Community Sport Development

Participation
  • Ensuring Nova Scotians are accessing and participating in quality sport experiences
  • Lead/guide reSPORT prototypes
Organizational Effectiveness

Assisting community sport organizations with tools and resources to develop sound organizations.

oe@sportnovascotia.ca

Coach/Leadership Development
  • Linking community sport to the provincial sport organizations for sport specific National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) delivery opportunities.
  • Connecting to Coach NS for multisport module courses.
    Promoting coach/leadership professional development
    opportunities.
  • Organizing logistics for the Women and Sport leadership workshops.
Funding
  • Assessing initiative development, program resources and enhancement opportunities through consultation.
  • Managing regional Sport Fund opportunities.

For more about our funding programs click here.

Sport System Navigation
  • Linking communities to Sport Nova Scotia programs and services:
  1. Sport Fund
  2. Fundraising
  3. Member Benefits Program
  • Providing updates about community sport events
  • Share information about a variety of funding programs including Communities, Culture & Heritage (CCH) community health boards, Recreation Leadership Fund, KidSport, etc.)

Participation

  • Ensuring Nova Scotians are accessing and participating in quality sport experiences
  • Lead/guide reSPORT prototypes

Organizational Effectiveness

  • Assisting community sport organizations with tools and resources to develop sound organizations.

Coach/Leadership Development

  • Linking community sport to the provincial sport organizations for sport specific National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) delivery opportunities.
  • Connecting to Coach NS for multisport module courses.
    Promoting coach/leadership professional development opportunities.
  • Organizing logistics for the Women and Sport leadership workshops.

Funding

  • Assessing initiative development, program resources and enhancement opportunities through consultation.
  • Managing regional Sport Fund opportunities.

Sport System Navigation

  • Linking communities to Sport Nova Scotia programs and services:
  1. Sport Fund
  2. Fundraising
  3. Member Benefits Program
  • Providing updates about community sport events
  • Share information about a variety of funding programs including Communities, Culture & Heritage (CCH) community health boards, Recreation Leadership Fund, KidSport, etc.)

Regional Sport Consultants

The RSC’s continue to operate in all six regions of the province. The consultants serve as first point of contact for Sport Nova Scotia programs and services in their designated regions. They also work with community sport organizations, municipalities, and community sport stakeholders who focus on participation. Organizational effectiveness, coaching/leadership development, funding, and sport system navigation are all areas that sport consultants help out with.

All six regions of the province are represented.

Cape Breton: Cape Breton Island
Central: Halifax Regional Municipality
Fundy: Municipality of East Hants, Cumberland County, Colchester County
Highland: Guysborough County, Antigonish County, Pictou County
South Shore: Counties of Yarmouth, Shelburne, Queens, Lunenburg, and District of Argyle
Valley: West Hants Regional Municipality and the Counties of Kings, Annapolis, and Digby, including the Municipality of Clare.

Cape Breton Region

David Ogbuah
P: 902.225.6693
dogbuah@sportnovascotia.ca

Highland Region

Stephanie Brennan
P: 902.328.4094
sbrennan@sportnovascotia.ca

Valley Region

Angela Morrison
P: 902.300.0989
amorrison@sportnovascotia.ca

Fundy Region

Chelsey Bray
P: 902.318.8884
cbray@sportnovascotia.ca

South Shore Region

Nicole Ramey
P: 902.298.9531
nramey@sportnovascotia.ca

Central Region

Annie Kennedy
P: 902.401.5381
akennedy@sportnovascotia.ca