ltd type public headquarters london england united kingdom key people pete gardner chief executive karen pickering chair website www.britishathletes.org the british athletes commission bac was set up in 2004 to represent the interests of athletes in great britain to the key decision makers in sport and to help athletes in member sports set up and maintain athlete representative structures within their sport . the bac is an independent organisation representing the views of athletes to major decision making bodies such as the boa uk sport and ngbs . 1 the mission of the bac is to ensure that uk athletes in world class performance systems train and compete within a fair supportive and transparent system which gives them the best opportunity of reaching their sporting goals and helps prepare them for success in life after sport . contents 1 structure 2 specific responsibilities 2.1 olympics 2.2 paralympics 2.3 world class sport 2.4 anti doping 2.5 non olympic sport 2.6 athlete services 3 references 4 external links structure edit chief executive pete gardner chairman karen pickering the executive consists of the chair 4 yr term the vice chair 4 yr term up to six other members 2 yr term there are also places on the executive for non voting members from the bac partner organisations uk sport the british olympic association and the bpa . the work of the bac falls into 6 areas represented issues with at least one director responsible for each . the represented issues are olympics karen pickering summer adam pengilly winter paralympics giles long world class sport anti doping non olympic sport graham gristwood athlete services leon taylor specific responsibilities edit olympics edit areas of operation advise and assist the british olympic association in preparation and organisation to send teams to the olympic games produce an olympic athletes report after every winter and summer games and follow up findings with key stakeholders in british sport obtain team members agreement consult with olympic athletes for feedback for the british olympic association give feedback and advice to the boa on olympic camps holding camps and passport plans feed athlete views and opinions into locog via athletes panel areas of representation representation on the ioc and eoc athletes commissions responsible for electing and sanctioning the british nominations for the ioc and eoc ac up to two representative seats on the noc a seat on the british olympic association executive for the olympic director if person is an olympian . athlete representative seat on each of the boa steering groups seat on the locog athlete panel for the olympic director if person is an olympian on important decisions that require each of the olympic sports to vote the representatives from british athletes council from the olympic sports votes by email post or telephone . paralympics edit areas of operation advise and assist the bpa in preparation and organisation to send teams to the olympic games produce a paralympic athletes report after every winter and summer games and follow up the findingswith key stakeholders in british sport obtain team members agreement and consult with the athletes from the paralympic sports for feedback to the bpa give feedback and advice to the bpa on paralympic camps and holding camps and other scheme handle npc matters feed athlete views and opinions into locog via the athletes panel areas of representation representation on the ipc athletes commissions and any other paralympic international committees ; responsible for electing sanctioning british nominations for these positions up to two representative seats on the npc negotiated seat on the bpa executive for the chair of the paralympic wg if person is a paralympian to be negotiated athlete representative seat on any relevant internal committees seat on the locog athlete panel for the paralympic director if person is a paralympian on important decisions that require each of the paralympic sports to vote the representatives from british athletes council from the paralympic sports will be asked to vote by email post or telephone . world class sport edit areas of operation work closely with uk sport on all matters regarding world class performance advise uk sport on changes proposed to athlete personal awards advise uk sport on changes proposed to athlete agreements areas of representation athlete representation on international federations and forums representative seat on the united kingdom sports council to be negotiated athlete representative seat on any relevant internal committees to be negotiated on important decisions that require each of the world class sports to vote the representatives from british athletes council from the world class sports vote by email post or telephone . anti doping edit advise national anti doping organisation on all aspects of the national anti doping program report feedback information from athletes to support development of the whereabouts system communicate with other international athlete commissions to bring about effective change and harmonisation of anti doping regulations make recommendations to wada and wada athletes commission regularly survey athletes as to opinions on the boa by law non olympic sport edit working to integrate and support athletes from non olympic sports ensuring athletes in non olympic sport have access to all bac benefits and services athlete services edit communicate with current service providers including uk sport boa and home country sports institutes to assist and where possible to enhance current provision of services to athletes facilitate service provision where there is a defined need ensure there is not duplication of service provision references edit http www.olympics.org.uk contentpage.aspx page 23 external links edit official bac website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title british athletes commission & oldid 700672232 categories athletics in the united kingdomsports organisations in london2004 establishments in the united kingdom navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 19 january 2016 at 22 45 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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