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A sport and physical activity profile Westminster

Background information to help sport and physical activity development in the London Borough of Westminster

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Profile Westminster

 

This resource pack contains information to help you develop sport and physical activity in the central London Borough of Westminster. It contains a range of information on the London Borough of Westminster, relevant to sport and physical activity, which can be used to help understand the specific needs of the borough. The profile includes:Slide No Slide title

4 The geography of Westminster

5 Westminster’s population

6 Levels of deprivation in Westminster

7 Dominant market segments in Westminster

8 Activity levels in Westminster

9 Where are people active in the borough?

10 Existing provision of sport and physical activity

11-12 Sport centre facilities

13 London Borough of Westminster’s sport and physical activity staffing structure

14 The key goals of Active Westminster’s strategy

15-16 Funding opportunities in Westminster

17-22 Contacts

18-20 Sport and physical activity contacts

21 Sports clubs and activity providers

22 Educational establishments

The geography of WestminsterWestminster is divided into 20 wards, as shown on the map opposite. Wards are divided into smaller areas known as Medium Super Output Areas (MSOAs). MSOAs are divided into smaller areas known as Lower Super Output Areas (LSOAs). Population data for these areas can be found here.

KEY: WARDS

AR – Abbey RoadBW – BayswaterBD – Bryanstone and Dorset SquareCS - Church StreetCH – ChurchillHR – Harrow RoadWE – West EndHP – Hyde ParkKB – Knightsbridge and BelgraviaLG – Lancaster GateLV – Little VeniceMV – Maida ValeMH – Marylebone High StreetWB – WestbourneQP – Queen’s ParkRP – Regent’s ParkSJ – St James’TB – TachbrookVS – Vincent SquareWA - Warrick

Westminster’s populationThe Office for National Statistics’ Neighbourhood Statistics website enables you to find out detailed information on populations for various areas. Below are some key facts about Westminster’s population.The population makeup of an area, e.g. age, gender, ethnicity and levels of deprivation can determine the type of health issues it may face. This has a large influence over the types of health services (including physical activity) required and how best to provide them to the local population.

Population – Census data 2011*Westminst

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Total Population 219,400 8,173,90056,075,90

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Male 50.80% 49.3% 49.2%

Female 49.20% 50.7% 50.8%

Under 16 14.90% 19.9% 18.8%

16 – 64 73.90% 69% 64.6%

65+ 11.20% 11.1% 16.5%

*click to view data sources

• The daytime population of Westminster – workers and tourists – may be as high as one million.• The resident population is expected to increase in the medium to long term, especially in Paddington, Victoria and

Chelsea Barracks.• There is a large population of young working residents, with high levels of migration in and out of the borough.• There is a smaller proportion of residents from White British, Black and Asian ethnic groups compared to London and

more from the Other / Mixed category and 2.5 times more from the White Other category (including those from Europe, Ireland, America and Australia).

• 86% of the borough’s state school children are from ethnic groups other than White British.*source: London Borough of Westminster JSNA 2012

Levels of deprivation in WestminsterInformation about the deprivation of the area you’re working in can also help target your work. Deprived areas are likely to have less income so may require cheaper activities. These areas also face more health issues than less deprived areas. The wards with the most deprived areas in Westminster are Queen’s Park and Church Street.• In 2010, Westminster was ranked the 87th most deprived

local authority in the country, with significant areas of deprivation in the north and Church Street, and pockets in the south.

• The proportion of private rented housing is extremely high compared to London and England.

• The borough has the second highest life expectancy in the country. However there are significant areas of poorer health in the more deprived parts of the borough bringing large health inequalities.

• The average life expectancy is 83.8 years for men and 86.7 for women, the 2nd highest in the county.

• Westminster was the second fastest improving borough in the country over the last decade, with an increase of 7.5 years for men and 4.9 years for women.

• Westminster has the biggest variation in life expectancy across the social gradient in the country with an absolute difference in life expectancy between the most and least deprived areas to be 16.9 years for men and 9.7 for women. The gap has widened in the last 5 years, especially for men.

• The principle cause of premature death in Westminster is cancer, followed by cardiovascular disease.

• A significant number of people also die from respiratory diseases .

*source: London Borough of Westminster JSNA 2012

Dominant market segments in Westminster

It is useful to know as much as you can about your potential target market, their attitudes and their motivations and barriers when it comes to playing sport. Sport England have developed 19 profiles (known as ‘segments’) of typical individuals and their characteristics. Below shows Westminster’s make-up in terms of these segments.

More information on Sport England’s market segments

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Activity levels in WestminsterKnowing the current activity levels, as well as the past activity levels, of people in the area you’re working in can help you plan for and develop sporting provision.

The Active People Survey continuously measures the number of people taking part in sport across the nation and in local communities.

