Anne Milton MP has welcomed the announcement that Sport England is establishing a special £5 million flood relief fund to help restore pitches and repair sports facilities damaged by the recent floods and storms.
This National Lottery funding will be available to sports clubs, local authorities and other community organisations. Anne encourages those affected to contact Sport England at www.sportengland.org/floodfund.
Anne said: ‘I am so pleased that Sport England have announced funding to go towards repairing facilities and pitches that were damaged by the recent devastating floods and storms. This fund will really help get communities back on their feet and I would encourage all sports clubs and groups to apply for funding if affected!’
Jennie Price, Chief Executive of Sport England says: ‘The storms and floods have devastated many sports facilities across England. We want to play our part in helping communities get back to normal, and we will consult both locally and with the affected sports about the best way to achieve that.’
If you do not qualify for the Flood Relief Fund, then you are still able to apply to other ‘business as usual’ funds from Sport England.