Sport England welcomes innovative projects to drive up sports participation
Sport England was proud to support the National Sports Foundation (NSF) funded projects which were all nominated for awards at the 2008 Sport Industry Awards. The projects are delivering a range of activities to increase sports participation
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Paralympic World Cup returns to Manchester
The Paralympic World Cup has returned to Manchester for the forth year running. The 5 day event, now an annual fixture on the international sports calendar, will see 400 athletes from 45 countries compete in 4 events: athletics, wheelchair basketball, track cycling and swimming.
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Jennie Price gives keynote speech to sports volunteers
Jennie Price, Chief Executive of Sport England, today gave a keynote speech to 160 sports volunteers at Wembley Stadium during the first ever Running Sports national conference.  Running Sports is a Sport England funded programme providing training and support for local volunteers working in sport.
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Shinty is a £247k Lottery winner thanks to SportScotland
SportScotland has made a two part investment into indigenous sport shinty. This grant was announced on the Saturday night Lottery programme on 19 April but wrongly attributed to Sport England.
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