SPORTS FACILITY PLANNING, DESIGN & DELIVERY
Working with the public, private and voluntary sectors, we specialise in the design, funding and development of sports facilities.
We take clients from concept development and project planning, through accessing financial support from all major funding agencies, to contract management and completion.
Whether you need to use a full range of professional services or just a selection, our experience and comprehensive knowledge of the processes of planning, designing, funding and developing facilities for sport mean that we are uniquely placed to offer you the right advice.
A LEADING, MULTI-DISCIPLINARY SPORTS CONSULTANCY
FROM CONCEPT TO COMPLETION
Does your idea for a sports project have potential? Will it be possible to navigate through all the procedures and processes that need to be followed to make a complex development successful?
Steve Wells Associates has unrivalled experience in sports facility development and the expertise to analyse viability and provide strategy advice.
Steve Wells Associates prepares and submits funding applications including all consultation, comprehensive site and football development plans, programmes of use, business and management plans as well as all online applications.
We have a strong history of successfully applying for Football Foundation projects; in the last few years alone we have drawn down over £41 million in funding from applications.
Where instructed, we provide a full design and planning service. We prepare detailed designs and satisfy all the conditions of planning applications.
Our comprehensive design and planning service incorporates all areas of the project, from initial concept development to the delivery of services.
We offer full management of the tender process, including accessing additional funding, developing contract documents and carrying out principal designer (CDM) duties. Our team will also manage the Bill of Quantities.
Developing complex sports facilities needs an investment of time and knowledge that goes beyond the experience of most organisations, be they educational establishments or sports clubs, whose prime focus lies elsewhere.
As part of our service, we deal with all aspects of project management and contract administration, resolving a wide range of issues and agendas that are complex, often conflicting and always time consuming.
We develop business plans and management models to ensure that your facility is well-used, affordable and remains an important contribution to sports provision and development in the surrounding area.
Our collective expertise across multiple disciplines will assist your organisation to increase community use of its sports facilities, maximise income and achieve your sporting goals.
We believe one of our key strengths as a company lies in the knowledge that we have all the relevant resources and expertise that projects need to actually get them off the ground.
Above all, we have the resourcefulness and tenacity to make sure that the opportunities and facilities needed to deliver a quality sporting experience actually do happen.
Local Government
Having been Head of Leisure for a large metropolitan authority, Steve Wells now works with all tiers of local government, from County to Parish Councils.
Community Clubs
Community consultation is a common theme of many sports projects. We develop essential links and liaise with the community, local authority officers and other agencies.
School & Mats
We help schools raise standards in physical education and school sport by creating outstanding sports facilities that students and community users can be proud to use.
FUNDING YOUR PROJECT
Steve Wells Associates prepares and submits the funding applications on behalf of your organisation. This can include all consultation, comprehensive site and development plans, programmes of use, business and management plans, and all online applications. Where instructed, we provide full project management through to completion, from the grant claims process to final account.
Cantley Park, Wokingham
Funding awarded
Beverley Leisure Centre, East Riding of Yorkshire
Funding awarded
President Kennedy School, Coventry
Funding awarded
Stamford Bridge Playing Fields Association
Funding awarded
Middlewood Rovers JFC, Sheffield
Funding awarded
Westway Playing Fields, Chorley
Funding awarded
FOOTBALL FOUNDATION FUNDING EXPERTISE
We are particularly experienced in Football Foundation projects, drawing down over £41 million in funding from successful applications in the last few years. Typically, the average grant from the Football Foundation has been around 50% of each scheme’s whole project costs although, in some instances, either partnership funding or the award itself far exceeded that proportion.
Artificial Grass Pitch (AGP), Hard Court projects, Athletics tracks and Multi-Use Games Areas (MUGA); suitable for multiple activities like football, netball, tennis and basketball.
Often designed to support adjacent sports grounds, pavilions provide stands, team changing rooms, club rooms and the facilities needed to create a social hub around your club.
We design and develop natural turf playing pitches on greenfield or derelict sites, or make improvements and upgrades to existing pitches where the playing surface or the drainage requires attention.
Case Studies
RYEISH GREEN SPORTS HUB
CHORLEY WEST WAY SPORTS HUB
Wortley Football Club
Bamber Bridge Leisure Centre
Victoria Pleasure Grounds