Details on Westminster’s activity levels can be found below:

Participation (APS-5 - 100% Measure)

Westminster

Zero sessions 42%

1-3 sessions (less than once a week) 7%

4-7 sessions (once a week) 13%

8-11 sessions (twice a week) 13%

12+ sessions (at least three times a week)

26%

• Its most recent survey had a sample size of 163,000 people, all aged 16 and over.

• Data goes back as far as 2005/6. • Findings are published every six months. • The key measure is known as the ‘1 X 30’

indicator, which is the number of people who have participated in moderate intensity sport for at least 30 minutes on at least four days of the last four weeks.

• More details on the Active People Survey can be found here.

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Sports Volunteering - minimum 1hr per week (APS -6)

4% 5.20% 7%

Qualified coaches (Coachweb) 16

Number of talented young athletes supported

 54    

• Active People also measures sports volunteering. A smaller proportion of Westminster’s residents volunteer in comparison to London and England.

• Coachweb is an online sports coach management system used by Pro-Active London.

Where are people active in the borough?

This map shows activity levels (as measured by the Active People Survey) broken down by MSOA.

It shows that the more deprived areas (as seen on the slide ‘Levels of deprivation in Westminster’) have lower levels of physical activity than the less deprived areas.

Existing provision of sport and physical activity

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Club Memberships (APS -6) 23% 21.7% 22%

Receiving Regular Tuition (APS -6) 23% 17% 16.4%

Taken Part in Organised Competition (APS -6)

9% 12.2% 13.8%

Number of Club Marked Clubs 12 855 11,863Number of Clubs (Get Active London) 90

Percentage of clubs with ClubMark 13%

Youth Clubs 48

Activity listings on GAL 28

• The Active People Survey also measures sports club membership across the country.

• In Westminster, as in London generally, there are less clubs than the rest of the country. People are more likely to take part in informal sport.

• Get Active London (GAL) is an online club and activity finder. The tables show the numbers of facilities registered with GAL.

• Clubmark is Sport England’s quality club accreditation scheme. Clubs which have Clubmark have proved they offer the right environment which ensures the welfare of members and encourages everyone to enjoy sport and stay involved throughout their lives.

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Main Facilities 21

Facilities registered with Get Active London 126

Leisure Contract Provider GLL

Open spaces (public access) 56

Sports centre facilities (1)Below are details of the facilities available at the sports centres in Westminster.

  IFI Accredited

Swimming Pool

Sports Hall

Group Exercise

Squash

Gym

Crèche

Health/ Spa

Outdoor sports

Jubilee Sports Centre (GLL)

Little Venice Sports Centre (GLL)

Marshall Street Leisure Centre (GLL)

Moberly Sports and Education Centre (GLL)

Paddington Recreation Ground (GLL

Porchester Centre (GLL) Queen Mother Sports Centre (GLL)

Seymour Leisure Centre (GLL) St Augustine's Sports Centre (GLL)

Central YMCA (YMCA) Bloomsbury Fitness (UCLU)

Sports centre facilities (2)Below are details of the facilities available at the sports centres in Westminster.

  IFI Accredited

Swimming Pool

Sports Hall

Group Exercise

Squash

Gym

Crèche

Health/ Spa

Outdoor sports

Fitness First Baker Street Academy Sport (Westminster Academy) The Venue @Pimlico Academy

The Hub, Regents Park Ethos Sports Centre (Iperial College)

Robert Lowe Sports Centre (St Georges)

Westminster City School Jubilee Hall, Covent Garden

London Borough of Westminster’s sport and leisure staff structure

The key goals of Active Westminster’s strategy  Aim Strategic Priorities

Participation

Provide and promote more sport and physical activity opportunities for all members of our community

Mapping, communication and action planning, particularly for low participation groups

Encouraging those who are active to do more and influence others

Engaging and working with communities in deprived areas

Places Increase and extend the range and quality of sports facilities, active places and spaces, services and programmes, available in the locations where they are most needed.

Facility planning and influencing new development

Widening access and optimising the use of active places

Targeting interventions in deprived areas

Progression

Increase locally available competitive opportunities for people to develop their sporting skills and improve the sporting ‘pathways’ from playgrounds to podiums.

Increase the number and quality of clubs

Develop competitive opportunities Support the achievement of

excellent performance

People Increase ‘workforce’ capacity through the development of volunteering, education, training and employment opportunities throughout the sport and active leisure sector.

Promote and support volunteering Promote and support coaching Training and career development

Partnership Working

Encourage partners to pledge their commitment to ActiveWestminster and pursue joint programmes and opportunities.

Effective operating structure Agreement and implementation of

the ActiveWestminster delivery plan.

Encourage partner contributions, attract and target funding opportunities

When developing sporting provision, the key goals of Active Westminster should be considered. Their full strategy and current goals are listed left. The borough also has priority sports, which are listed below.

