No single organisation
builds change at this scale.
The Warwickshire Valkyries vision is designed to develop through partnership: combining community knowledge, sport, health, education, research, land, expertise and investment at the stages where each can make the greatest difference.
Build around outcomes.
The strongest partnerships should connect organisational capability to outcomes that matter to people and place.
Open more routes into sport and activity.
Connect movement with wellbeing and prevention.
Turn participation into learning and opportunity.
Strengthen clubs, volunteers and local networks.
Test, learn and improve through evidence.
Create clearer development pathways.
Build a destination connected to its region.
Measure what remains valuable over time.
Where could your organisation fit?
Select the route closest to your organisation. Each pathway connects contribution, project stage and potential community value.
Corporate Partner
Businesses seeking meaningful long-term community, workforce and social-impact partnerships.
Funding, expertise, technology, employment pathways, supply-chain capability, communications or practical resources.
Programmes, skills pathways, stronger delivery capability and future destination partnerships.
Strategic Partner
Organisations able to shape systems, policy, delivery networks or long-term regional opportunity.
Strategic alignment, networks, specialist capability, convening power and shared delivery.
A stronger connected model across sport, health, education, community and place.
Funder / Trust
Trusts, foundations, grant makers, social investors and mission-aligned funding organisations.
Programme, research, capacity, feasibility or future capital funding aligned to evidenced outcomes.
Evidence, programmes, organisational capacity and later-stage project development.
Sport Governing Body
National and regional governing bodies, leagues and sporting organisations.
Pathways, technical knowledge, coaching, participation networks, standards, insight and programme collaboration.
Better connection between grassroots participation, development and performance.
University / Research
Universities, colleges, research teams and evaluation specialists.
Research, evaluation, innovation, student pathways, evidence design and specialist expertise.
A stronger evidence base and a culture of measuring what changes, not simply what is delivered.
Health & Wellbeing
Health systems, wellbeing organisations, charities, clinicians and prevention-focused partners.
Health expertise, referral pathways, evaluation, prevention programmes and community insight.
Closer connections between movement, wellbeing, prevention and community participation.
Education & Skills
Schools, colleges, training organisations, employers and skills partners.
Learning, qualifications, mentoring, placements, apprenticeships, careers and progression routes.
A wider pathway through sport into skills, leadership, volunteering and work.
Land & Development
Landowners, local authorities, developers, planners, architects, engineers and infrastructure partners.
Land opportunities, feasibility expertise, planning, design, infrastructure and development capability.
The technical foundations required to test and eventually deliver an appropriate destination.
Community Delivery
Clubs, charities, community groups, coaches, volunteers and locally trusted organisations.
Local knowledge, delivery experience, trusted relationships, lived experience and programme collaboration.
A project shaped with communities rather than simply presented to them.
Designed to become investable in stages.
The project should not depend on one enormous funding moment. Different forms of support can unlock different stages, with evidence and confidence increasing as the proposition matures.
Foundation
Governance, identity, founding community and organisational capability.
Established / developingEvidence & programmes
Research, partnerships, pilots and measurable community activity.
Current priorityFeasibility
Site search, due diligence, technical testing and operating case.
Next priorityMasterplan
Professional design, infrastructure, accessibility and phasing.
Future stageApprovals & capital
Planning, cost plan, funding structure and delivery agreements.
Future stageDelivery
Procurement, construction, commissioning and operational mobilisation.
Future stageOperation & legacy
Sustainable operation, impact measurement and continuous improvement.
Long-termCredibility before claims.
Use research and programme data to test the case.
Separate current achievements from future ambition.
Build with grassroots organisations and people, not around them.
Develop structures appropriate to each stage and source of support.
Define outcomes and reporting before making impact claims.
Judge success by what changes, not simply by what gets built.
You don't need to fund the whole vision to move it forward.
The right expertise, introduction, programme partnership, evidence, land opportunity or targeted investment can unlock the next credible step.