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performance <strong>report</strong><br />
MOVING<br />
MATTERS<br />
ESTABLISHED BY THE ROYAL CHARTER IN 1996, SPORT ENGLAND<br />
IS THE ARMS-LENGTH BODY OF GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR<br />
GROWING AND DEVELOPING GRASSROOTS SPORT, AND GETTING<br />
MORE PEOPLE ACTIVE ACROSS ENGLAND<br />
Our definition of <strong>sport</strong> <strong>and</strong> physical activity is<br />
a wide one. That means swimming <strong>and</strong> tennis<br />
<strong>and</strong> other organised activities. But it’s also cycling<br />
to work, jogging in the park, walking for leisure<br />
or enjoying an exercise class.<br />
We manage <strong>and</strong> distribute public investment<br />
<strong>and</strong> are a statutory distributor of funds raised<br />
by the National Lottery.<br />
Driven by research <strong>and</strong> insight, we have a deep<br />
underst<strong>and</strong>ing of the complexity of people’s<br />
relationships with <strong>sport</strong> <strong>and</strong> physical activity.<br />
Insight now underpins everything we do.<br />
We constantly gather evidence, expertise<br />
<strong>and</strong> research from all sectors <strong>and</strong> are actively<br />
talking to people <strong>and</strong> organisations we have<br />
not reached in the past. This kind of high -quality<br />
data <strong>and</strong> analysis helps us make confident,<br />
evidence -based decisions.<br />
Our extended remit means we have put<br />
substantial new emphasis on tackling inactivity.<br />
We’ve begun to see notable improvements<br />
already, with the number of women doing regular<br />
physical activity <strong>and</strong> <strong>sport</strong> now at an all -time high.<br />
We also have a new focus on helping children<br />
from the age of five to enjoy <strong>sport</strong> <strong>and</strong> physical<br />
activity outside the school curriculum.<br />
Why it matters<br />
In Sporting Future, the Government outlined five<br />
outcomes it expects us to support. What we do<br />
matters because <strong>sport</strong> <strong>and</strong> physical activity can<br />
help us as individuals – boosting our physical <strong>and</strong><br />
mental wellbeing <strong>and</strong> supporting our personal<br />
development. It can also improve where we<br />
live – providing social, community <strong>and</strong> economic<br />
benefits. Every piece of work we do is tested<br />
against its ability to achieve one or more of<br />
these outcomes.<br />
Strategic priorities<br />
The Government challenged us to take on two<br />
major tasks in Sporting Future.<br />
1. Get more people from every background<br />
regularly <strong>and</strong> meaningfully engaging in<br />
<strong>sport</strong> <strong>and</strong> physical activity.<br />
• Tackling inactivity with a focus on<br />
under -represented groups such as older<br />
people <strong>and</strong> those with a low income<br />
• Encouraging more resilient, sustained habits<br />
in people who become or are already active<br />
• Developing more positive attitudes to <strong>sport</strong><br />
<strong>and</strong> physical activity in young people<br />
• Increasing the number <strong>and</strong> diversity <br />
of volunteers<br />
• Improving progression <strong>and</strong> increasing <br />
inclusion in talent development.<br />
2. Develop a more productive, sustainable<br />
<strong>and</strong> responsible <strong>sport</strong> sector by:<br />
• Encouraging a more dem<strong>and</strong> -led,<br />
consumer -focused approach from the sector<br />
• Improving governance of all organisations<br />
that are in receipt of public investment<br />
• Improving financial efficiency<br />
• Increased <strong>and</strong> more diverse <br />
revenue generation<br />
• Targeting an increase in the diversity <br />
of leadership<br />
• Helping to produce a more diverse <br />
<strong>and</strong> productive workforce.<br />
The contents of this performance <strong>report</strong> fulfil the requirements of a strategic <strong>report</strong> as required<br />
by Chapter 4A of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006, <strong>and</strong> are set out on pages 4 – 29.