Aims and ObjectivesThe Sussex County Sports Partnership Trust's objects are to promote increased community participation in sport and active recreation for the benefit the inhabitants of Sussex.There is a key role for the County Sports Partnership and its local community delivery partners (Community Sport Networks) in helping government to successfully achieve its Public Service Agreements for physical education, sport and active recreation.In Sussex, we interpret this as:- the development and servicing of successful partnerships better use of existing resources- securing additional investment to support our members' work to provide and promote more opportunities for local people to become involved in sport and active recreation, at whatever level they choose, for as long as they wishOf course, in the run up to London 2012, we wish to enthuse and encourage our communities to participate more and take advantage of additional opportunities made available as a result of 2012 business investment and, through our partners, we want to ensure a lasting legacy that truly benefits the communities of Sussex.Structure and GovernanceThe Trust is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales, no. 06166961, and registered Charity no. 1122082. The Trust was incorporated on 19 March 2007 and was registered as a Charity on 19 December 2007. The Trust's governing document is its Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended on 3 December 2007.The Sussex County Sports Partnership operated as part of the University of Brighton Sport and Recreation Service until 31 December 2007, after which its business operations and staff transferred to the independent Trust through a formal business transfer process. The Trust became fully operational on 2 January 2008. The Trustees are also the Directors for the purpose of company law.The Trust is governed by a Board of Directors (who also serve as the Charity Trustees, and are referred to as the Board of Trustees from hereon), and supported strategically by an Executive Management Board and Trust's senior employees. Three sub-committees are convened by deploying appropriately skilled members from either group to deal with Human Resources, Marketing, and Finance and Legal matters arising (as required).The current Board of Trustees consists of individuals recruited from the public, private and voluntary sectors. They bring the necessary skills and experience to the Trust to ensure sound governance, probity and excellent advocacy of the charity's aims and objectives.Operational ManagementUnder the current governance arrangements, the day to day executive functions of the Trust are handled by the Trust's principal staff or Senior Management Team (SMT), made