March 2010 - Issue 29 |
Message of the Month
Rex
I have recently circulated an email to all Centre Managers, Local Authority and Club representatives outlining recent issues that have arisen. If you have not received this email please contact the office.
Best wishes
Rex Hall
Playing for Success Newsletter
From the 1st of April the PfS site will appear in a redesigned format, and in line with the changes to the site, this newsletter will also change. There will still be a regular newsletter to keep you updated but this will now be a much shorter 'News and Information Bulletin'. The Bulletin will feature links to the relevant sections on the websites where possible and it will be placed on the public facing part of the playing forsuccessonline.org.uk site so that news and information is more accessible to the general public. Upcoming events and the monthly message will be retained in the new Bulletin. With so many PfS events taking place across the country and an increase in news stories we feel the new format will allow for much more effective dissemination and promotion of news and information.
Carly Woods will be joining RHA on a part time basis from the 12 April 2010 to support the Office and Associates. Carly will, as part of her remit, be contacting centres to ask if they have any news items, recent publicity or photographs.
PfS National Conference – 27 & 28 May 2010
Registration is open until the 2 April 2010, please register before this date, places not taken up by this date will be allocated to people on the reserve list. If you have not received your invite please contact the office.
One listed workshop is very nearly full, to ensure you get your preferred choice please register asap.
All centre managers have been asked to provide an A1 poster reflecting their centre’s vision of ‘World Cup 2010’. It needs to include PfS, Club and Local Authority logos. Posters can either be handed in at the registration desk or posted in advance to Rex Hall Associates, The Tom Silk Building, West Bromwich, West Midlands B71 4LG. Posters will form a visual display for part of the conference.
We also have a number of lanyards from last year’s conference. If your centre could make good use of them please contact Tracey Jones at the RHA office.
Centre Manager Biennial Conference – 6 and 7 January 2011
PfS Norfolk will host the Centre Manager Conference. Further details will follow.
Local Authority Forums
London – 22 February 2010
Leeds – 25 February 2010
Local Authorities were invited to take part in a forum to discuss the extent to which PfS had become embedded in LA strategy and the opportunities that may be created for sustainability as a result. Two forums were held one in Leeds and one in London. Overall the attendance was good and over 75 people attended from 50 Local Authorities.
Prior to the forums taking place, a pro-forma was sent out to LAs to gather information from them around their PfS centres, their delivery of programmes and how far these programmes were keyed into LA priorities. 33 LAs responded by returning completed forms, of these 19 attended the LA forums. A report collating the data was included in the delegate packs and helped to stimulate discussion.
The presentations and activities delivered through the forums were designed to create dialogue and discussion around good practice and impact evaluation. The forums flagged up the need for centres to not only show impact across PfS study support delivery but across other daytime programmes.
A big Thank – You to those centres who delivered presentations that raised the conversation onto a more practical level and created diverse ideas around sustainability.
DCSF was represented to present key messages to the delegates and although there were no announcements made on funding there were strong messages on evaluation and the need to show the impact of provision in PfS centres.
Kevin and Diane presented information on the RAG criteria and discussion and comment were shared on the new arrangements.
Overall the forums were well received and many LAs went away with ideas for developing practice.
There will be an LA workshop at this year’s PfS conference that will update LAs on sustainability and impact evaluation as well as exploring partnership development.
Anne Timothy - Associate
Alastair Wilson - Associate
MDA Site
Centre managers are reminded to visit the MDA site. Some centre managers have already started to upload relevant information that may be of interest and if you feel you have something useful to add please upload. If you have forgotten your login details please contact Imran Malik.
A full list of centre contact details appears on the MDA site under shared documents. This list is collated from the RHA database and is correct at date of publishing. It is updated every month.
All of the RHA CPD Bulletins editions are now archived on the MDA site under shared documents, archive of CPD Bulletins.
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