• WELCOME
• HOW THIS RESOURCE WORKS

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• PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANISATIONS

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• VOLUNTARY & COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS
• FINDING A SUITABLE ASSET
• PLANNING YOUR ASSET
• ORGANISATIONAL CAPACITY
• SUSTAINABILITY
• PRESENTING YOUR CASE
• FUNDRAISING
• ACTION PLAN

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• LINKS
• JARGON BUSTER
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Links

The West Midlands region has six strategic partnerships to drive forward the key outcomes of increasing sports participation, developing community sport and widening access for under represented groups.

The partnerships will be able to provide you with information about local contacts in your area, as well as information about local funding opportunities, local sports plans and other sports organisations working in the area.

The six partnerships are:

• Birmingham Sport and Physical Activity Partnership
• Black Country Sports Partnership
• Coventry, Solihull & Warwickshire Sport (previously known as Greater Warwickshire Sport Partnership)
• Sports Partnership Herefordshire & Worcestershire
• Energize Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin
• Sport Across Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent

Councils for Voluntary Service:

• Birmingham Voluntary Service Council
• Chase Council for Voluntary Service
• Coventry Voluntary Service Council
• Droitwich Spa & Rural Council for Voluntary Service
• Dudley Council for Voluntary Service
• Community Action & Support - East Staffordshire
• Herefordshire Voluntary Action
• Council for Voluntary Service Ledbury & District
• Lichfield & District Council for Voluntary Service
• Community Action Malvern & District
• Newcastle-under-Lyme Community & Voluntary Support
• North Warwickshire Council for Voluntary Service
• Nuneaton & Bedworth Council for Voluntary Service
• Rugby Council for Voluntary Service
• Sandwell Council of Voluntary Organisations
• Voluntary Action Shrewsbury
• Community Council of Shropshire
• South Shropshire Voluntary Action
• South Staffordshire Community & Voluntary Action
• Stafford District Voluntary Services
• Staffordshire Moorlands Council for Voluntary Service
• Voluntary Action Stoke-on-Trent
• Stratford Council for Voluntary Service
• Tamworth Council for Voluntary Service
• Telford & Wrekin Council for Voluntary Service
• Walsall Voluntary Action
• Council for Voluntary Service Warwick District
• Wolverhampton Voluntary Sector Council
• Worcester Volunteer Centre
• Community Action Wyre Forest

Local Authorities in the West Midlands:

There are currently 38 local authorities in the West Midlands. Their contact details are listed below. You can use them to help you find the owners of local assets, to find out about planning restrictions, and to make contact with key local staff involved in developing and delivering sports services.

County Councils

Shropshire The Shirehall Abbey Foregate Shrewsbury Shropshire SY2 6ND Telephone: 0845 678 9000 (local call rate) www.shropshire.gov.uk	Staffordshire St Chad's Place Peel Building Stafford Staffordshire ST16 2LR Telephone: 01785 223121 www.staffordshire.gov.uk
Warwickshire Shire Hall Warwick Warwickshire CV34 4SA Telephone: 0845 090 7000 or 01926 410410 www.warwickshire.gov.uk	Worcestershire County Hall Spetchley Road Worcester Worcestershire WR5 2NP Telephone: 01905 763763 www.worcestershire.gov.uk

Metropolitan Authorities

Birmingham Council House Victoria Square Birmingham B1 1BB Telephone: 0121 303 1111 www.birmingham.gov.uk	Coventry Council House Earl Street Coventry CV1 5RR Telephone: 024 7683 3333 www.coventry.gov.uk
Dudley The Council House Priory Road Dudley West Midlands DY1 1HF Telephone: 01384 812345 www.dudley.gov.uk	Sandwell Council House PO Box 2374 Oldbury West Midlands B69 3DE Telephone: 0845 358 2200 www.sandwell.gov.uk
Solihull PO Box 18 Council House Solihull West Midlands B91 3QS Telephone: 0121 704 6000 www.solihull.gov.uk	Walsall The Civic Centre Walsall West Midlands WS1 1TP Telephone: 01922 650000 www.walsall.gov.uk
Wolverhampton Civic Centre St. Peter's Square Wolverhampton West Midlands WV1 1SH Telephone: 01902 551155 www.wolverhampton.gov.uk

Unitary Authorities

Herefordshire Brockington 35 Hafod Road Hereford Herefordshire HR1 1SH Telephone: 01432 260000 www.herefordshire.gov.uk	Stoke on Trent Civic Centre Glebe Street Stoke-on-Trent ST4 1RN Telephone: 01782 234567 www.stoke.gov.uk
Telford & Wrekin Civic Offices Telford TF3 4WZ Telephone: 01952 380000 www.telford.gov.uk

