Scottish national sports agency chooses Covalent to boost performance

Published by Covalent_Software for Covalent Software in Central Government and also in Communities

Covalent is delighted to announce that Scotland's national agency for sport, sportscotland, has chosen Covalent to help manage and improve its corporate performance.

sportscotland is a non-departmental public body, responsible through ministers to the Scottish Parliament. It is also a National Lottery Fund distributor and is governed by National Lottery distribution rules. It invests Scottish Government and National Lottery resources to support people in Scotland to participate, develop and achieve in sport.It continually strives to ensure these resources are invested wisely so as to achieve best value and maximum impact.

sportscotland's mission is to encourage everyone in Scotland to discover and develop their own sporting experience, helping to increase participation and improve performances in Scottish sport. It passionately believes in the benefits of sport, from the enjoyment, sense of achievement and health benefits that participation brings, to the shared pride that national success generates. It believes that sport makes a unique contribution to life in Scotland, helping to make it a wealthier and fairer, smarter, healthier, greener, safer and stronger nation.

sportscotland incorporates the sportscotland head office in Glasgow and its high performance arm, the sportscotland institute of sport, in Stirling. It is also developing the regional infrastructure which will include the Area Institutes of Sport.

sportscotland Trust Company operates its three national training centres, Glenmore Lodge, Inverclyde, and Cumbrae. These centres provide quality, affordable and appropriate residential and sporting facilities for people to develop in sport.

sportscotland will be using Covalent to track its performance indicators and to manage its action and improvement plans and corporate risks. It will also use the Covalent Strategy Maps module.

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