Four-year funding to boost participation and international success
Sport England, the strategic lead for sport in England, today announced its four-year funding, totalling some £315 million for 32 priority and development sports in England.
The Sport England Main Board, following the recommendations of the National Investment Panel, has approved in principle £315m worth of funding on the basis of each sport meeting participation, success and modernisation targets. The investment spans grassroots to international elite performance and particularly focuses on developing a thriving infrastructure of clubs, coaches and volunteers.
Roger Draper, Chief Executive of Sport England, said: “Today’s announcement is a huge boost for sport at all levels from grass roots to elite. This funding is fully matched to our reform agenda across the world of sport, which is critical not only to creating a more active and successful sporting nation but also to ensuring that we produce a pipeline of talented athletes on the international stage.
“The timing of this investment is particularly important following our recent international sporting successes and the London bid for the 2012 Olympic Games reaching such a crucial and exciting stage. “
Stephen Baddeley, former Commonwealth badminton Gold medallist and Sport England’s Director of Sport, said: “The National Governing Bodies of sport are key partners in our drive to make England an active and successful sporting nation. This new simplified funding will empower these sporting bodies through reducing bureaucracy and giving them greater responsibility for how they manage their funding. We will continue to work in partnership with them to achieve our collective targets of increasing participation and success in sport.”
The prioritised national investment into the Governing Bodies of Sport is detailed below with one year (2005/6) and four-year funding totals:
Priority Sports
| Sport |
2005/6 funding totals |
In principle four year funding totals: |
| Athletics |
£3,138, 572
|
No figure currently available (i) |
| Badminton |
£4,231,595
|
£16,012,215 (ii) |
| Canoeing |
£2,150, 555
|
£7,988,055 (iii) |
| Cricket |
£6,415,803
|
£18,368,448 (iv) |
| Cycling |
£3,525,555
|
£13,413,055 (v) |
| Equestrian |
£1,035,000
|
£4,035,000 |
| Football |
£22,731,275
|
£57,816,559 (vi) |
| Golf |
£2,070,000
|
£9,332,500 (iii) |
| Gymnastics |
£2,758,055
|
£8,505,555 (v) |
Hockey |
£3,567,259
|
£11,136,477 (v) (vii) (viii) |
| Judo |
£1,962,332
|
£7,235,163 (v) |
| Netball |
£4,137,048
|
£13,546,477 (v) |
| Rowing |
£3,532,222
|
£13,419,722 (v) |
| Rugby League |
£3,240,557
|
£11,546,373 (v) |
| Rug by Union |
£6,319,443
|
£17,300,201 (v) |
| Sailing |
£2,630,000
|
£11,482,500 (iii) |
| Squash |
£1,646,000
|
£7,397,500 (iii) |
| Swimming |
£5,492,775
|
£17,873,116 (v) |
| Tennis |
£5,507,021
|
£16,480,767 (v) |
| Triathlon |
£876,000
|
£3,504,000 |
Development sports
Sport
|
2005/6 funding totals |
In principle four year funding totals: |
| Angling |
£185,000 |
£740,000 |
| Baseball /softball |
£300,000
|
£1,200,000 |
| Basketball |
£1,999,566
|
£5,062,010 (v) |
| Boxing |
£958,400
|
£4,271,100 (iii) |
| Karate |
£250,000
|
[No figure currently available] (viii) |
| Lacrosse |
£287,333
|
£1,127,333 |
| Modern Pentathlon |
£585,000
|
£2,340,000 |
| Mountaineering |
£170,000
|
£680,000 |
| Movement and dance |
£106,500
|
£400,500 |
| Orienteering |
£420,000
|
£1,545,000 |
| Rounders |
£100,000
|
£400,000 |
| Table tennis |
£1,735,472 |
£5,989,972 |
| Volley-ball |
£417,917
|
£1,467,917 |
| Water-skiing |
£175,000 |
£700,000 |
Sport England also has a contingency of some £15 million for future funding commitments for the sports who meet their targets.
Footnotes
i) Release on funding in subsequent years is conditional on progress with the Foster Review - with the £20m legacy funding from 2006.
ii) Includes funding for badminton’s World Class Performance programme. Also includes community investments in 2005/6 to 2007/8.
iii)Includes community investments in 2006/7 and 2007/8.
iv) Includes community investments for a two-year period from 2006 to 2008 and funding in years 2, 3 and 4 - all conditional on progress in modernisation. £11m of this will be conditional on the modernisation process.
v) Includes community investments for a three-year period from 2005/6 to 2007/8.
vi) Includes £15m pa to Football Foundation in 2005/6 to 2007/8 (i.e. 3 years) and £2.5m to Football Youth Development programme in 2005/06 only. Includes community investments in 2005/6 to 2007/8. NGB (FA) funding for one year only with future funding conditional on outcome of Burns Review.
vii) £0.5m hockey funding withheld subject to progress in ongoing review.
viii) Funding in 2006/7 to 2008/9 conditional on progress in modernisation.
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Notes to Editors
- Sport England’s National Investment Panel advises the Sport England Main Board on investment strategy and criteria. Chaired by Sport England Chair Lord Carter of Coles, the panel also comprises David Geldart - Sport England Board member, David Knight - former Director of Leisure and Culture for Portsmouth City Council, Ken Weatherley - former Director of Esporta Group, Tony Mallin - CEO of STAR Capital Partners, Matthew Allen - Chairman of Integrated Dental Holdings plc, and Richard Lewis - Executive Chairman of the Rugby Football League.
- Funding has been allocated against each sport’s business plan and targets on a range of criteria designed to increase participation and international success. Where appropriate, this funding is also conditional on modernisation. This four-year funding is Sport England’s new way of working with and distributing funding and resources to NGBs, giving them greater control and helping them to deliver their own and Sport England’s start, stay and succeed objectives.
- Of the £315 million figure, £192 million has been already budgetted for through Sport England’s future income streams, £40 million is from the DCMS and £83 million is being made available through current and ongoing projects.
Sport England
Sport England is the strategic lead for Sport in England and invests Lottery and Exchequer funds into sport. Our aim is to encourage people of all ages to start, stay and succeed in sport at every level and make England the most active and successful sporting nation.
Sport England has nine Regional Sports Boards (RSBs), each made up of experts from areas such as business, local government, sport, health and education. The RSBs provide the strategic lead for sport in their regions and distribute investment for grassroots sport.
Sport England has invested more than £2bn of Lottery funds into sport across England and more than £300 million from the Exchequer.
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