Sports development

The Sports Development Unit forms part of the Culture, Sport and Leisure section within the Department for Community Services.

Mission statement

To work with sporting partners and other key agencies to promote and encourage participation in sport and physical activity throughout Plymouth by improving sustainable opportunities for people to take part; supporting structures necessary to allow people to progress and improve performance; enabling positive change in sporting behaviour, as an end in itself, or as a contribution to a wider social, economic, educational, environmental or health agenda.

Our aims

• To promote and encourage participation in sport and physical activity throughout Plymouth by improving opportunities for people to take part
• To support structures necessary to allow people to progress and improve their performance
• To encourage proactive, equitable and accessible programmes designed to develop positive and sustained sporting and physical activity habits amongst young people

For further information on the areas we get involved with, click on a link to the left.

Meet the team

Louise Oates
Sports Development Manager
01752 307026

Active Communities Manager
Vacant

Karen Walker
Sports Development Co-ordinator
01752 307137

Steve Donald
Sport and recreation Assistant
01752 307140

Nyrene Wise
Sport and Recreation Assistant
01752 307028

Charlotte Lawson
Community Sports Co-ordinator
01752 307133

Admin assistant
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