Millwall Community Trust – the charitable arm of Millwall Football Club – has become the first organisation to receive a new ‘sport for development’ accreditation since the scheme was rolled out in June. Quest Sport for Development is aimed at agencies using sport to improve personal...
Continue ReadingThe introduction of a new unannounced assessment from Quest, the UK’s quality scheme from sport and leisure, is helping operators already registered with the scheme to take their service delivery to the next level. One of the requirements of Quest registration is that centres must undergo...
Continue ReadingA new accreditation designed to help agencies involved in sport for development work to demonstrate their impact is being launched across the UK, following a successful pilot with three organisations. The growing sport for development (S4D) sector is made up of organisations that use sport to...
Continue ReadingQuest, the sport and leisure industry’s leading quality scheme, has announced a raft of changes aimed at making it even stronger and more relevant, in line with both government and Sport England thinking. The changes, unveiled at the annual Quest & NBS Conference in Loughborough on...
Continue ReadingNew figures have been released for accidents in swimming pools as IQL UK, the trading subsidiary of the Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK), puts its weight behind Right Directions’ accident benchmarking platform STITCH. The first annual report for the online tool, developed by the...
Continue ReadingSport England’s leading quality scheme for sport and leisure is joining forces with the industry’s top professional development body to launch a two-day conference. The annual conference of the Quest quality scheme and its sister initiative the National Benchmarking Service (NBS) has been highly successful since...
Continue ReadingThe management team behind Quest, the UK quality scheme for sport and leisure, and the National Benchmarking Service (NBS) has had its contract renewed for another three years, Sport England has confirmed. Right Directions, in partnership with Leisure-net Solutions, was first appointed to manage Quest and...
Continue ReadingThere has been a remarkable improvement in the financial efficiency of leisure centres across the UK, according to an annual report released by Sport England’s National Benchmarking Service (NBS) – but there is still much work to be done to increase usage and widen participation...
Continue ReadingThe sport and leisure industry must fundamentally change and become a serious contributor to the public health agenda if it is to survive the challenges of austerity, a leading industry figure has warned. Martyn Allison, chair of the Quest board and former national advisor for culture...
Continue ReadingThe sport and leisure industry’s leading quality scheme will be celebrating its 20th anniversary at the fifth annual Quest & NBS Conference next February. The one-day event will take place on Thursday 26th February 2015 at Holywell Park, Loughborough, and is open to anyone interested in...
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