FUNDING FOR SPORT – LESSON 14

HOW IS SPORT FUNDED IN THE UK?

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PRIVATE SECTOR – COMPANIES WHO AIM TO MAKE MONEY EG. MAN. UTD. – VOLUNTARY SECTOR – NGB’S AND LOCAL PRIVATE CLUBS WHICH EXISTS FOR THEIR MEMBERS. (SPRINGFIELD FC.) DONATIONS FROM CHARITIES OR LOCAL CLUBS PUBLIC SECTOR – FUNDED BY GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES (RIVERSIDE) CENTRAL GOVERNMENT – LA. AND SCHEMES

FOR EACH ORGANISATION DRAW UP A TABLE AND STATE WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM AND HOW IT IS SPENT P258

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WHAT ARE THE POSITIVE AND POTENTIALLY NEGATIVE FEATURES OF SPORTS FUNDING IN THE UK?

NATIONAL LOTTERY

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HOW HAS THE NATIONAL LOTTERY CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPORT?

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FUNDING FOR SPORT We have seen that historically, sport has received insufficient funding (from public sector funding stage.

– from the government and the local authorities) and that the tide is turning, especially if we want to achieve on the world SPORT FUNDING IN THE UK GOOD NATIONAL LOTTERY MONEY IS AVAILABLE FOR EXCELLENCE SOME CLUBS ARE VERY WEALTHY – MANCHESTER UNITED IT CAN BE SEEN THAT WHEN SPORT TURNS PROFESSIONAL THEY CAN COMPETE ON AN EVEN KEELE – RUGBY UNION – ENGLAND CAN NOW COMPETE IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE.

THE GOVERNMENT ARE NOW PLAYING A MORE DIRECT DOMINANT ROLE PUTTING LOTTERY MONEY INTO A ‘GREEN SPACE’ INITIATIVE.

– IN 1999 THE GOVERNMENT PUT £125 MILLION INTO A SCHEME TO ‘ BRING BACK OUR PLAYING FIELDS’ AND IS COMMITTED INTO BAD LOTTERY MONEY NEEDS TO BE EVENLY DISTRIBUTED THERE IS LACK OF FINANCIAL EQUALITY BETWEEN CLUBS WHEN AMBITION OUTWEIGHS FINANCIAL RESOURCES, SMALLER CLUBS CAN GO BANKRUPT NGBs ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING THEIR AUTONOMY WHEN ‘SELLING’ THEIR SPORT LIMITED GOVERNMENT AID MEANS THAT COMMERCIALISM HAS A GREATER ROLE TO PLAY IN BRITISH SPORT. THIS CAN LEAD TO LACK OF CONTROL BY THE CLUBS OVER THEIR OWN DESTINY A BALANCE SHOULD BE SOUGHT BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDING THE COMPLEXITY OF FUNDING SOURCES IN BRITAIN HAS LED TO AN IMBALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITIES AND PROVISION ON LEVELS OF THE PERFORMANCE PYRAMID.

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POSSIBLE SOURCES OF FUNDING FOR ELITE PERFORMERS TRUSTS AND CHARITIES SPORTSAID SPONSORSHIP PARENTS AND FAMILIES PRIVATE COMPANIES NATIONAL GOVERNING BODY PART-TIME WORK NATIONAL LOTTERY (WORLD CLASS PROGRAMME)

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NATIONAL LOTTERY HUGE IMPACT AND IS A PRIMARY SOURCE OF SPORT FUNDING IN THE UK. IT PROVIDES GRANTS OF MORE THAN £200 MILLION ANNUALLY. THIS IS DISTRIBUTED TO THE FIVE SPORTS COUNCILS TO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE SPORTING EXCELLENCE AND MASS PARTICIPATION. THEY MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS WITHOUT GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE.

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IT HELPS ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE: UK SPORT DISTRIBUTES £25 MILLION OF LOTTERY FUNDING EACH YEAR TO THE NGBs WORLD CLASS PERFORMANCE PROGRAMMES IT ALSO FUNDS THE UKSI AND ITS COACHES, SPORTS SCIENCE BACK UP, WARM WEATHER AND ACCLIMATISATION TRAINING, TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATION FOR COMPETITION, ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES AND TRAINING FACILITIES. PERFORMANCE DIRECTORS CO ORDINATE THE PROJECT IF THEY FAIL TO ACHIEVE THEY LOSE THEIR FUNDING.

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THE NATIONAL LOTTERY AND MASS PARTICIPATION

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THE SPORTS COUNCILS ENCOURAGE SPORTS DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES BY PROVIDING FUNDING FOR INDIVIDUALS, SPORTS CLUBS, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE NGBs OF SPORT.

WORLD CLASS PATHWAY PROGRAMME

  INTRODUCED IN 2006 MAIN AIM IS TO GIVE 3 LEVELS OF SUPPORT TO OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC PERFORMERS     WHAT LEVEL OF SUPPORT IS GIVEN FOR: WORLD CLASS PODIUM WORLD CLASS DEVELOPMENT WORLD CLASS TALENT