Water Based Hockey Pitch, The University of Exeter Sports Park

The University of Exeter has secured status as a top 10 institution in the BUSA Championships, with their teams competing for national titles in competitions including climbing, golf, hockey, judo, rowing, rugby union, sailing, soccer, surfing, squash and tennis. The University’s development programme has improved their sports facilities so they now rank in the top 10 too, alongside their sporting performance.  Read how they are delivering on their mission in this case study.

5x30

5X30 is a 3-year local partnership project in Devon, which employs 7 members of staff who work within local communities to reduce barriers, teach the benefits of physical activity and develop physical activity opportunities.

Sport England wanted to support this project as, although it works with the whole population, it specifically targets people with mental health issues, people aged 50 and over, vulnerable young people, the overweight or obese and those on low incomes.

Read more about 5x30.

King George V Playing Fields Trust

This project has been a model example of a community working together in an innovative way to bring new opportunities to people through a wide range of community, social, sporting and leisure facilities in and around a ten to fifteen mile radius of Moretonhampstead.

More about the King George V Playing Fields Trust's project.

Be Active 4 Life

Sport England together with The British Heart Foundation, The Department of Health, The Big Lottery Fund and Loughborough University, encouraged the aims of this Active Workplaces project which promotes physical activity and a healthy lifestyle for the employees of Exeter City Council.

Read more about Be Active 4 Life.

Haldon Forest Park

Sport England enabled Peninsula Forest District (covering Devon, Cornwall, and West Somerset), to increase public use, enjoyment, and awareness of 3,500 acres of local woods, improving accessibility for all.

Read more on this Forestry Commission project.

Granby Island Sporting Equalities Project

This project uses sport as an aid to regeneration, supporting small groups across Plymouth to deliver sessions in areas where young people are seen as a nuisance and potentially as criminals. Find out more about the Granby Island project.