There are many ways in which the performance of the Merseyside Sports Partnership is currently being measured, including National sports participation surveys, National cultural participation surveys and school participation surveys, achievement of standards and of key performance indicators.

National Participation Surveys

One of the main aims of the Merseyside Sports Partnership is to increase participation by 1% year on year. In 2006 Sport England appointed Ipsos MORI to undertake a national (England) survey of participation in sport and recreational physical activity.

The survey of each District, Unitary and Metropolitan Authority was carried out over a full year with the sample of 1,000 interviews for most Local Authorities evenly divided over the 12 months to account for seasonality.  This survey will be repeated annually questioning 500 people for each local area. For more information on Active People, click here.  

For Merseyside Active People data click here and here.

The Active People Survey questionnaire has been designed to include core questions that are replicated in the Taking Part Survey: The National Survey of Culture, Leisure and Sport, which commenced in July 2005. 'Taking Part,' an unprecedented piece of work commissioned by the DCMS is a continuous national survey, achieving an annual sample size of around 29,000. For more information please click on the link above.

Physical Education in School Sport Club Links Survey

The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) commissioned TNS, an independent research company, to conduct the Physical Education School Sport Club Links Survey (PESSCL) among schools in the School Sport Partnership Programme. The survey aims to collect information about levels of participation in physical education (PE) and school sport in partnership schools. The first survey was conducted in 2003/2004 with a result of 62% of 2 hours high quality PE and School Sport and by 2006/2007 the National figure was 86% with an average across Merseyside of 86%.

For more information about the results in your area contact your Partnership Development Manager click here.

Quality Standards

Lord Carter at the Equality in Sport Conference on 9th November 2004 launched The Equality Standard: A Framework for Sport (The Standard). The Equality Standard is a framework and vehicle for widening access and increasing the participation and involvement in sport and physical activity from under represented individuals, groups and communities, especially women and girls, ethnic minority groups and disabled people. Merseyside Sports Partnership is working towards achieving this standard. For more information please click here.

Merseyside Sports Partnership is committed towards to working towards achievement of the National Standards for Safeguarding and Protecting Children, a benchmark of good practice for sports organisations. For more information please click here.

Clubmark Accreditation is a kite mark of quality that has jointly been developed in partnership between Sport England and National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGB's) to ensure that all clubs are working towards being Safe, Effective and Child Friendly. The 6 Local Authorities also offer accreditation schemes for sports out of the NGB accreditation which are also recognised by Merseyside Sports Partnership. For information please click here.

The desire to improve performance is now having a major impact on all public services. Towards an Excellent Service Framework has been developed using existing quality management models, inspection frameworks and accreditation systems supplemented by consultation with practitioners in the field. Merseyside Sports Partnership has already achieved a 'Fair' Accreditation and over the next few years aims to change this to 'Good' and then 'Excellent!' For more information relating to this standard, please click here.

Merseyside Sports Partnership Performance Monitoring Framework

Merseyside Sports Partnership has produced a performance management framework which will capture an up to date position of the priorities of the Partnership.  This working document will be updated on a quarterly basis to reflect progress made throughout the year.

Year of Progress, Impact and Achievement 2006 / 2007
The report demonstrates a year of progress, impact and achievement across Merseyside by the partnership.To read our Annual Report please click here