Sport England is the government agency responsible for developing a world-class community sports system.
Our radical new strategy is designed to get more people playing and enjoying sport and to help those with talent get to the very top.
The new approach is designed to capitalise on the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity presented by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and to use its power to inspire more people to take part in and succeed in sport.
The strategy commits Sport England to deliver on a series of demanding targets by 2012/13:
- one million more people doing more sport
- a 25% reduction in the number of 16 year olds who drop out of five key sports
- improved talent development systems in at least 25 sports
- a measurable increase in people’s satisfaction with their experience of sport – the first time the organisation has set such a qualitative measure
- a major contribution to the delivery of the five hour sports offer for children and young people.
Sport England is working closely with the national governing bodies of sport to deliver the new strategy, and will also build strong partnerships with local authorities.
It will reduce bureaucracy by combining its multiple funding streams into a single pot of funding for governing bodies.
And it will consult on a new, more streamlined method of funding wider community projects.
You can download a copy of the Sport England 2008-2011 Strategy here
Sport England Strategy 2008-2011: Full Narrative (PDF)
You can download a copy of the Sport England 2008-2011 Executive Summary here:
Sport England Strategy 2008-2011: Executive Summary (PDF)
Funding
At a national level, Sport England works with a range of national funded partners including national governing bodies of sport and organisations such as Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation, Sporting Equals and Sportscoach UK. More information about the 2009-2013 funding cycle will be available shortly.
Sport England has recently published the results of a public consultation into the way it distributes around £45m a year of National Lottery funding.
Over 500 individuals and organisations took part in the consultation and more than 90% of them responded positively to our plans.
The responses will help Sport England to develop the detail of the four new funding streams outlined in the consultation:
Regular themed funding rounds that meet specific needs of community sport
- A programme of sustainable investment in facilities
- A small grants scheme
- An innovation fund to identify and pilot best practice in community sport.
As Sport England moves to the new funding programmes, it will be closing the Community Investment Fund (CIF), which was launched in 2004 as a devolved National Lottery funding programme administered by the nine regions of Sport England.
Sport England will continue to accept Stage 1 CIF applications up to and including 6 January 2009.
IMPORTANT: Unless are you applying for funds through the free swimming programme, please contact your regional office to check the availability of funds in your area before beginning the application process.
For more information on the funding process and steps to take before you apply, please see read the 'Funding process' and 'About the Community Investment Fund' pages.
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