Development Plan 2014-2017 - Sitting Volleyball

Overseen by Richard Osborne

Year 1 – 2014/15	By Whom	By When	Cost	RAG	Comment
1.1 - Create 1 new sitting club	RO/TN	Jul-15	N/K		With hindsight this was too ambitious in Year 1 as there is first a need to generate awareness and participation then to scope interest in establishing a club.
1.2 - Run 1 sitting volleyball tournament	RO	Mar-15	£320		Inaugural SV Cup took place 26 May at Crestwood College.
1.3 - Work with key personnel to generate awareness and encourage participation of Sitting Volleyball in various areas of the County	RO/TN	Ongoing	Nil		SV promoted via taster sessions, newspaper articles, radio interviews (BBC Radio Solent/Express FM), social media, official website.
1.4 - Retain, support and utilise the expertise of Portsmouth Sitting Volleyball Club	All	Ongoing	Nil
Year 2 – 2015/16	By Whom	By When	Cost	RAG	Comment
2.1 - Run a sitting volleyball workshop for teachers from special and mainstream schools to enable them to deliver grassroots SV.	RO/MS	Dec-15	N/K		Workshop scheduled for 6 Oct at Mountbatten Centre was cancelled. Work to host one in Mar/Apr 16 stalled but there is still an aspiration to host one in 2016.
2.2 - Develop and deliver a junior SV tournament	RO/MS	Nov-15	N/K		A Year 7-9 tournament took place at Mountbatten Centre on Tue 24 Nov 15, with teams from Mary Rose, Baycroft, Noadswood, Glenwood and Lakeside participating. A further event was delivered to 50 juniors by Higher Sports Leaders at Peter Symonds College on 12 Feb 16.
2.3 - Devise a programme to take sitting volleyball into schools and colleges	RO/MS	Mar 16	Nil		Free taster sessions offered to schools, colleges and universities. To date, 6 have been delivered (King Richards, Portsmouth Academy for Girls, Mayfield and 3 at Highbury College) to approximately 250 students, with more scheduled during 2016.
2.4 - Look to create 1 new SV club	RO/MS	Jul-16	N/K		Awareness and participation of SV is growing rapidly, particularly in schools, and there is a chance that a new club will emerge in 2016.
2.5 - Run 2 sitting volleyball tournaments	RO/MS	Nov-16	£500		The first meeting took place 3 Apr 16 at the Harbour School, Tipner. 2nd meeting fixed for 1 Oct 16.
Year 3 – 2016/17	By Whom	By When	Cost	RAG	Comment
3.1 - Look to create 1 new SV club	RO/MS	Jul 17	Nil		RO delivering 8 weekly sessions at The Hub, Eastleigh which started on Fri 20 Jan 17. If there is an appetite thereafter Maria Kimber will deliver sessions.
3.2 - Develop and run a sitting volleyball league	RO	Apr 17	£500		The HVA Mini-League has been in operation since Apr 16. A new league will start in Apr 17 with the first meeting taking place on 29/30 April.
3.3 - Run a programme of school and college sessions to develop awareness	RO/MS	Mar 17	Nil		To date, sessions have been delivered in 5 schools/colleges (Wildern, Wavell, Arnewood, Everest Community Academy & Bohunt) to a total of 320 students.
3.4 - Work with South Hants SVC to develop a junior club through satellite club programme	RO/MS	Jul 17	£800		The appetite for a satellite club is likely to flow from serial 3.3 above
3.5 - Work with Energise Me to get sitting volleyball in the Hampshire School Games	MS	Jul 17	Nil		No action taken as yet to progress this item.