Sport England

Sport England is the government agency responsible for building the foundations of sporting success, by creating a world-leading community sport environment of clubs, coaches, facilities and volunteers.

We want to create a vibrant sporting culture working in partnership with national governing bodies, our national partners, the HE/FE sector, local government, county sport partnerships and community organisations.

Our focus is around three outcomes - growing and sustaining the numbers of people taking part in sport and improving talent development to help more people excel.

We have set ourselves five targets which will see us deliver these outcomes:

Grow:

• One million people taking part in more sport
• More children and young people taking part in five hours of PE and sport a week
• These targets account for 15% of our investment.

Sustain:

• More people satisfied with their sporting experience
• 25% fewer 16-18 year olds dropping out of at least nine sports - badminton. basketball, football, hockey, gymnastics, netball, rugby league, rugby union and tennis
• These targets account for 60% of our investment.

Excel:

• Improved talent development in at least 25 sports
• This target accounts for 25% of our investment.

What does our work involve?

• We invest expertise, resources and both government and Lottery money into community sport.

£480 million is invested directly through 46 national governing bodies of sport. And there are five open funding streams other organisations can apply to.

We have a statutory role in protecting playing fields and must be consulted if community playing fields are threatened by potential developments.

We provide a wealth of expertise and advice on range of sports subjects including planning, facilities, coaching, volunteering and sports development.

And we act as advocates for community sport - bringing together a wide range of partners from local and national government, the commercial sector, higher and further education and the third sector to make the most of their investment in sport.

Who do we work with?
To succeed, we have to work closely with a wide range of organisations, including:

• Our sporting landscape partners - Youth Sport Trust and UK Sport
• National governing bodies of sport
• National partners
• Local authorities
• County sports partnerships
• Higher and further education
• The third sector
• The commercial sector
• London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and the Olympic Delivery Authority

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