Presenter – Eleanor Oldroyd, BBC Radio 5 Live
Session One: Past, Present, Future: Big Society or big state?
10:00 - 11:35
INTRODUCTION
10:00 - 10:05
An introduction from presenter Eleanor Oldroyd
WELCOME
10:05 - 10:15
A welcome from Brigid Simmonds OBE, Chair, the Sport and Recreation Alliance
Including the launch of Good Governance Code
KEY NOTES
10:15 - 10:35
Brian Moore, broadcaster, journalist and former rugby union international
What issues currently face sport and recreation; what the future holds and how the new government can help the sector
10:35 - 10:50
Steve Moore – Director of the Big Society Network
The Big Society? Isn’t sport already part of it?
PANEL (Speakers will be joined by)
10:50 - 11:35
Dr William Bird MBE, GP and CEO of Intelligent Health
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE, Paralympic legend and working peer
REFRESHMENTS
11:35 - 12:05
WORKSHOPS
12:05 - 13:20
Funding and the Big Society – If the Big Society has a future, how can you connect with it and source funding?
A practical workshop delivered by Anne Ibrahim, Director, Big Society Works
The Weight of Red Tape – How new legislative and regulatory requirements will impact your organisation and how to deal with them.
Workshop delivered by Farrer & Co
Building Capacity in Culture and Sport – What can you do to ensure your organisation is geared for growth – practical steps in capacity building for the sector.
Delivered by Martyn Allison, National Advisor Culture & Sport, Local Government Improvement & Development
The Healthy Option – is that the route to funding?
Amid cuts and austerity there are green shoots of funding available for those able to tackle key points on the health agenda. Tips and hints on getting involved in the new health agenda, delivered by Dr William Bird, health adviser to Natural England
LUNCH
13:25 - 14:20
Session Two: What has the Big Society got to do with the Olympics?
14:20 - 16:00
INTRODUCTION
14:20 - 14:25
An introduction by Eleanor Oldroyd
KEY NOTE
14:25 - 14:45
Baroness Ford, Chair, London 2012 Olympic Park Legacy Company
What will the Olympic and Paralympic Games leave behind and how will they contribute to a legacy of participation?
PANEL
14:45 - 15:15
Jane Ashworth, Chief Executive, StreetGames
Olympic Games, StreetGames or both? How innovation in delivery is just as important as elite competition
Justin Davis Smith, Chief Executive, Volunteering England
How the Olympics can offer a volunteering legacy we can count on
Peter King, Executive Director, British Cycling
A home Olympics and running an NGB – do the Games provide opportunity or difficulty?
CLOSING SPEECH
15:15 - 15:45
Jennie Price, Chief Executive, Sport England
How Sport England can deliver the coalition’s priorities for sport, and where we head from here
Questions from the floor.
CLOSING
15:50 - 16:00
Tim Lamb, Chief Executive, the Sport and Recreation Alliance.
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