In November 2010 the British Roller Sport Federation were successful in securing funding from the Sport England Impact and Improvement Fund to assist the federation in the modernisation of the federation and its membership. The administration and support for the grant application was made by the Sport and Recreation Alliance (SaRA).
This award has been made to enable the Federation to modernise and streamline the BRSF organisation so that the BRSF can move roller sports forwards and play a much greater role in the developing sporting framework of the UK.
On the recommendation of SaRA, Sport Structures were commissioned to support the BRSF in their application and the project itself. The following process was identified in the submission.
An annual General Meeting held in December 2010 appointed a new President and the Board of Directors confirmed their full commitment to the project. The outputs for this project were to provide:
A revised and modern governance structure to the Federation and its members including clarity to:
- The memorandum and articles of the Federation
- The vision and objectives for Roller Sport
- The Board skills and competences
- The ethical standards across the sport including equality and child protection polices
- The standards of compliance of member organisations
As at March 31st the following position can be identified for each of the outputs;
A revised and modern governance structure to the Federation and its members including clarity to:
- The memorandum and articles of the Federation
Revised M & A were developed for agreement with each of the Federation members leading to an AGM in the early summer. If Federation members come back with more questions further meetings with the Directors of the Board will arranged to consolidate and agree.
- The vision and objectives for Roller Sport
A Vision for the future was agreed;
- By 2014 BRSF will be the body that governs and represents all roller sports and activities for the UK.
- The Board skills and competences
- Role descriptions were agreed for key position and general board members
- The ethical standards across the sport including equality and child protection polices
- Key policies were agreed with particular Federation members taking a lead the standards of compliance of member organisations
- A compliance document was agreed based on the Sport England Assurance statements