Sport England
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Sport England is a non-departmental public body under the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Its role is to build the foundations of a community sport system by working with national governing bodies of sport, and other funded partners, to grow the number of people doing sport; sustain participation levels; and help more talented people from all diverse backgrounds excel by identifying them early, nurturing them, and helping them move up to the elite level.
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Founded | 1996; 28 years ago (1996) |
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Founder | Department for Culture, Media and Sport |
Type | Non-departmental public body |
Headquarters | Loughborough, United Kingdom |
Area served | England |
Product | Funding |
Key people | Tim Hollingsworth, Chief Executive |
Website | www |
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Chris Boardman is the Chairman of Sport England and Natalie Ceeney is Vice Chair.[1][2]