Westminster’s priority sports:

• Aquatics• Athletics• Cricket• Gymnastics• Tennis

Active Westminster’s vision is to see a measurable improvement in the health and wellbeing of people who live, work and study in Westminster by encouraging them to participate in sport and physical activity and to acquire new skills through high quality casual and competitive activities.

Funding opportunities in Westminster (1)There are various funding opportunities relevant to sport and physical activity in London. They can be found here. Below are some opportunities specific to Westminster:

Fund Amount available

Details Deadline Links

Westminster Amalgamated Charities Fund (Westminster only)

Up to £10,000

The Charity welcomes applications from organisations in Westminster or those outside the area that assist Westminster residents in need. Funding is available for the following areas: Addiction / Children and youth / Community / The elderly / Health and disability / Homelessness. Grants are available for: Specific capital costs / Revenue funding (including core costs) /Specific project/service costs

20th August

2013

http://www.w-a-c.org.uk/grants_for_organisations.php

Westminster Trust Funding

(Westminster only)

All up to £5,000

Several Westminster Small trusts offer a grant funding opportunity that provides benefit to the borough:

Hyde Park Place Estate Charity: Grants for work to tackle poverty, help older people and for needs-based social action in Westminster

City of Westminster Charitable Trust: Grants are made to organisations based in the City of Westminster or which provide a service for Westminster residents.

The Strand Parishes Trust: makes small grants to organisations working with Westminster residents in need.

Paddington Welfare Charities: All work must benefit residents living in the former Metropolitan Borough of Paddington (W2, W9 and parts of W10 and NW8).

Rolling Seehttp://www.vawcvs.org/funds/westminster and follow the relevant link

Funding opportunities in Westminster (2)

Fund Amount available

Details Deadline Links

Edward Harvist Trust (Westminster

only)

Up to £3,000 Capital grants of up to £3,000 (or £1,000 for IT equipment) to organisations that work to improve the quality of life for local people. The Trust makes grants to further the following purposes:

The relief of elderly and disadvantaged residents /The relief of distress and sickness / The provision and support of facilities for recreation and leisure with the aim of improving the quality of life / The provision and support of educational facilities / Any other charitable purpose.

15th April

2014

For more information or to apply for a grant in the City of Westminster area, please call 020 7641 5921 or email vsu@westminster.gov.uk

Westminster Volunteer

Centre Fund

Not specified Westminster Volunteer Centre offer to cover the cost of coaching courses and workshops for volunteers working with Westminster’s Active Westminster Mark clubs.

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www.vawcvs.org/funding/finding-grantsContact Stephanie TaylorTel: 0207 604 8819Email: Stephanie.Taylor@volunteer.co.uk

Contacts

The following slides contain useful contact details of people and organisations in Westminster.

1. Sport and physical activity contacts.2. Sports clubs and activity providers.3. Educational establishments.

Sport and physical activity contacts (1)First

nameSurname Role Organisation E-mail Telephone

Westminster Sports UnitRichard Barker Director Sport, Leisure &

Wellbeing (CSPAN Board)Westminster City Council rbarker@westminst

er.gov.uk

0207 641 269307764 659220

Andy Durrant Head of Sport & Wellbeing (CSPAN Chair)

Westminster City Council adurrant@westminster.gov.uk

020 7641 481007939 693 747

Jonathan Hearn Sports Development Manager

Westminster City Council jhearn@westminster.gov.uk

0207 641 481007775 608004

Eugene Minogue Sports Development Manager

Westminster City Council eminogue@westminster.gov.uk

0207 641 589107921 495 202

Coreen Brown Sports Development Officer Westminster City Council cbrown@westminster.gov.uk

0207 641 587407939 693693

Kim Longbon Sports Development Officer Westminster City Council klongbon@westminster.gov.uk

0207 641 5892

Cory Wharton-Malcolm

Sports Development Officer Westminster City Council cmalcolm@westminster.gov.uk

0207 641 5889

Angela Emanuel Sports Development Officer Westminster City Council aemanuel@westminster.gov.uk

Richard Spencer Sports Development Officer Westminster City Council rspencer@westminster.gov.uk

0207 641 5882

Elysia Barrick Sports Development Officer Westminster City Council ebarrick@westminster.gov.uk

Bryan Branco Sports Development Apprentice

Westminster City Council bbranco@westminster.gov.uk

Tom Housden Sports Development Apprentice

Westminster City Council thousden@westminster.gov.uk

Sport and physical activity contacts (2)First Name

Surname Title Organisation E-mail Telephone

Sport, Leisure & WellbeingSean Steward Leisure Contracts

ManagerWestminster City Council

sstewart@westminster.gov.uk

02076411846

Sagar Barua Leisure Contracts Manager

Westminster City Council

abarua@westminster.gov.uk

02076412962

Alison Gale Project Manager – Sport & Leisure

Westminster City Council

agale@westminster.gov.uk

02076412982

Jean Pinnock Support Officer Westminster City Council

jpinnock@westminster.gov.uk

02076412472

Facility contractorJoseph Rham Partnership Manager GLL joseph.rham@GLL.

