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Midland Counties Athletic Association 2016 Survey

Following the Foster Report, Midland Counties Athletics Association lost governance within the sport and became a competition provider only. As a result of this change, the Association lost its income streams from its own membership scheme and unattached levies (which also gave a source of income to the Counties). For a couple of years the only income came from entry fees and we also made use of our reserves. Since then England Athletics has made grants to grassroots competition providers, including the Areas, which have unfortunately decreased over the years due to their own circumstances. These have been gratefully received but now no longer meet spiraling costs. The Association has down-sized the office twice and renegotiated service contracts to ensure the best value for money, but still makes a loss year on year.
We need to obtain some information from you to enable us to present a case to ensure grassroots competition is successful and sustainable in the long term. This survey is being duplicated by Northern Athletics and the South of England AA.

We are not seeking Sport England or Treasury funding, we simply believe that some of the money that is generated by the athletes in the sport, should support grassroots competition.
Please help us by completing the survey, adding any comments you wish to those questions where the facility exists. Your views are important to us.

G. Durbin
Chairman MCAA