Hockey Nights praised by Scottish Government report

Scottish Hockey has received a positive endorsement
from the Scottish Government of its CashBack for Communities
initiative, ‘Hockey Nights’, following an independent evaluation
and report commissioned by the Scottish Government.
However, whilst Scottish Hockey, and in particular
the CashBack Development Officers and Club Development
Co-Ordinators who organised and managed ‘Hockey Nights’, were
commended for their efforts and work to deliver the sessions in new
areas of the country, the organisation received the disappointing
news that the funding for sporting partners involved in the
CashBack for Communities programme would cease as of 30 June
2012.

Scottish Hockey has received a positive endorsement from
the Scottish Government of its CashBack for Communities initiative,
‘Hockey Nights’, following an independent evaluation and report
commissioned by the Scottish Government.

Please download a copy of the CHRE Hockey Report
2012

However, whilst Scottish Hockey, and in particular the CashBack
Development Officers and Club Development Co-Ordinators who
organised and managed ‘Hockey Nights’, were commended for their
efforts and work to deliver the sessions in new areas of the
country, the organisation received the disappointing news that the
funding for sporting partners involved in the CashBack for
Communities programme would cease as of 30 June 2012.

Bill Robson, CashBack Development Officer said, “It was hugely
rewarding to see that our efforts were being recognised by the
evaluation project, however this had to be tempered by the
knowledge that the project was at an end. The potential to do so
much good work was definitely there.”

Indeed, when measured against the six CashBack for Communities
aims set for ‘Hockey Nights’, it was reported that five were fully
met outright by Scottish Hockey and one partially met.

Summarising the ‘Hockey Nights’ initiative, Robson said, “The
‘Hockey Nights’ programme proved to be hugely successful and
popular, with both partners and the many young people who came
along to experience the sport often for the first time.

“It succeeded in keeping many children and young adults
gainfully occupied at times when they might otherwise have found
less productive things to do, in areas where sporting opportunities
are fewer than we would all like to see. Working in partnership
with the many interested parties such as Youth Services, local
authorities, Community Safety Partnerships, Active Schools,
community police and many more organisations we more than achieved
our targets.

It was therefore disappointing to find that the funding had come
to an end, just as we were getting going. On the positive side many
of the activities still continue, due to the great work carried out
by hockey clubs and their volunteers across the country. However,
sadly the potential of Hockey Nights will remain unfulfilled.”

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