Five sports are set to receive additional funding from Sport England to boost their grassroots programmes and deliver a lasting sporting legacy beyond the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Netball, cycling, running, canoeing and lacrosse will share a total of £3.5 million.
England Netball has successfully bid for more than £1 million in additional Lottery investment to extend its Back to Netball programme and improve the way it recruits women to play the sport and keeps them involved. The organisation aims to use the funding to increase the number of adults playing the sport every week by 8,500.
British Cycling is to receive an additional £1,058,000 million in National Lottery funding to recruit a further 12,000 weekly cyclists. Likewise, a Lottery investment of £1 million will seek to increase the number of people involved in regular informal running by at least 30,000.
Canoe England will receive an extra £207,700 through the British Canoe Union, for Go Canoeing, a new project to boost the informal canoeing market. The English Lacrosse Association will receive an additional £199,250. The sport has made big strides in the past two years in both the traditional and informal versions of the game, with a particular focus on university students.
