHIL BROWN AND AARON BEACOMPractitioner Reflection and Insights: Dwain Morgan 7 Implementation of Equality Policies: From Legislation to Lived Practices LAUREN KAMPERMAN AND A. J. RANKIN-WRIGHTPractitioner Reflection and Insights: Kirsty Clarke 8 Sporting Charities and Non-sporting Community Agencies KATE MORIPractitioner Reflection and Insights: Kevin McPherson 9 Schools HELEN IVESPractitioner Reflection and Insights: Alan Watkinson 10 Voluntary Sports ClubsANDREW ADAMSPractitioner Reflection and Insights: Daniel Edson 11 Professional Football Clubs and Policy Implementation and Enactment JIMMY O’GORMANPractitioner Reflection and Insights (1): Steve Williams and Louise Edwards Practitioner Reflection and Insights (2): Paul Morrison 12 Conclusions: Learning Lessons from Implementing Sport Policy JOHN HAYTON, IAIN LINDSEY AND MARC KEECH