2025 Scottish Hockey Business Plan – Summary

Vision – Build a foundation in Scottish Hockey to support hockey in Scotland to excel

Mission – Embracing our role – Bring people together, build a sense of belonging and nurture growth and ambition in hockey.

Outcomes

  1. Support our community with improved opportunities to participate, progress and achieve in hockey.
  2. A better informed organisation using data to identify focus areas
  3. Direct resources to break down barriers to being involved in hockey.
  4. Develop a consistent and comprehensive approach to effective governance and the decision-making processes in Scottish Hockey.
  5. Prioritise and support staff wellbeing, taking a balanced approach to workload, with a focus on developing supportive cultures and environments.

Our current values 

  • Community – Nurtures inclusivity, bringing together diverse people to build collective growth and support.
  • Integrity – Ensuring fair play, ethical conduct, and transparency, allowing trust to build among members, stakeholders and Scottish Hockey.
  • Challenge – Encourages continuous improvement and innovation, driving to excel in performance and development.
  • Ambition – Fuels aspiration to excel and drives strategic goals, pushing boundaries and elevating standards within the sport we govern.
  • Respect – promotes dignity, empathy, fairness, and understanding among all individuals involved, to Build positive relationships and a supportive environment. Where communications are made that do not communicate respect we will reserve the right not to reply.
  • Strength – Representing resilience, determination, and adaptability, enabling the sport to overcome obstacles and Excel in dynamic contexts.

Objectives

  1. Good governance with robust financial plan. 
  2. Supporting Clubs to Develop. 
  3. Deliver high quality competitions and events. 
  4. Lead our sport, support our people. 
  5. Player Journey – Pathway from participation, development to performance. 
  6. Partnerships – Build the Support Network for Scottish Hockey. 
  7. Facilities & Environments. 
  8. Build the profile of Hockey. 

Our approach to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Understanding diversity and having a clear approach to equality are both key areas Scottish Hockey have embedded throughout our business plan. Inclusion will be the action we take to tackle inequalities. We know as the governing body for Hockey that we have a role to play in tackling inequality and contributing to a more inclusive hockey landscape. We will work to ensure that our community and those we welcome feel a sense of belonging in our sport.

  1. influence and drive the changes needed to reduce inequalities
  2. Promote fairness, diversity, and inclusivity within all aspects of the sport,
  3. Refresh policies and procedures for organisational governance, participation, and representation in Hockey
  4. Build an environment where everyone feels welcome, safe, and valued.