Sport England are one of the Greater Manchester Sports Partnerships funders and Sport England exists to sustain and increase participation in community sport. It is a non-departmental public body and National Lottery distributor.
Sport England's ambition is to get two million people participating more in sport by 2012. Sport England does this by promoting, advising and investing in community sport.Sport England has been a statutory consultee on planning applications affecting playing fields since August 1996. Sport England objects to any application that is detrimental to sport, unless alternative provision of at least equivalent value is found elsewhere. For more information visit www.sportengland.org.
