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Sport Ireland invests €36m in run-up to Tokyo 2020 sport Ireland will invest a record €36m in all levels of sport during 2020.
■The ■ grants will see €13.8m invested in core activities
The funding will include a €13.8m grant to fund core activities of 58 NGBs, while
uplift in funding for sport in Ireland," said
performance programmes in the run-up
Kieran Mulvey, chair of sport Ireland.
to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
"2020 will see sport Ireland allocate
A further €8.3m will be invested in the
It is encouraging to see this significant uplift in funding Kieran Mulvey
"It is encouraging to see this significant
€9.4m will be earmarked to support high-
the highest amount ever in grant funding
country's 29 local sports partnerships
across the board. The funding builds
and €2.43m in International Carding
on 2019, a year which saw further
scheme – a programme which provides
development of the sport Ireland
financial support to athletes for their
Campus with the opening of Phase 2 of
training and competition programmes.
the sport Ireland National Indoor Arena
The total is an increase on the
and a state of the art hockey pitch."
€32m spent on sport during 2019.
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2019 Cricket World Cup delivered £350m boost
PARKS
Park fitness initiative Our Parks secures funding
the ICC Cricket World
Outdoor activity provider Our
Cup has been credited
Parks, which offers people
with delivering a £350m
across england free outdoor exercise and fitness sessions,
economic boost to the UK. an economic impact
■■Our Parks now has a presence in most of England
has secured a £245,000
and benefits analysis, Barikor is now launching
National Lottery award.
carried out by the sports
the ‘Coach Parker’ project
Consultancy, shows that
funding – distributed by sport
– aimed at growing the
the tournament generated
england – to create a more
company's coaching
a financial impact through
representative coaching team
workforce and increasing
money spent in the host
and encourage more people
the number of people from
economy by event visitors
to get physically active.
under-represented groups
and organisers, business to
engaging with their sessions.
business supplier contracts
Our Parks will use the
Our Parks was founded by Born Barikor in 2014, with
"This award marks a new era
and broader consumer spend.
the goal of giving people
in coaching and is so important
in London access to free
to empower communities
– carried out on behalf of
with the right to coach or
the ICC – London attracted
volunteer in the urban outdoor
the most direct economic
outdoor exercise sessions. It has since grown rapidly and its network now covers most of england. Issue 784
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It is important to empower communities with the right to coach Born Barikor
according to the study
exercise space," Barikor said.
impact of almost £65m.
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