Source · Select Committees · Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Recommendation 7
7
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School facilities have the potential to help solve the facilities crisis currently facing community and...
Recommendation
School facilities have the potential to help solve the facilities crisis currently facing community and grassroots sport. Renting out school facilities at a fair, affordable rate not only benefits the sports groups but also creates an additional revenue stream for the schools. In its response to this Report, we recommend that the Government set out the ways in which it intends to encourage schools across the country to make their facilities more available to community and grassroots sports clubs at a fair rate.
Paragraph Reference:
46
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
The Government agrees with the need to make best use of school sport facilities to support community use. This is why through the Government’s School Sport and Activity Action Plan, an initial £1.5 million supported 230 targeted primary and secondary schools to open their sports facilities outside the school day, in order to broaden the offer of extra-curricular and sporting and physical activities available to pupils and the wider community. This initial programme enabled us to develop an understanding of the key drivers and barriers for schools opening their sports facilities. In February 2021, the Government announced a further £10.1 million investment into schools across England, to help open existing sports facilities to pupils and the community. outside of school hours and encourage their pupils to be more physically active.