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SPORT Charter launched for disability sport


The English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) has launched a new Charter for Change, designed to ensure many more disabled people can reap the benefits of being active for life. Te charter looks to estab-


lish three priorities for all those organisations and companies involved in – or connected with – the provi- sion of sports in England: • Everyone involved in


providing sport or physical activity will support disabled people to participate • Disabled people will


Baroness Tanni Grey-Tompson launched the charter in parliament


have the same opportunity as non-disabled people to be active • All communications about physical


activity will promote positive public attitudes towards disabled people’s participation Organisations were asked to commit their


support to the charter, which was launched last month by EFDS’ honorary president, Baroness Tanni Grey-Tompson. “Being active has so many social, health and economic benefits for everyone,”


Grey-Tompson said. “It is concerning that more organisations do not prioritise disabled people’s activity in their work. We know it is not one simple change needed to improve the continual low numbers of active disabled people. It could involve many changes.” In January, Sport England figures showed


121,700 fewer disabled people participated in the period October 2013-14 since the previous recording. Details: http://lei.sr?a=D9f9s


Football facilities to share £17.7m funding


A total of 80 grassroots football facilities in England will benefit from £17.7m worth of investment from the Premier League and Te FA Facilities Fund. Te latest funding round


will help develop new and upgrade existing community facilities with floodlit, all- weather third-generation (3G) artificial grass pitches (AGPs) and modern changing rooms. Richard Scudamore,


Premier League CEO, said: “These new sites are hubs of their communities, used by schools and local teams, and enable more and more people to enjoy our national game each and every week purely for the love of it. “Many of the facilities are also used by


Premier League and other professional clubs for their excellent community work.” The latest round follows two previous


tranches of funding in May 2014 and October 2014, which yielded £44.8m of investment and saw 235 grassroots facilities projects benefit.


Read Leisure Opportunities online: www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/digital Premier League CEO Richard Scudamore is eager to support grassroots Premier League and Te FA Facilities Fund


aims to improve the experience for regular grassroots players and attract new players by providing more high quality facilities. In March 2014, a survey by Sky Sports


showed that 46 per cent of those playing regular grassroots football rated facilities in their area as “poor” or “very poor”. A full list of the 80 facilities to benefit can be found at the following link. Details: http://lei.sr?a=n4n8F


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