District and Borough Councils

Bridgnorth Westgate Bridgnorth Shropshire WV16 5AA Telephone: 01746 713100 www.bridgnorth.gov.uk	Bromsgrove Bromsgrove The Council House Burcot Lane Bromsgrove Worcestershire B60 1AA Telephone: 01527 873232 www.bromsgrove.gov.uk
Cannock Chase Council House Beecroft Road Cannock Staffordshire WS11 1BG Telephone: 01543 462621 www.cannockchasedc.gov.uk	East Staffordshire Town Hall Burton-on-Trent Staffordshire DE14 2EB Telephone: 01283 508000 www.eaststaffsbc.gov.uk
Lichfield Council House Frog Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6YY Telephone: 01543 308000 www.lichfield.gov.uk	Malvern Hills Malvern Hills Council House Avenue Road Malvern Worcestershire WR14 3AF Telephone: 01684 862151 www.malvern.whub.org.uk
Newcastle under Lyme Civic Offices Merrial Street Newcastle-under-Lyme Staffordshire ST5 2AG Telephone: 01782 717717 www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk	North Shropshire Edinburgh House New Street Wem Shropshire SY4 5DB Telephone: 01939 232771 www.northshropshiredc.gov.uk
North Warwickshire The Council House South Street Atherstone Warwickshire CV9 1BD Telephone: 01827 715341 www.northwarks.gov.uk	Telford & Wrekin Nuneaton & Bedworth Town Hall Coton Road Nuneaton Warwickshire CV11 5AA Telephone: 024 7637 6376 www.nuneatonandbedworth.gov.uk
Oswestry Council Offices Castle View Oswestry Shropshire SY11 1JR Telephone: 01691 671111 www.oswestrybc.gov.uk	Redditch Town Hall Walter Stranz Square Redditch Worcestershire B98 8AH Telephone: 01527 64252
Rugby Town Hall Evreux Way Rugby Warwickshire CV21 2RR Telephone: 01788 533533 www.rugby.gov.uk	Shrewsbury and Atcham The Guildhall, Frankwell Quay Shrewsbury Shropshire SY3 8HQ Telephone: 01743 281000 www.shrewsbury.gov.uk
South Shropshire Stone House Corve Street Ludlow Shropshire SY8 1DG Telephone: 01584 813000 www.southshropshire.gov.uk	South Staffordshire Council Offices Wolverhampton Road Codsall Staffordshire WV8 1PX Telephone: 01902 696000 www.sstaffs.gov.uk
Stafford Civic Centre Riverside Stafford Staffordshire ST16 3AQ Telephone: 01785 619000 www.staffordbc.gov.uk	Staffordshire Moorlands Moorlands House Stockwell Street Leek Staffordshire ST13 6HQ Telephone: 0845 605 3010 www.staffsmoorlands.gov.uk
Stratford on Avon Elizabeth House Church Street Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6HX Telephone: 01789 267575 www.stratford.gov.uk	Tamworth Marmion House Lichfield Street Tamworth Staffordshire B79 7BZ Telephone: 01827 709709 www.tamworth.gov.uk
Warwick Riverside House Millverton Hill Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV32 5HZ Telephone: 01926 450000 www.warwickdc.gov.uk	Worcester Orchard House Farrier Street Worcester Worcestershire WR1 3BB Telephone: 01905 7222233 www.cityofworcester.gov.uk
Wychavon Civic Centre Queen Elizabeth Drive Pershore Worcestershire WR10 1PT Telephone: 01386 56500 www.wychavon.gov.uk	Wyre Forest Civic Centre Stourport-on-Severn Worcestershire DY13 8UJ Telephone: 01562 732928 www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk

Other Regional Links:

Sport England West Midlands

Sport England’s aim is to significantly increase participation in sport within all age and social groups, leading to improvements in health and other social and economic benefits and providing the basis for progression into higher levels of performance, for those with the talent and desire to progress. To do this it provides access to funding, resources, advice and support.

Tel: 0121 616 6700
www.sportengland.org/westmidlands_index.htm

The Digbeth Trust

The Digbeth Trust is a source of development funding and support for grass roots voluntary and community organisations in Birmingham and the West Midlands seeking to develop community facilities and services.

Tel: 0121 753 0706
www.digbethtrust.org.uk

Sport4Life UK

Sport4Life UK exists to facilitate and deliver community sports development, focuses upon an uplifting ‘sport 4 fun’ and ‘sport 4 all’ ethos.

Tel: 0121 233 4793
www.sport4life.org.uk

Business Link West Midlands

Business Link is the government agency which provides impartial and expert information, support and advice needed to help businesses develop and make them more successful. They can help organisations seeking to set up or develop a social enterprise to improve their business performance.

Tel: 0845 113 1234 (Mon - Fri 8am - 6pm and Sat 9.30am - 1pm)
www.businesslink.gov.uk

Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership

The West Midlands Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership supports local government to work together to improve services to the community and to deliver these more efficiently. The RIEP is run by local government on behalf of local government, and the focus is on learning from each other and sharing best practice.

Tel: 0121 245 0220
www.wmcoe.gov.uk/

National Links

The Development Trusts Association

The DTA is a network of community practitioners which helps people set up development trusts, and helps existing trusts learn from each other and work effectively. Development trusts are community owned and led organisations. They use self-help, trading for social purpose, and ownership of buildings and land, to bring about long-term social, economic and environmental benefits in their community.
The DTA produces a wide range of useful resources on asset transfer.

Tel: 0845 458 8336
http://www.dta.org.uk/

ACRE (Action with Communities in Rural England)

Action with Communities in Rural England is the national umbrella of the Rural Community Action Network which operates at national, regional and local level in support of rural communities across the country. It aims to promote a healthy, vibrant and sustainable rural community sector that is well connected to policy and decision-makers who play a part in delivering this aim. 

Tel: 01285 653 477
http://www.acre.org.uk/

Community Matters

Community Matters is the nationwide federation for community associations and similar organisations. It has played a key role in promoting and supporting action by ordinary people in response to social, educational and recreational needs in their neighbourhoods and communities.

Community Matters produces a range of good practice materials on running community buildings.

Tel: 020 7837 7887
http://www.communitymatters.org.uk

Professionals4Free

Website which links voluntary and community groups to sources of free professional advice and support in their area.

Professionals4Free

 

The information provided in Our Goal is provided in good faith. However, the authors, Sport England and the Digbeth Trust cannot take responsibility for any inaccuracies and omissions that may exist. March 2008