Whole Sport Plan

The British Forward Plan 2005 to 2009 will build on our success at each end of the sporting continuum, high achievement by British teams at Olympic and World level through the World Class programmes, and increased growth through the Amateur Rowing Association's (ARA) development programmes, such as the club/school link programme, Project Oarsome.

Through the medium of a 'Whole Sport Plan', we have the exciting and challenging task of creating a strategy to develop rowing that will be relevant and successful in engaging with a much larger participant base throughout Great Britain.

Partnerships are crucial to our success and will be at the centre of our strategy, at national, regional, county and local level.

We have consulted widely to produce this plan, within the Home Countries, with the English regions, with athletes and coaches, staff and volunteers. We have worked closely with our partners at UK Sport and Sport England, Sport Scotland and the Sports Council of Wales. The English regions will be working with their Regional Sports Councils.

In addition to the plan for British rowing and England, the Scottish ARA (SARA) and the Welsh ARA (WARA) have worked with Sports Councils in Scotland and Wales to produce their national plans. All the home countries have agreed the development of the sport encapsulated in the strategy document. This includes a model for development for both athletes and coaches, including the ARA's World Class Plans for Performance, Potential and Start.

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The ARA, SARA and WARA, will continue their commitment to equity within the sport, and to developing adaptive rowing.

Good corporate governance and effective good practice policies will continue to be developed by the ARA, SARA and WARA, to underpin all our programmes at international, national, regional, and local levels.

Equity Action Plan

The ARA's draft Equity Action Plan was formally approved by Council on 30th September, 2006 following consultation.

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Regional Strategic Plans

As part of this process each ARA region produced a strategic plan. These are available for download as a PDF below.

Northern	Summary	Full Document
Yorkshire	Summary	Full Document
North West	Summary	Full Document
East Midlands	Summary	Full Document
West Midlands	Summary	Full Document
Eastern		Full Document	Full Document (Cambridge Sub-Region)
Thames	Summary	Full Document
South East (River)	Summary	Full Document
South East (Coast)	Summary	Full Document
Wessex	Summary	Full Document	Full Document (South West)
WAGS	Summary	Full Document
Western	Summary	Full Document