This annual event was themed around Placemaking and also featured the recently launched Sport England strategy.
Presentations for all our key note speakers and papers from the Annual General Meeting are available for download.
| Location: The International Centre, Telford | Date: Tuesday 28 June 16 |
Speakers Notes
Thanks to ukactive for hosting our event – Steve Ward, Director welcomes delegates.
- Mike Diaper, Director Community Sport, Sport England
presentation on the recently launched new Strategy Towards and Active Nation 2016- 2021. - Tony Jameson-Allen, Co-founder & Director Sporting Memories Network presentation on their initiative to support dementia, depression and loneliness in the elderly.
- Jon Pywell, 2017 City Lead, Hull City Council
presentation on the cultural programme for Hull UK City of Culture 2017. - Jason Jones-Hall, Head of Development, Creative Industries Federation gave
an address on the major contributor to placemaking made by the creative industries.
Sponsor platform – Alliance Leisure and Xn introduced themselves and profiled new products/services.
- Tom Fairey, Business Development Manager, Alliance Leisure talked about how they are helping local authorities with underutilised space (indoor and outdoor) and developing new, engaging and commercially sustainable facilities here.
- Paul Baker, Business Development Manager, Xn Leisure about Xn ticket a new multi-funcational, stand alone, web based ticketing solutionthat can help maximise sales and provide valuable intelligence about audiences here.
- 1Life were unable to attend, but sent an article for delegates highlighting how they harnessed skill and innovation in Milton Keynes here.
Once delegates had heard from the speakers, they considered a number of Placemaking topics in round table discussion groups. You can view the headlines from their deliberations regarding Belonging, Digital, Austerity and Collaboration here.
Papers from the AGM
