Sport England Update

 

 

Students key to grassroots participation growth on growth

 

Sport England and British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) have published a new partnership plan to capitalise on the potential of students to make a major contribution to our goals, while improving their own life prospects.

 

Our target is to increase the number of people playing regular sport by one million - and we believe students can account for almost a third of these participants. To harness their potential, we are investing £480,000 in BUCS to champion and develop student sport.

 

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Celebrating women's sporting success

 

Nominations are now open for The Sunday Times Sportswomen of the Year Awards 2009 - a celebration of female sporting success, from elite sportswomen to rising stars and those working behind the scenes.

 

The awards, now in their 22nd year, are among the most prestigious and influential in the British sporting calendar - and are sponsored by Sport England, UK Sport and CCPR.

 

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A grassroots sporting legacy from the 2012 Games

 

Three years out from the London 2012 Games, sports are working hard to capitalise on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get more people playing and enjoying sport.

 

The 46 NGBs benefiting from £480 million of Sport England investment are putting in place the building blocks to achieve ambitious sport-by-sport targets.

 

For swimming that includes a number of initiatives, including beacon clubs, a national volunteering recognition scheme - and the Government's free swimming initiative. In the first three months of the scheme, youngsters and older people have taken the plunge over 4.4 million times.

 

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2012 to make history as first gender equality Games

 

Sport England has welcomed the IOC's recommendation that women's boxing should be part of the Olympic and Paralympic Games programme. This means that London 2012 will make history as the first Games to have representation by men and women in every sport.

 

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Working with county sports partnerships to deliver sporting opportunities

 

A growing number of national governing bodies have taken steps to use new services provided by county sports partnerships (CSPs).

 

The services are designed to help NGBs deliver sporting opportunities in every community.

 

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Funding programmes generate huge response

 

Applications for grants from two of Sport England's new funding programmes, the Rural Communities themed round and the Innovation Fund, are now being assessed. Both funds were substantially oversubscribed and all eligible applications are being judged on a competitive basis.

 

The level of response means that we are able to invest in the very best ideas. It gives us a real opportunity for rigorous assessment - ensuring we support projects that will deliver the greatest possible return for community sport.

 

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To find out more about Sport England's strategy click here

 

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