About Me

Sport England is the Government agency responsible for advising, investing in and promoting community sport to create an active nation.

Our ambition is to get two million people more active in sport by 2012 – and to make sure that participation is sustained.

What does Sport England do?

Sport England exists to sustain and increase participation in community sport.

This includes informal activities like aerobics and pilates; newer activities, such as skateboarding; and more traditional team sports like football and netball.

We seek to do this by promoting, investing in and advising on the development and maintenance of high quality sporting pathways which release potential through:

Community sports activities

Sports clubs

Coaches and officials

Player pathways

Volunteering

Sports facilities.
We also work with a range of partners to help ensure the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games deliver a lasting sporting legacy across England, including:

The Government

London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games

Youth Sport Trust

UK Sport

Greater London Authority
Finally, we use sport to make a contribution to the obesity and respect agendas

Who are Sport England’s customers?

Our customers are the people who play sport – or those who might play given the right encouragement, environment or opportunities.

We reach our customers through Sport England’s Supply Chain – the Delivery System for Sport.

The Delivery System connects those involved with sport at national, regional, sub-regional and local levels to help ensure appropriate targeting of investment, time, energy and other resources into initiatives that will really make a difference to levels of participation.

It brings together national governing bodies of sport (NGBs), regional sports boards (RSBs), county sports partnerships (CSPs), community sports networks (CSNs) and the coaches, clubs and volunteers who are making sport happen, every day, across the whole of England.