National facilities strategy

Our National Facilities Strategy was launched in November 2015, and was prepared in partnership with other agencies, with the clear goal being to try and support the continued development of the sport.

The aim is to provide the sport with a hierarchy of facilities throughout the country that will continue to maximise participation and increase standards of performance in all disciplines. To achieve this, the sport requires a plan for facilities development that clearly identifies areas where priority work is required based on a hierarchical approach from schools and clubs through to performance levels.

The strategy has been produced in consultation with clubs and local authorities and provides an indicative 12-year framework for facility development. A timescale of 12 years has been chosen to allow for a reasonable time-frame in which to plan, consult, develop and finance the wide range of recommendations being provided within the strategy, albeit that a number of projects have been identified as short-medium term.

You can download the Facilities Strategy.

For more information please contact Head of Development Colin Hutchison.

Video resources

UK Athletics has created these short films to help facility operators look after their track and field facilities and understand the health and safety risks that need to be assessed on a regular basis:

High jump

Pole vault

Throws cage

Horizontal jumps

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5 hours ago

JEMMA TO DOUBLE-UP IN SWEDEN . . .
Two years ago Jemma Reekie won the European U20 title in Italy less than 24 hours after finishing fourth in the 3000m final.
Now the young Scot is lined up for double duty once again with GB and NI at the European U23s in Sweden next month.
Jemma was named with Ellie Baker for the 800m and was the sole pick by British Athletics for the 1500m for the event in Gavle on July 11-14.
It will mean a hectic schedule, no doubt, but then again doubles are nothing new for athletes coached by Andy Young . . .
READ MORE in our selection story:
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ELOISE BIDS for EURO U20s
Good time for us to wish good luck to Eloise Walker ahead of the European U20 trials over 3000m at Watford this weekend.
The Edinburgh AC athlete is looking to secure her place in the British team for the European U20 Champs in Sweden next month.
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OFFICIALS COURSES in ABERDEEN and INVERNESS . . .

We've two courses coming up in the next couple of weeks for anyone keen to start out and become a scottishathletics Official.
No experience is needed to take an Assistant Officials Course and there's one on July 1 at Aberdeen and one on July 9 at Inverness.
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See you in purple (or red) some time soon!

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