Sports: Government Assistance

(asked on 29th April 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to produce a guide for community amateur sports clubs and other amateur sports clubs about how to access any support schemes run by central or local government, or endorsed by them.


Answered by
Baroness Barran Portrait
Baroness Barran
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
This question was answered on 20th May 2020

The Government has announced an unprecedented support package for sports clubs and other organisations affected by Covid-19, including the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Business Interruption loan scheme.

Full details of Government guidance and support for organisations including community amateur sports clubs can be found on the Gov.UK website.

In addition, Sport England have also announced a support package of £210m for the grassroots sport sector. Full details can be found on their website.

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