26 Mar 2025

Sport and Recreation Alliance CEO Gives Evidence to DCMS Select Committee

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On 25 March, CEO of the Sport and Recreation Alliance Lisa Wainwright MBE gave evidence to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee’s Game On Inquiry in Parliament.

The Inquiry is in the process of examining the health of sport in both local communities and schools and importantly, whether more can be done to sustain and grow sporting opportunities for all.

During the evidence session, the Alliance were able to highlight the valuable contributions National Governing Bodies are already making in local communities and schools, while also making the case to the Committee for:

  • Continued investment in grassroots sport and physical activity with long-term funding for community sports facilities, while protecting and enhancing our vital green and blue spaces to drive up participation.
  • How to best support our workforce and volunteers while reducing the tax and regulatory burden on the wider sport and physical activity sector.
  • What action we - and our members - want to see from Government to ensure we become a more active, healthier and prosperous nation, including the urgent need for an ambitious and long-term strategy for the wider sector, leveraging the power of sport across Government departments.

We will continue to support the Committee’s work in this important area and look forward to their report and recommendations to the Government in due course.

More information on the session can be found here.

 

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