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Case Study: Target Football

Published: 2021

Target Football is based in Toxteth, Liverpool, and runs sporting programmes and grassroots football across the city. It was set up in 2010 and currently has seven employed staff and about 15 volunteers. Volunteers are integral to Target Football’s continued success, ensuring football coaching and matches take place and pitches and grounds ar…

The Community Asset Transfer of Leisure Facilities in the UK: A Review and Research Agenda

Published: 2020

This paper reviews recent work on community asset transfers (CAT): a transfer of management of facilities from the public sector to the third sector, largely led by volunteers. The review focusses on leisure facilities due to their non-statutory nature, making them more vulnerable to public spending cuts. The experience of CATs is reviewed, inc…

Bilston Town Community Football Club, Wolverhampton

Published: 2019

# Preview | Download RI-21-CS-Bilston Town Community Football Club Wolverhampton.pdf673kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2019) Bilston Town Community Football Club, Wolverhampton. Case Study. Power to Change. Details Report type: Case Study Publisher: Power to Change Location: West Midlands

Croxteth Sports and Wellbeing Centre, Liverpool

Published: 2019

# Preview | Download RI-21-CS-Croxteth Sports and Wellbeing Centre Liverpool.pdf754kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2019) Croxteth Sports and Wellbeing Centre, Liverpool. Case Study. Power to Change. Details Report type: Case Study Publisher: Power to Change Location: North West

Devizes Canoe Club, Wiltshire

Published: 2019

# Preview | Download RI-21-CS-Devizes Canoe Club Wiltshire.pdf166kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2019) Devizes Canoe Club, Wiltshire. Case Study. Power to Change. Details Report type: Case Study Publisher: Power to Change Location: South West

Origin Sports

Published: 2018

# Preview | Download RI-13-CS-Origin Sports.pdf373kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2018) Origin Sports. Case Study. Power to Change. Details Report type: Case Study Publisher: Power to Change Location: North East

Projekts MCR

Published: 2018

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Stocksbridge Community Leisure Centre

Published: 2018

# Preview | Download RI-13-CS-Stocksbridge Community Leisure Centre.pdf253kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2018) Stocksbridge Community Leisure Centre. Case Study. Power to Change. Details Report type: Case Study Publisher: Power to Change Location: Yorkshire and the Humber

Timperley sports club

Published: 2018

# Preview | Download RI-13-CS-Timperley sports club.pdf269kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2018) Timperley sports club. Case Study. Power to Change. Details Report type: Case Study Publisher: Power to Change Location: North West

What works: Successful sport and leisure community businesses

Published: 2018

This short report takes a look at the enablers to success for community businesses in the sports and leisure sector. It is part of a series of reports into ‘what works’ for community hubs and community businesses in the sports and leisure and health and wellbeing sectors. It was produced by SERIO, an applied research institute at the Univer…

Zest

Published: 2018

# Preview | Download RI-13-CS-Zest.pdf265kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2018) Zest. Case Study. Power to Change. Details Report type: Case Study Publisher: Power to Change Location: Yorkshire and the Humber

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