SPORT £9.6m invested in sustainable sport
A total of 28 community sports projects will become more environmentally sus- tainable thanks to the latest round of Sport England’s Improvement Fund. Now in its second cycle, the
Improvement Fund is aimed at medium-sized sport projects and facilities, awarding capital grants worth between £150,000 and £500,000 to initiatives that seek to “improve the quality and experience of sport”. T e second round priori-
Taunton Vale Sports Club has received a sustainability grant of £273,000
tised sports projects that will deliver savings by making facilities more effi - cient and sustainable. Sport England estimates that a typical sports
clubs spends around 30 per cent of its run- ning costs on energy, and about £10,000 each year on electricity alone. By making changes to become more sustainable, it is hoped clubs can reduce their energy bills by 10-20 per cent. Projects to receive funding include Taunton
Vale Sports Club, which has been awarded £273,000 to refurbish its existing hockey pitch and install LED lighting across the club, as part of improvement works costing £500,000.
Lighting for the clubhouse, indoor sports
hall, tennis and netball courts, football area and fl oodlighting across the hockey pitch, will all be upgraded to LEDs. T e project – one of the fi rst of its kind for sports clubs – will reduce light spillage aff ecting local residents from the out- door lights, reduce maintenance costs as well as reducing energy consumption in the clubhouse. Other bodies to receive funding include
Southwark Council which has been awarded £252,000 to improve the energy efficiency of Peckham Pulse healthy living centre. Details:
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Castleford Tigers reveals new stadium plans
Super League rugby club Castleford Tigers has revealed detailed plans for a new 10,000-capacity community stadium in the town. To be located close to the
Junction 32 of the M62 motor- way, the stadium will form part of a £135m mixed devel- opment project proposed by London-based develop- ers Lateral Property Group (LPG). The stadium would also be funded in its entirety by the retail development. Designed to meet Super
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T e stadium will form part of a £135m mixed-use project
League requirements, the stadium will provide administration, changing facilities, restaurants and hospitality areas, with a mixture of both seating and standing terraces. LPG has entered into talks with Wakefi eld
Council over the Junction 32 plans, which also include a major retail development, a new 50-acre county park and a number of leisure spaces. Philip Lunn, MD of Lateral Property Group
said: “T is is a major scheme for the area on a site which has impressive transport links.
© CYBERTREK 2014 “In addition to delivering this new stadium
for Castleford Tigers, the enabling retail devel- opment could bring a massive boost to the local economy.” LPG has appointed Leeds-based GMI
Construction as the principal contractor for the scheme, subject to planning approval. It is anticipated that construction will begin
in 2015 and the new stadium would be ready for the 2017 season, with the retail opening later that year. Details:
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