# £9.2 million for out-of-school-hours sports activities from Big Lottery Fund

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/07/11/92-million-outofschoolhours-sports-activities-big-lottery-fund/
- Published: 2006-07-11T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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The Big Lottery Fund’s School Sports Co-ordinator programme is to make available
£9,244,990 to provide young people in England with greater opportunities to take
part in out-school-hours sports activities.
The £9.2 million is the final tranche
of the Fund’s £34 million School Sports Co-ordinators scheme, and will create 96
physical activity programmes across England.

The aim of the scheme is to motivate young people through physical exercise, improving
their health and contributing to increased self-esteem, a greater skill range and
an improved ability to work co-operatively with each other. It is designed in particular
to benefit children in danger of exclusion from school, those who need encouragement
to participate and young people with special needs.

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