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Community sports clubs views sought to help shape the Places strand of the Olympic legacy

Your help is sought in identifying the facility developments community sports clubs require. The online questionnaire will only take a few minutes. Thank you for your support.
1.Please specify which sport/organisation/body you are.
NGB
Local Authorities
Education
Type
2.Please rank the following areas in order of importance for your club. It may help to think about what improvements would have the most impact on your club’s ability to attract new participants and retain existing support.

Rank the following in priority order with 1 being the most important.(Required.)
1 (High)
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 (Low)
Building modernisation works such as new changing rooms or upgrading heating or insulation
Improving access to sport for disabled users (not DDA works) including specialist sports equipment
Sports equipment for use in coaching sessions within the club
Sports lighting such as new floodlighting
Outdoor multi-use games areas
Indoor and outdoor court surfaces
Innovative solutions such as modular changing accommodation
Improvements to grass pitches
Grounds maintenance equipment
Carrying out environmental improvement work that will reduce the facility's carbon footprint and consumption of water and/or running costs
For your top three priorities in question 2 (i.e. those which you scored 1, 2 and 3) please now rank items within each of your chosen 3 categories. Please ensure you only answer three of the below questions.
3.Building Modernisation works
Please rank the following areas in order of importance, with 1 being the highest.
1 (High)
2
3
4
5
6
7 (Low)
Re-roofing – including new insulation but excluding minor roof repairs
Installing insulation to walls and roof to improve thermal comfort and reduce running costs
Installing new plant and boilers to improve efficiency and reliability
Installing new sanitary ware and shower fittings
Replacing existing wall, ceiling and floor finishes with new modern materials
Replacing defective doors and windows to improve insulation, security and reliability of use
Other
4.Disability works
Please rank the following areas in order of importance, with 1 being the highest.
1 (High)
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12 (Low)
Providing specialist (non personal) wheelchairs for sports Proving “clip ons” (non personal) for wheelchairs to enable access to bowling facilities
Provide tactile maps for orienteering courses or similar plus signage
Providing IFI approved fitness equipment
Installing submersible platform lifts into pools (NB does not include poolside hoists required for DDA)
Installing equipment to climbing walls to increase its use by disabled people
Providing ‘electric buggies’ to provide access to and from sailing/rowing facilities
Providing hoists to access the water for rowing, sailing and canoeing facilities
Installing ‘easy going step’ into swimming pools to improve access for disabled users
Providing ‘specialist’ boats/canoes to provide opportunities for disabled people who take part
Carrying out acoustic improvement works to improve the ability to communicate e.g. Goal ball
Other
5.Sports equipment for use in coaching sessions within a club (non personal items of equipment)
6.Sports Lighting
Please rank the following areas in order of importance, with 1 being the highest.
1 (High)
2
3 (Low)
Indoor sports hall or tennis hall
Outdoor lighting please specify sports and if for training or competitive matches
Other
7.Constructing full size artificial grass pitches or multi use games area
Please rank the following areas in order of importance, with 1 being the highest.
1 (High)
2
3 (Low)
Construct a full size artificial grass pitch with appropriate lights
Construct a multi use games area with appropriate lights
Construct new tennis courts with floodlights
8.Indoor and outdoor court surfaces
Please rank the following areas in order of importance, with 1 being the highest.
1 (High)
2 (Low)
Indoor surfaces
External surfaces
9.Innovative solutions i.e. as pavilions modular build solutions such as changing accommodation
Please rank the following areas in order of importance, with 1 being the highest.
1 (High)
2
3
4 (Low)
Temporary solution (1-5 years) please specify
Permanent solutions (25 years) please specify
Creating artificial climbing walls or potholes facilities
Conversion of non sports building into a sports club providing brief details of requirements
10.Improvements to grass pitches
Please rank the following areas in order of importance, with 1 being the highest.
1 (High)
2
3
4
5 (Low)
Improve the drainage to existing pitches
Improving the playing surface of existing pitches, including levelling
Major relevelling and construction of existing pitches
Constructing new natural turf pitches
Other
11.Ground maintenance equipment - please specify.
12.Environmental improvement works
Please rank the following areas in order of importance, with 1 being the highest.
1 (High)
2
3
4
5 (Low)
Installing energy and water consumption monitoring equipment and controls
Installing renewable energy plant and equipment (Wind turbines, Photovoltaic cells, Solar thermal panels, Ground and air source heat pumps)
Installing SUDS drainage system to reduce surface water flows from sports pitches into the main drainage system
Installing rainwater harvesting facility
Other
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