Sport England Place Expansion

Sport England have committed to invest £250m over the next 5 year period in to 80 – 100 places across England. This decision has been based on learnings from 12 Local Delivery Pilots which have been in existence since 2018 and supports the aims of their Uniting the Movement Strategy.

System change is at the heart of the work, and although resources will be available through Sport England to increase the amount of physical activity on offer in these places, much of the work will be focussed on changing the way organisations behave in order to make physical activity more accessible to more people. The work has four key areas of focus: -

• Increasing Activity
• Decreasing Inactivity
• Tackling Inequality
• Providing positive experiences for children and young people

The announcement from Sport England in November 2023 includes further detail on why place matters. Read it here

Sport England have identified three areas of Cumberland to be part of the initial tranche of around 50 places across England to be part of this work, these Medium Super Output Areas (MSOA’s) areas being: -

• Flimby, Ellenborough & Broughton Moor (Maryport)
• Workington West (Workington)
• Mirehouse, Kells & Woodhouse (Whitehaven)