ORG Health

Mary Russell Head of Health Promotion

Inner West London NHS Mary.Russell@inwl.nhs.uk Ruth Barber Physical Activity

CoordinatorCentral London Community Health Care

Ruth.Barber@clch.nhs.uk

Eva Hrobonova

Consultant in Public Health

Inner West London NHS Eva.Hrobonova@inwl.nhs.uk

OtherMartin Low City Commissioner for

TransportationWestminster City Council

mlow@westminster.gov.uk

Melanie Goode Locality Manager Westminster City Council

mgoode@westminster.gov.uk

Gareth Owen Chief Executive Westminster Volunteer Centre

gareth.owen@volunteer.co.uk

Sport and physical activity contacts (3)

First name

Surname Role Organisation E-mail Telephone

OtherColin Buttery Director The Royal Parks CButtery@royalpark

s.gsi.gov.uk Phil Rumbelo

wChief Executive(CSPAN Board Chair)

Jubilee Hall Trust philrumbelow@jubileehalltrust.org Tom Rough College Sport Maker City of Westminster Tom.rough@cwc.ac.uk

020 7258 724007792 187 176

Perry Kingsway

Stephanie Taylor Sports Volunteering and Events Project Co-ordinator

Westminster Volunteers Centre

Stephanie.taylor@volunteer.co.uk

020 7604 8819

Sports clubs and activity providers For a further list of accredited clubs please see pages 12-14 of the Active Westminster Guide.

Sport Club Name Contact Name Contact Email Contact Number

Aquatics Chelsea and Westminster Swimming Club

office@cwswimming.com

Basketball London Pioneers Bill Gilbert bill2@mac.com 07718 096 358

Boxing All Star Boxing Club Anne Murray anne@ormistontrust.co.uk 020 8960 7724Climbing High Sports - West 1 Paul Ackland Paul.Ackland@High-Sports.co.uk 0845 363 1177

Cricket Regents Park Cricket Club David Ellis daellis@royalparks.gsi.gov.uk

Dance/ Cheerleading Unique Dynamites Chanel Williams chanel@uniquedynamitescheeracademy.co.uk 07983 677 972

Dance Dance Fusion Sarah May sarah@dancefusionacademy.co.uk 0788 867 2536Disability Multisports Zodiac Arts Laurence Carbon lcc@zodiacarts.org.uk 020 8960 6461 /

07714 177 911Exercise & Fitness (50+)

Open Age Helen Leech hleech@openage.org.uk 02089 641 900

Exercise & Fitness (Women)

Green Talent - Fitness for Women

Rima Mezal fitness4women@hotmail.co.uk 07939 348 154

Exercise & Fitness Pimlico Fitness Chris Sweeney & Babs Afolayan

chris@pimlicofitness.com   

Fencing Salle Boston Fencing Club Tomek Walicki tomek.boston@btinternet.com 07710 917 677

Football/Multisports Arsenal in the Community comdep@arsenal.co.uk 0207 704 4140

Gymnastics Westminster Gymnastics Club

Nick Gillingham westminstergym@aol.com 07981 568 442 /  020 3609 2351

Martial Arts, Cycling, Running

Kyu Yo Bu Shin Mary Amayo kyu.yobushin@btopenworld.com 07890 301 235

Multisports Sports Xtra Andrew Franco andrew.franco@sports-xtra.com  Netball Poly Netball Lesley Tischler /

Katy Neeplesley@polynetball.co.uk / katyneep@hotmail.com

 

Netball League One Netball Sophie Coates info@onenetball.com 020 7828 1034Sailing/kayaking Westminster Boating Base Alan Price alan@westminsterboatingbase.co.uk 020 7821 7389

Table Tennis London Moberly Table Tennis Club

Sherwin Remata lmttc@yahoo.co.uk 07545 581 624 / 07427 651 429

Tennis Paddington Recreation Ground Tennis Club

Andrea Radics / Craig Parker

padrec.sportsdevelopment@nuffieldhealth.com

020 7641 3642

Educational establishments

Below are links to educational establishment lists within the borough: -  Primary schools Secondary schools

Higher Education and Further Education:

City of Westminster CollegePaddington AcademyPimlico AcademyWestminster AcademyWestminster Kingsway CollegeUniversity of WestminsterKings College LondonImperial College London

If you would like further details on any area covered by this resource or require further information on the London Borough of Westminster, please contact us:

www.pro-activecentrallondon.org