Forrester PE Dept

Investigating facillities

Investigating Access to Neighbouring Facilities

 

Ideally all activities should be performed within the most suitable facility.  However you may not have access to this within your centre (e.g. school, sports centre, Local Park).  This means that you must rely on gaining access to neighbouring facilities in order to best meet the demands of your activity.  The investigation into using these facilities has to be done effectively in order to ensure that they are suitable for your situation and meet all your needs.

 

Factors to consider during investigation

 

• Distance to facility

• Contact method for facility (email, phone, in person etc.)

• Cost of using facility (peak/ off peak)

• Equipment within facility

• Size of facility

• Access to facility (e.g. disabled access)

• Opening times of facility

• Is facility completely suitable for my activity?

• Parking (if required)

• Changing facilities

• Showering facilities

• Toilet facilities

• Other users of facility

• Transport to facility (e.g. buses, trains, road access)

• Risk assessment of facility

• How long you get use of facility for

• Who owns the facility

• Who will be in charge when you are using the facility

• Who you should speak to if any problems occur before, during or after activity

• Cancellation notice (& cost)

• Contact number of someone within facility (preferable phone number)