relationships for WSA are ineffective amongst business and Difficulty recruiting sufficient NGBs numbers of Mentors/Volunteers Sports Internship Can provide vital resource Can be an administrative Programme for NGBs and mentors burden for hosts if not Can help provide managed properly knowledge Interns can be ineffective if Can create a pipeline of not managed and developed talent to fill skills shortfall effectively Development Provide necessary budget Cost Grants to develop good ideas Risk that are spent Give NGBs the confidence ineffectively to innovate and new Could lead to NGBs initiating ideas new projects simply to Introduce competitive the grant’ ‘chase element to the service - drive excellence and provide mechanism for managing the limited resources of the support scheme Educating Develop network of Time consuming investors potential sponsors May not translate into Change investor behaviour increased levels of Increase levels of investment sponsorship/collaboration Limited number of firms with NGBs capable of significant investment in Wales Investor Help match companies to Limitations around the size Brokerage NGBs of the private sector in Wales Stimulate new corporate Saturated marketplace - risk relationships of hitting the same Add value to the WSA companies that other sectors service are also targeting Facilitating Explore potential for shared Reluctance to collaborate partnerships services/economies of NGBs may have insufficient Increase collaborative capacity to collaborate projects/events effectively Share skills & best practice Estimating the costs of support The costs of long-term support are notoriously difficult to determine or to recommend without having a strong evidence base of the likely returns. As there are no direct comparators we
relationships for WSA amongst business and NGBs are ineffective Difficulty recruiting sufficient numbers of Mentors/Volunteers Sports Internship Programme Can provide vital resource for NGBs and mentors Can help provide knowledge Can create a pipeline of talent to fill skills shortfall Can be an administrative burden for hosts if not managed properly Interns can be ineffective if not managed and developed effectively Development Grants Provide necessary budget to develop good ideas Give NGBs the confidence to innovate and new ideas Introduce competitive element to the service - drive excellence and provide mechanism for managing the limited resources of the support scheme Cost Risk that are spent ineffectively Could lead to NGBs initiating new projects simply to ‘chase the grant’ Educating investors Develop network of potential sponsors Change investor behaviour Increase levels of sponsorship/collaboration with NGBs Time consuming May not translate into increased levels of investment Limited number of firms capable of significant investment in Wales Investor Brokerage Help match companies to NGBs Stimulate new corporate relationships Add value to the WSA service Limitations around the size of the private sector in Wales Saturated marketplace - risk of hitting the same companies that other sectors are also targeting Facilitating partnerships Explore potential for shared services/economies of Increase collaborative projects/events Share skills & best practice Reluctance to collaborate NGBs may have insufficient capacity to collaborate effectively Estimating the costs of support The costs of long-term support are notoriously difficult to determine or to recommend without having a strong evidence base of the likely returns. As there are no direct comparators we