The Role of Organizations Involved in Sports Development
Select two sports organisations involved in sports development schemes
and describe their roles, aims and objectives.
Two sports organisations involved in sports development schemes are
Sport England and UK sport. Both organisations aim to develop sports
however, they aim to do it in different ways, and they aim to help
different people.
Sport England is responsible for putting the Government’s plan for
sport into action. They are doing this in various ways, such as,
giving money to sports organisations in different areas.
Sport England is the name for the English sports council. It is funded
by the government (who are currently providing £35 million) and they
act as a distributor of National Lottery money (which is currently
£200 million). The sports councils for Scotland, Wales and Northern
Ireland work in a similar way.
In 2003, Sport England changed the way it funded sports. It’s money is
now used for:
* Community investment – the money is distributed through the
regional sport board. They provide the money for the active
England campaign. The money comes from both the National Lottery
and the Government grant. The aim is to develop sporting
facilities and activity project in local communities across
England
* National investment – the money is distributed through the
national governing bodies of sport. These are 30 sports that
receive priority for support and development
Members of the Sport England council are appointed by the Secretary of
State for Culture, Media and Sport. Sport England has a London head
office with full-time staff and nine regional offices across England.
The roles of the regional offices are to:
* Promote Sport England policy through regional sports boards
* Keep Sport England in touch with needs at grassroots level
* Have close links with local authorities, local sports councils,
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