HC Deb 10 July 2000 vol 353 c419W
26. Mr. Bill O'Brien

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what financial assistance is available to amateur sports clubs; and if he will make a statement. [128222]

Kate Hoey

Financial assistance is available to amateur sports clubs from a number of sources including: the Lottery Sports Fund; local authorities; governing bodies of sport who distribute income including exchequer funding from Sport England, through their own grant schemes; Sportsmatch; commercial sponsorship; the European Union Social Fund; the Foundation for Sport and the Arts (FSA); and other trusts and foundations with sport-related purposes.