IN BRIEF
SPORT
Leicester football scheme underway
Work has started on a £1.35m
scheme to provide new football facilities for Aylestone Park Boys Football Club on the site of the former Mary Linwood school in Leicester. The Linwood project forms part of a city-wide £11.2m football investment programme and is one of 11 sites earmarked for improvements by August 2010 under the rolling Leicester City Council-led initiative. Plans include six football pitches, six block changing rooms, a referee changing room, a club room and a sand-based artificial surface for an existing multi-use games area at Samworth Academy.
Talks over Swansea tennis facility future
Swansea Council officials have
met with users of Swansea Tennis Centre to discuss the long-term future of the facility, which could be forced to shut due to spending cuts. In February, the council revealed that it was considering closing the venue – which costs £120,000 to run – to help plug a £17m funding shortfall over the coming financial year. However, it is hoped the centre will remain open long enough for users to come up with a business plan to help secure its future.
Canterbury football hub report published
Canterbury City Council has published the results of a study by Capita Symonds exploring the possibility of developing a new football hub. The council has been seeking to find a new home for Canterbury City Football Club since 2002, when a site at Kingsmead was earmarked for development. However, the new report has named Ridlands Farm as the preferred site, while outlining five options costing between £1.36m and £4.48m.
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£22m injection for grassroots sports
Sport England and JustGiving to generate an additional £22m over next five years
By Pete Hayman
A campaign has been launched by Sport England and JustGiv- ing, which aims to pump an additional £22m into grassroots sports over the next five years. JustGiving for Sports Clubs
will enable clubs across the country to raise more money and claim Gift Aid as part of the scheme, which is being delivered in association with the Central Council of Physical Recreation (CCPR). Subscription fees worth £180
per year for every Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC) have been dropped by JustGiving to entice more clubs to sign up, while CCPR will work to increase the number of clubs registered for CASC status.
The new initiative hopes to enable clubs to generate more money
Sport England chief executive
Jennie Price said: "In this tough economic climate, we need to do everything possible to support the community sports clubs that do so much to get more people playing and enjoying sport."
CCPR chief executive Tim
Lamb added: "We hope that this change will not just enable existing clubs to claim Gift Aid more easily but that it will encourage other clubs who have not yet registered as CASCs to join the scheme."
London Assembly launches Olympics legacy probe
By Pete Hayman
An investigation into the total costs and funding of the efforts to provide a lasting legacy from the 2012 Olympic Games has been launched by the London Assembly. It is hoped that the probe,
which is also examining London mayor Boris Johnson's decision to hand control of legacy plans to the new Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC), will answer three main questions.
The transfer of Olympic land to the OPLC is being probed
Assembly members are seeking to examine the
implications for the London Development Agency (LDA) and the OPLC after the transfer of land to the newly-formed company ran into delays. Financial implications for the
LDA and OPLC, and the level of funding available for future regeneration schemes will also be explored, as well as what legacy will be available with current levels of public cash. The assembly's budget and
performance committee is carrying out the probe.
RFU's FairPlay scheme gets off to a positive start
The Rugby Football Union has announced that it has increased the number of projects operating under its FairPlay initiative to 35, following its launch in January The scheme is based on a wide range of training schemes around the country and is designed to
change the attitudes, enthusiasm and lives of more than 2,400 'at risk' youngsters currently in Pupil Referral Units, meaning that they have been excluded from mainstream education. The project will deliver 120 intensive eight-week schemes across England, combining both physical rugby training and classroom learning including life, enterprise and financial skills.
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