Source: The FA

Sport England to help more women play football

Sport England to help more women play football with £1m legacy investment into UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 Sport England has awarded £1m of National Lottery funding to England’s hosting of the UEFA European Women’s Championship in 2022 (WEURO2022) with a view to increasing the number of adult women playing football in England. In keeping with

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Sport England continues to back England Netball

England Netball has announced that Sport England has committed to backing the governing body up until 2021. The £2.8 million of additional National Lottery funding has been awarded by Sport England for the period between 2019 and 2021. The funding will support both grassroots level netball across the country and England’s senior squad, the Vitality

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Source: Matchtight

Young athletes mix with Olympians at School Games Festival

The world-class facilities at the University of Bath Sports Training Village welcomed the South West’s top young sporting talent as part of Sport England’s School Games Festival. School pupils from Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucester, who had qualified through previous competitions, took part in the regional event organised by

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