In May 2016, the UK Government published a Charter for Sports Governance in the UK which set out some key governance principles that they expect all sports in the UK to follow.

As a result of this, the British Judo Association (BJA) recognised the need to review its governance of the sport more generally than we explained in our recently published Strategic Plan for 2017-2021. A further trigger for this action was also as a result of the circumstance surrounding the unfortunate withdrawal of the 2015 European Judo Championships in February 2015 and the governance issues arising from the review.

In order to agree the changes as proposed by independent governance consultant Jonathan Hall, we are now entering a period of consultation with all of our members. To provide as many opportunities to engage and interact with our members as possible, we have built a new microsite (https://bja.platform81.com/governancereview), an interactive form, a new blog and will be hosting 13 regional roadshow meetings throughout February and March.

Please do take the time to visit the microsite whereby you will find the full Governance Report by Jonathan Hall, details of all roadshows and suggested recommendations to the way that the British Judo Association is governed. If you have any questions please send us a question using the form on the Governance page.

We hope to see as many people as possible at one of the upcoming meetings and we look forward to sharing updates to the project on the new blog.

Confirmed dates and times for the roadshows are as follows:

Date	Area	Venue	Meeting Room
				Monday 16 January 2017 7.00 p.m	Midlands	University of Wolverhampton Walsall Campus Gorway Road Walsall West Midlands WS1 3BD	Lecture Theatre WA007
Tuesday 17 January 2017 7.00 p.m	Northwest	Macdonald Tickled Trout Hotel Preston New Road Samlesbury Preston PR5 0UJ	Main Meeting Room
Wednesday 25 January 2017 7.30 p.m	York & Humberside	Goole Leisure Centre North Street Goole DN14 5QX	Lounge Bar
Wednesday 1 February 2017 7.00 p.m	Southern	Crawley Town Football & Social Club Ltd The Checkatrade Stadium Winfield Way Crawley RH11 9RX	Stadium Suite
Thursday 2 February 2017 7.00 p.m	London	Baden Powell House Conference Centre 65-657 Queens Gate London SW7 5JS	Eagle & Kestrel Suite
Wednesday 8 February 2017 7.00 p.m	Western	Holiday Inn M5 Junction 25 Deane Gate Avenue Somerset Taunton TA1 2UA
Thursday 9 February 2017 7.00 p.m	Wales	Sport Wales National Centre Sophia Gardens Cardiff CF11 9SW	Bute Suite 1
Monday 13 February 2017 7.00 p.m	Eastern	Holiday Inn Cambridge Lakeview Bridge Road Cambridge CB24 9PH	Kings Suite
Tuesday 14 February 2017 7.00 p.m	Northern Home Counties	High Wycombe Judo Centre Barry Close Cressex High Wycombe Bucks HP12 4UE
Wednesday 22 February 2017 7.00 p.m	Northern	Gateshead Academy College Academy for Sport Gateshead International Stadium Neilson Road Gateshead NE10 0EF
Thursday 23 February 2017 7.00 p.m	Scotland	Edinburgh Leisure Edinburgh International Climbing Arena South Platt Hill Ratho EH28 8AA	Murray Lecture Hall
Monday 27 February 2017 6.30 p.m	Northern Ireland	House of Sport Upper Malone Road Belfast