2. What it does
Sport England is focused on the creation of a world-leading community sport system.
We invest National Lottery and Exchequer funding in organisations and projects that will grow and sustain participation in grassroots sport and create opportunities for people to excel at their chosen sport. Our structure reflects this focus
Formerly known as the English Sports Council, we work in partnership with UK Sport, which has responsibility for elite success, and the Youth Sport Trust, which is focused on PE and school sport.
Accountable to Parliament through the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, we also have a role protecting sports provision as a statutory consultee on planning applications that affect playing fields

3. Funding
Sport England is committed to the creation of a world-leading community sport environment. This means focusing our investment on organisations and projects that will grow and sustain participation in grassroots sport and create opportunities for people to excel at their chosen sport.
In addition to our investment in key partners to deliver specific objectives, we are launching funding programmes open to a wide range of organisations. These include sports clubs, voluntary or community organisations, local authorities, schools, colleges and universities.
The funding programmes that are currently open are:
Small Grants
Sports match
Iconic Facilities Fund
Protecting Playing Fields

4. Planning/facilities
Sport England provides a range of facilities and planning services that are designed to develop strategic planning for sports facilities across England.
We try to ensure that the development of new sports facilities are underpinned by a robust needs and evidence base.
We aim to improve facility design and modernisation to raise standards across the sector, with a series of detailed design guidance notes.
We also fulfil our duties as a statutory consultee on playing field redevelopment.