Community Sports Hubs

A Community Sports Hub is a local collective of sports clubs and other community organisations that come together to improve the contribution that sport and physical activity has on a community.

Leaders from these organisations work together to develop active communities where everyone benefits from sport and physical activity.

The Community Sports Hub approach is to support and empower local people to improve sport and physical activity in communities across Scotland. It starts with understanding the needs within a community and then collaborating to facilitate and deliver activities and interventions.

Community Sports Hubs bring together sports clubs and key local partners who want to develop and grow the sporting offering in the community.

They focus on sustainable, community-led approaches that get clubs working together to develop welcoming, safe, and fun environments for sport.

A hub can be based around local facilities, such as sports centres, community centres, the natural environment, or schools. It can also be a network of sports clubs sharing best practice and continuing professional development.

Community Sports Hubs are supported by sportscotland as part of a national approach to helping local clubs, organisations, and communities work together to increase participation in sport and physical activity. To find out more about about the sportscotland national community sports hub network, click here.

The Six principles

Meeting community needs

• Inclusive – understand the barriers people face and proactively address them
• Responsive – adapt what they do based on how they are doing and what’s happening around them

Fostering community collaboration

• Accountable – plan well, measure their performance and be accountable for delivering outcomes
• Collaborative – develop and strengthen partnerships and collaborations across public, voluntary and private sectors

Empowering community leaders

• Person-centred – listen to people and put their voices at the heart of their thinking
• Continuously improving – do everything to the highest standard, whilst seeking to continuously improve

Each pillar contains two key principles which link to sportscotland’s corporate strategy Sport for life 

Community Sports Hubs in Aberdeen

The Community Sport team currently supports community sports hubs across Aberdeen City.

Venue-based hubs

• Albury Community Sports Hub
• Dyce Community Sports Partnership
• Ruthrieston Community Sports Hub

Area hubs

• Northfield
• Torry
• St Machar

Thematic hub

• New Scots

Interested in being part of a hub?

If your club would be interested in becoming part of a Community Sports Hub, please contact the Community Sport team.

Email: communitysport@sportaberdeen.co.uk