Welcome to the Sports Development Team home page!  Sports Development delivers a wide range of Services to provide opportunities for people throughout Wigan to engage in lifelong participation in sport and physical activity.

The Teams ability to deliver a high quality service and work effectively with partner organisations has resulted in a significant increase in staffing capacity over the past few years.  We take immense pride in having a talented and dedicated team of Managers, Officers and Coaches who are committed to achieving the adjacent Vision and Mission Statement.  To contact the Team please access the appropriate link.

Our key partners include:

• Children and Young Peoples Services

   

• Schools

   

• Community Safety

   

• Primary Care Trust

   

• Wigan Borough Sports Council

   

• GreaterSport

   

• Youth Offending Team

   

Cohesive partnership working and a shared commitment to increasing participation in physical activity is supporting us to make a positive difference to lives in Wigan .

Our range of services include:

• Active Coaching in Schools

   

• Get Active in Your Community

   

• Active Clubs

   

• Get Active, Get Volunteering

   

• Get Active, Get Coaching

   

• Performance and Talent Identification

   

• Back to Sport for adults

   

• Targeted Health Programmes

   

• Get Active Holiday Activities

   

In addition, we host a number of high profile events –details of which can be found by clicking on the appropriate links. 

Customer satisfaction is at the heart of all our services and Staff work hard to deliver the highest standard of service delivery, 100% of the time.  We welcome any feedback you may have about our Service and look forward to seeing you at one of our ‘Get Active’ sessions very soon…..!

Lynsey Johnson

Principal Sports Development Manager

For more information please contact the Sports Development Team on 0194 404982 or email sdu@wlct.org.