Sport England launch their first-ever environmental sustainability strategy, Every Move

The announcement comes as new research, which forms part of Sport England's latest Activity Check-in report, reveals that:

• three in five adults and children (60%) say extreme weather has had a negative impact on their ability to be active,
• with one in four of the children negatively affected, citing the cancellation of PE and games lessons.

Sport England chair, Chris Boardman, said:

"Without change now, the government's target to get 3.5 million more people active by 2030 is very much in jeopardy – and our children will be the ones to suffer most.

"The FA has estimated that 120,000 football games will be lost each year. A third of community pitches are already unplayable for two months of the year due to flooding – and it's only going to get worse.

"If places to play are unavailable, people will go and do something other than sport and physical activity, leading to small clubs going under and vital community organisations disbanding."

Sector-wide consultation by Sport England with stakeholders, partners and operators found that:

• 4 in 10 organisations are being affected by weather-related interruptions to play already
• 8 in 10 people want their organisations to be ambitious on environmental sustainability
• more than half of organisations (55%) see lack of funding as the greatest barrier to acting on environmental sustainability
• funding for environmental initiatives is the type of support organisations want most (59%).

Click the 'More Information' button for more details from Sport England and the full Strategy document.

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