Clients

Nottingham City Council

As part of their strategic review of Leisure Centre provision in the city, Grey Panther Associates Ltd undertook a critique of a report, produced for the Advice and Scrutiny Committee by Eversheds and the Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE). Our critique highlighted a number of potential issues arising from the report, and identified areas requiring much greater consideration before strategic decisions could be taken. 

East Midlands Development Agency

Central Education & Training

Central Education & Training is a Further Education provider, based in Derby, but with additional involvement in projects in Nottingham and Burton-on-Trent.

Grey Panther Associates Ltd were commissioned to develop funding bids for a Community Sports Development project, based at the Nottingham Community College site on Carlton Road, in an area of high social and recreational deprivation Nottingham. The project comprised of renovating sports facilities, bringing them back into community use, and appointing a Sports Development Outreach Team to work with the deprived communities in the St Anns and Sneinton areas of the city.

We were successful in obtaining a £500,000 Capital Award and a £169,191 Revenue Award from Sport England's 'Active England' programme, and £134,500 Capital grant aid from Nottingham City Council's Neighbourhood Renewal Fund.

Work will start on site in February 2005, the Sports Development Team will  be in post by June 2005, and the facilities will open to the public in September 2005.

Chimera Consulting (Regeneration) Ltd

Grey Panther Associates Ltd have been working for Chimera Consulting to provide project-based support to Sport England's East Midlands office in context of the Active Sports Partnerships; Active Communities Development Fund (ACDF) projects; the Awards for All (A4A) programme; Green Spaces Playing Field projects and latterly, developing a systematic approach to funding and compliance for the emerging County Sports Partnerships.

John Palmer Associates (West Bridgford)

Grey Panther Associates Ltd provided funding and facility development advice into a feasibility study undertaken by John Palmer Associates (West Bridgford) in respect of an area of new playing fields for Donisthorpe Primary School in North West Leicestershire.

VOICE - East Midlands

VOICE - East Midlands are a voluntary sector organisation, founded in 2000, to enable the East Midlands Black & Minority Ethnic (BME) Voluntary and Community Sector to influence the regional agenda for the benefit of BME organisations and communities. Grey Panther Associates Ltd delivered training to a new network of BME Funding Mentors, who help small voluntary groups from BME communities access funding for development.

Kingswood Local Alchemy

Kingswood Local Alchemy is based on the Kingswood Estate in Corby, Northamptonshire, and is one of four initial pilot Local Alchemy projects in the East Midlands. Grey Panther Associates Ltd were contracted to undertake a feasibility study into the possible development of a mobile skate park facility by people from the Estate, as a Social Enterprise.

Creative Partners

Creative Partners are involved as facilitators for two of the four Local Alchemy pilot projects in the East Midlands. Grey Panther Associates Ltd provided a critique of a feasibility study to establish EMASS (East Midlands Academy of Sport and Science) in The Leicester North West Local Alchemy area (Beaumont Leys).