Call for Evidence

Terms of reference

The Committee is inviting submissions in response to the following questions. Respondents are invited to answer only those questions that are relevant to them:

Community sport

1. What is the current quality and availability of facilities for grassroots sport?

• What interventions are needed to improve this provision?

2. What sources of funding are available for grassroots sport and are they sufficient?

• How can funds be distributed more effectively and application processes be improved?

3. How can volunteers be better supported and what is needed to attract and retain more volunteers to grassroots sport?

4. How can grassroots sport be made more engaging and accessible to under-represented groups?

School sport

5. How can schools better enable children to develop positive and life-long relationships with sport and physical education?

• What can be done to engage groups with lower participation rates - such as girls, those with disabilities or from lower socio-economic backgrounds?

6. How should schools and sports organisations work together to deliver better sporting opportunities for children in and outside of school hours?

7. What measures are needed to make the pathway from school to community sport easier?

Governance

8. How effective are national and local government and sport governing body initiatives in delivering school and grassroots sport, and how might they be improved?

9. How can the Government facilitate better coordination across the sport ecosystem to deliver grassroots and school sport?

• Is the Department for Culture, Media and Sport successfully leveraging the economic and community benefits of sport and physical activity across Government?