County sports partnerships

What are county sports partnerships?

There are 49 CSPs covering England. They are local networks of:

• Local authorities
• National governing bodies
• Clubs
• Schools and School Sport Partnerships
• Primary care trusts

And other local agencies committed to working together to increase participation in sport and physical activity.

They are led by a central team of people whose job it is to provide leadership and co-ordination of the network.  

For more information on CSPs please visit the CSP Network website

How does Sport England work with CSPs?

Sport England invests in CSPs to deliver services for national governing bodies, to support our work with local government and with children and young people, and to deliver on our key legacy programmes Sportivate and Sport Makers.

Your CSP

To find out more about your local CSP, visit the CSP Network "Your CSP" page  This has a clickable map which leads to details of all 49 county sports partnerships including the local authorities they cover,  details of their staff and key contacts for the CSP Team,  and provides links to their websites.

Useful documents

CSP core funding specification - Updated for 2012-13

This document has been slightly updated for 2012-13. It outlines the services that CSPs will provide to national governing bodies and Sport England. This is a consistent contractual agreement between Sport England and all 49 CSPs in England.

Core Specification  (PDF)

Core funding interpretation guide - Updated for 2012-13

This has been updated for 2012-13to reflect the changes to the Core Specification.   It is a document to help partners and stakeholders fully understand the services that CSPs will provide for governing bodies and Sport England through the core offer. Sport England and the CSP Network worked together to create this to provide a little more detail to ensure clarity of understanding around the core offer.

Core funding interpretation guide (PDF)