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What we do
Sports Marketing Network is a unique organisation where physical activity and community sports providers can share best practice on how to become vibrant, visible and viable and develop innovative and enterprising enterprises.
We have been described as positive disruptors and we have worked with a wide range of sport, physical activity and community organisations helping them to adapt, change and become better equipped to the changing landscape.
More than 4000 community sports providers from across the have participated in one of our Grow Your Club workshops, benefitted from 1:2:1 consultancy and mentoring, attended one of our conferences, participated in one of our webinars or read one of our Guides, so we have developed an unparalleled knowledge and understanding of the opportunities and challenges for the enterprise and innovation aspects of community sport and physical activity.
Thousands of people involved with community sport and physical activity across the UK and Scandinavia have participated in one of our ‘hot topics’ conferences covering issues such as Innovation and Enterprise in Community Sport, More Disabled People into Sport, More Girls into Sport and A Healthier Nation through Sport and Physical Activity, to name a few….
Welcome video
Membership
Membership of Grow Sport+ gives you unique access to the most comprehensive one-stop source for enterprising people involved with community sport and physical activity
Workshops
Our Grow Your Club workshops for volunteers and Business Savvy Sports Development and The Enterprising Coach workshops for sports professionals have been attended by 4,000 volunteers and professionals across England, Wales, Ireland, Denmark and Scotland.
Conferences
SMN’s suite of conferences is renowned for being highly topical and focused on sharing best practice. They enable delegates to learn and exchange ideas on how they can develop and improve the way they run community sport and physical activity.
Grow Your Club Guides
The first six guides are focusing on Grow Your Club Packed with inspiring case-stories and easy-to-use templates and tools readers will have access to best practice from across community sport on how to develop more vibrant, visible and viable clubs, attract more people to your clubs, generate more income and welcome more volunteers.
Webinars
Every month members of Grow Sport + will have the opportunity of attending webinar, a live meeting taking place over the web. Each webinar will focus on hot topics within community sport and physical activity and how to find innovative and enterprising solutions.
Projects and Partnerships
SMN partner with a wide range of major sports, community and leisure organisations across the UK and Scandinavia. Partnership projects include conferences, study tours, training and support and inspiration. Each partner is different and each project is different and we adapt and develop bespoke services.
Newcastle Vikings HC introduces handball to local cricket club and Tesco Extra
Newcastle Vikings HC introduces handball to local cricket club and demonstrate the sport to customers at Tesco Extra (and now they are introducing Walking Handball) Handball in England is growing, but still relatively unknown here, so for the sport and the...
Are you ‘just sport’ or are you #MoreThanSport?
Are you ‘just sport’ or are you #MoreThanSport? That distinction determines your Scope, Partners, Income and Impact –in other words: Grow your SPI² Sadly, we still come across (too) many sports bodies, clubs and coaches who only see the world through the...
Asset transfers
Asset transfers – a great way of developing community assets, or a convenient way for local authorities to get rid of ramshackle facilities, or both? Asset transfers of community buildings and sports facilities have taken place across the UK for a...
Innovation is alive and kicking in community sport – are you?
Innovation is alive and kicking in community sport – are you? Ever since some rugby players in the USA more 100 years ago introduced the forward pass and thus set the foundation for what is now American Football have we seen regular innovations in sport...
Are you player-centred? Or are you being run for the benefits of the coaches?
Are you player-centred? Or are you being run for the benefits of the coaches? Many traditional sports providers are struggling to attract and retain participants and players as they often focus on the talented and dedicated people and, sometimes...
Report from Funding community sport conference
Report from Funding community sport conference The conference was held on 4th September 2019 at the University of Hertfordshire and run in partnership with The starting point was that the funding landscape for community sport and physical activity is...
