Sport England

Protecting Playing Fields

Do you have a waterlogged playing field that's led to cancelled matches? Maybe your club doesn't own the pitch you play on?

Round five of our Protecting Playing Fields fund is open to applications. Find out how we could help you.

Helping more women play sport

We want to get more women playing sport so we've invested £1.8 million into a pilot in Bury.
This funding will make it easier for women in the area to play sport. Find out more about our work.

Active People 7

On 13 June we released the Active People 7 figures for the period April 2012 - April 2013 which showed that more young people are playing sport.

Read these latest results in detail in our Research section.

What we do

Sport England is focused on helping people and communities across the country create a sporting habit for life.

We will invest over £1 billion of National Lottery and Exchequer funding between 2012 and 2017 in organisations and projects.

We also have a role protecting sports provision and must be formally consulted on any English planning applications that affect playing fields.

You can keep up with all our latest news by checking our news page or follow us on Twitter @sport_england.