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School sport ‘‘revival” launched
More than 1,000 young people in Hertfordshire took part in the School Games on 17 June – part of a government bid to “revive” competitive school sport across the UK. T e event was one of nine
pilot initiatives that are to carried out ahead of a new national School Games com- petition, which is scheduled to launch in September. It is hoped that the compe-
tition will use the inspiration of next summer’s London Games to increase the number of young people participating in competitive sport. Meanwhile, an action plan has been devel-
T e government aims to ‘revive’ competitive school sports in the UK
oped in order to boost disability sports in schools, which will see the participation rates of young disabled people measured. T e new action plan also aims to increase the number of sports currently on off er for
disabled children; and more direct guidance and support for schools and teachers. New ways to enhance chances for disabled
youngsters will be pioneered by the top 50 ‘trailblazing schools’, while a competition is also planned to enable disabled and able-bod- ied children to compete against each other.
Graham to build £12.8m Aberdeen venue
Proposals for a new £18.2m aquatics centre as part of the Aberdeen Sports Village development have taken a step forward after Graham Construction was appointed to build the complex. FaulknerBrowns Architects
are behind the design of the Aberdeen Aquatics Centre, which will incorporate a ten- lane, Olympic-size swimming pool with a dividing boom and a part-fl oating fl oor. A 25m x 16.5m diving pool,
with water cushioning sys- tems and an adjustable fl oor is also planned, along with a timing and video analysis lab. Davis Langdon has been appointed to project manage the scheme, which builds on the success of the £28m regional sports centre opened in 2009.
FaulknerBrowns Architects are behind the design of the £18.2m venue Planning permission has already been
granted for the complex, which will be located on the site of the former Linksfi eld Academy. T e construction process will take 112 weeks.
£12m boost for London grassroot sports
Grassroots sports projects across London are to benefi t from more than £12m worth of invest- ment announced by mayor Boris Johnson as part of a drive to increase participation. A total of £4m is available through the Sports Legacy Fund, while the remaining £8m
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is match funding and takes the mayor’s invest- ment in sport to more than £10m. Meanwhile, a further £20m match funding
has been raised, which has been sourced from the private, public and charitable sectors – taking the mayor’s total investment to £30m.
Charles Johnston, Sport England director of property
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ocal sports clubs and facilities are the bedrock of grassroots sport. But many could do even
more for their communities if they could carry out a simple upgrade to reduce running costs or make their facility more attractive to those peo- ple playing sport. That’s why we’ve launched the
Inspired Facilities fund, part of our mass participation legacy programme Places People Play. We want people all over the country to be able to look back on 2012 as the year when their local sports facilities got better, espe- cially sports or community groups who may not have received National Lottery funding before. So we’ve done all we can to make
applying for this £50m fund straight- forward. We’ve kept the language simple and the process to a mini- mum through improvements such as a catalogue of typical facilities improvements, based on what sports clubs told us they need. We’ve also pre-procured contrac-
tors who can carry out the work for successful applicants, thus cutting out the need for clubs and other commu- nity groups to go through a lengthy procurement process. Of the overall funds, £35m has
been ring-fenced for community and voluntary organisations, while the remaining money will be open to a wider group, including councils and schools. T e result of all this will be up to
a thousand improved local facilities each displaying the ‘London 2012 Inspire’ mark – a physical legacy that local communities in every corner of England can feel proud of.
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